Arrowhead Conference Center

412 Bellevue Lane Brewster, Maryland

20906 (301) 594-5612 • Fax (301) 595-3317

January 22, 2011

Curt Marks

Special Projects Office

CELLULAR PHONE COMPANY

10 Harbor Place Baltimore,

Maryland 21220

Dear Mr. Marks:

Thank you for your January 17 letter expressing interest in the Arrowhead Conference Center. This letter will confirm our plans for your meeting.

We understand that your company would like to reserve two rooms from March 15 to March 17. Approximately eighty people will attend your meeting.

As you requested, we will provide twenty tables-ten in each room. We will also have a television and a VCR available in one room. We will serve lunch on the 16th.

If you have any questions or need to make any changes, please contact me immediately.

We look forward to seeing you on March 15.

Sincerely yours,

J.Turner

Mrs. Jan Turner

Meeting Planner

Task 1. Circle the correct answer.

1. Who is planning a meeting for Mr. Marks?

A. Mrs. Dubois

B. Mrs. Turner

2. When was Mrs. Turner's letter written?

1. January 17

2. January 22

3. Why was this letter written?

1. To reserve file rooms.

2. To confirm

Task 2. Write your own letter. Remember: A confirmation letter generally has three parts. The Action section is not necessary.

1 .Opening. Acknowledge correspondence.

Thank you for your letter of March 15. OR

This will confirm our telephone conversation.

2. Purpose. Confirm plans.

We understand tl.ut you would like the following. OR

As you requested, we will provide the following:

3. Polite expressions. Offer more help. Be positive.

If you have any questions, please call. OR

We look forward to seeing you next morth. Exercise 2. Explain the difference between application letter and claim letter.

Exercise 3. There are example of reference letter to give you an idea on how to write your own letter. Write your own reference letter.

Washington state

University

May 7, 2011

Mr. Daniel Entin

Director

The Nicholas Roerich Museum

319 West 107^th street

New York, NY,10025.

Dear Mr.Entin

I am writing on behalf of Dr. Joane Smith who is seeking access to the Nicholas Roerich Museum archives for research purposes.

Dr. Smith has been a Visiting Fellow at Washington State University during Academic Year 2011 under the Junior Faculty Development Program, funded by the US Department of State and administered by the ACTR/ACCELS on behalf of the Council for International Educational Exchange. Her home institution is the National Aviation University in Kiev, Ukraine, where she is a faculty member and department chair.

Dr. Smith research has centered on the 19^th and 20^th century literature of transcendentalist philosophers and authors. In addition to such major American authors as Dickinson, Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau, and Whitman, she also looks at the transcultural figures of Blavatsky and Roerich. At this time she has completed as much research at WSU as was possible with campus resources and services. She now plans to spend the remaining part of the fellowship pursuing archival and library research on the East Coast. This summer may be Dr. Smith once-in-a lifetime chance to work in the archives of the Nicolas Roerich Museum before returning to Ukraine. I hope the Museum will be able to grant Joane Smith access to its archival resources for this bona fide research project. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Marina A.Tolmacheva Professor and Associate Dean

Lesson 6. Writing a resume (CV)

Exercise 1. Charles Dunkin decides to apply for one of the Trainee Service Engineer posts. Look at his CV below. Imagine you are Mr Clark, Human Resourse Director of Communicate (UK) Limited. List Charles' strong points and his weak points.