- •Successful letter writing: formal letters
- •Пояснительная записка
- •Часть 1: как организовать свою письменную деятельность на ая на примере официально-деловых писем;
- •Часть 2: советы по организации иноязычной письменной деятельности;
- •Часть 3: портфолио по письму (на cd-rom-приложении).
- •Contents
- •Part 1. Formal letter writing and your individual writing work Unit 1. How to organize your Individual writing work
- •Student Writing Assessment Checklist
- •Unit 2. Writing Process Framework
- •2.1. Are you a successful writer?
- •2.4. Checklist writing framework
- •2.5. 5 Keys to Better Sentence Flow (by Mark Nichol)
- •Unit 3. How to interpret writing tasks
- •3.2. Writing Prompts (by Simon Kewin)
- •3.3. Examples of Writing Prompts
- •3.5. The Writer`s 5 Ws
- •I keep six honest serving-men
- •Unit 4. Introduction to Letter Writing
- •Types of Letters and Styles in letter writing: a guideline
- •A bbreviations Used in Letter Writing
- •Unit 5. Types of Formal Letters
- •Unit 6. How to write a letter giving information
- •6.2. Project Task
- •Its value to the community
- •Unit 7. How to write a letter of request
- •7.3. Project Task 1.
- •7.4. Project Task 2.
- •Unit 8. How to write a letter of complaint
- •8.4. Project Task
- •8.5. Look at the following writing prompt, do the tasks after it. Follow the instructions that will help you to work on the project. Don’t forget the rules of working on a project.
- •Unit 9. How to write a Letter of Enquiry
- •9.2. Project Task
- •Unit 10. How to write a Letter of Recommendation
- •The assessment of the student’s capabilities
- •10.4. Project task
- •Unit 11. How to write a Letter of application
- •11.8.5. Write a letter applying for a place on the course, stating your reasons for choosing this particular college.
- •Unit 12. How to write Curriculum Vitae and Resume
- •Unit 13. How to write business thank you letters
- •13.2. Read these letters and answer the questions that follow. Write the answers in your Learner Diary.
- •You and your students visited a big International company for study purposes. You liked the visit.
- •Your former tutor wrote a letter of recommendation for you you got a good job. You are very thankful to him/her.
- •13.3. Project task
- •Unit 14. How to write a letter to authorities/editors
- •14.2. Project Task
- •14.2.1. Look at the following writing prompts, do the tasks after it. Follow the instructions that will help you to work on the project. Don’t forget the rules of working on a project.
- •Unit 15. Study check
- •Unit 16. Assess your language level
- •Section a. How to make yourself write when you don’t feel like it: strategies to minimize distraction
- •10 Ways to Find 10 Minutes to Write (by Ali Hale)
- •Minimize Distractions When Writing: Practical Tips (by Ali Hale)
- •Practice Writing – Regularly:
- •Read Widely
- •Take Time Over Your Writing
- •Learn About Writing
- •Ask For Feedback
- •6. Share Your Work With an Audience
- •Section b. The Writing Process Framework
- •2. Hands Off
- •3. Parts of Speech
- •4. Sentence Structure
- •5. Deemphasize Emphasis
- •6. Tone and Voice
- •Write First, Edit Later: from the first draft to brilliant written paper
- •Section c. How to interpret writing tasks
- •Section d. The Writer`s 5 Ws Self-assessment checklist of the Writer`s 5 Ws
- •References
7.4. Project Task 2.
You’re going to take part in an international conference connected with your future profession. There’re some information about NATECLA (National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults conferences). Write a letter to the organizers of a conference requesting all the necessary information.
7.4.1. Work in pairs and complete the table “Structure of your letter” to make a guide for your letter writing, use the table in task 7.3.2. If you`ve got some problems, use Your Writing Portfolio that is available on CD-ROM.
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7.4.2. Surf the Net, and find the international conferences that are interesting for you, you may work with the web sites given below
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/print/26782
http://www.natecla.org.uk/ NATECLA is the National Association for
7.4.3. Write a letter to the organizers of a conference requesting all the necessary information. Write a complete paragraph plan with notes for your letter, discuss it with your partner. Check yourself according Self-assessment checklist of the Writer’s 5 Ws, see Your Writing Portfolio.
Then write your letter individually in about 300 words.
7.4.4. Assess your own paper using Student Writing Assessment Checklist: Rating Scale see Your Writing Portfolio. Assess your partner’s paper using the Assessment Rubric for Letters: Analytical Scale, see Your Writing Portfolio.
7.4.5. Present the results of your project work to your teacher, groupmates. Let the teacher or experts assess your paper.
7.4.6. Put your written paper and the assessment results in your Writing Portfolio.