In this ppt we teach how to write a formal letter and some bits of American/British English differences.

1. Seminario Inglés Jurídico ETIJ - 2016
E.T.I.J. Equipo de Trabajo en Ingles
Jurídico.
Lic. Mauricio Muñoz Luna-
Dra. Adela Perez del Viso

3. With the advent of email, it is becoming less and less
common to write letters, but the few letters that you will write
will probably be very important ones, such as; letters for job /
scholarship applications, letters for questionnaires or surveys
which are part of your research, or letters of complaint to
your bank manager, etc.
It is very important, therefore, that your letters have the
desired effect on the reader. In order to achieve this, they
should be:
 in the correct format
 short and to the point
 relevant
 free of any grammatical or spelling mistakes
 polite, even if you’re complaining
 well presented

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Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 6HJ

Mr. E. Scrooge
The Manager
Barclay’s Bank Ltd
113 Mammon Street
Andover
HU4 9ET

5 April 2008

Dear Mr. Scrooge,
 Application for post of trainee manager
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Yours sincerely
 Jane Teller

5.  Now, it´s time to write!!!

6.  Did you know? According to most teachers,
writing and speaking are reported to be the
most difficult abilities to teach in EFL clasess,
even at university level.

8. writing
process
knowledge
Subject
matter
knowledge
Linguistic,
rethoric and
language
kowledge
Genre and
stylistic
kowledge

9.  It involves:
 Brainstorming of ideas
 Organization and sequence
 Drafting
 Writing
 Revision
 Re writing

10. writing
process
knowledge
Subject
matter
knowledge
Linguistic,
rethoric and
language
kowledge
Genre and
stylistic
kowledge

11.  It involves:
 Knowledge about the topic or issue you are
writing
 The jargon
 Metalanguage derived from the discipline

12. writing
process
knowledge
Subject
matter
knowledge
Linguistic,
rethoric and
language
kowledge
Genre and
stylistic
kowledge

13.  It involves:
 Knowledge about the language (English)
 Cohesion and coherence devices
 How to put ideas into words
 Grammar and lexical resources

14. writing
process
knowledge
Subject
matter
knowledge
Linguistic,
rethoric and
language
kowledge
Genre and
stylistic
kowledge

15.  It involves:
 Layout appropriacy
 Genre conventions
 Templates and samples
 Dialect conventions
 Linguistic features in relation to the genre
 Register: formal vs informal