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FORMAL AND INFORMAL LETTERS

	FORMAL	INFORMAL
Name	Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Dupuis Dear Mary	Hi/Hello Mary Mary,....(or no name at all)
Previous Contact	Thank you for your e-mail of... Further to your last e-mail,... I apologise for not getting in contact with you before now	Thanks for your e-mail. Re your e-mail,... Sorry, I haven’t written for ages,but I’ve been really busy.
Reason for writing	I am writing in connection with... I am writing with regard to... In reply to your e-mail, here are... Your name was given to me by... We would like to point out that...	Just a short note about... I’m writing about... Here’s the...you wanted. I got your name from... Please note that...
Giving information	I’m writing to let you know that... We are able to confirm that... I am delighted to tell you that... We regret to inform you that..	Just a note to say... We can confirm that... Good news! Unfortunately,...
Attachments	Please find attached my report. I’m sending you ... as a pdf file.	I’ve attached... Here is the...you wanted.
Asking for information	Could you give me some information about... I would like to know... I’m interested in receiving/ finding out...	Can you tell me a little more about... I’d like to know... Please send me...
Requests	I’d be greatful if you could... I wonder if you could... Do you think I could have...? Thank you in advance for your help in this matter.	Please could you... Could you...? Can I have...? I’d appreciate your help on this.
Promising Action	I will... I’ll investigate the matter. I will contact you again shortly	I’ll... I’ll look into it. I’ll get back to you soon.
Offering help	Would you like me to...? If you wish, I would be happy to... Let me know whether you would like me to...	Do you want me to...? Shall I...? Let me know if you’d like me to...
Final Comments	Thank you for your help. Do not hesitate to contact us again if you require any further information. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. My direct line is..	Thanks again for... Let me know if you need anything else. Just give me a call if you have any questions. My number is...
Close	I am looking forward to...(+ -ing) Give me regards to... Best wishes Regards	Looking forward to...(+ -ing) Best wishes to... Speak to/See you soon. Bye (for now) / All the ..

Exercise 2. Write the words ‘sensation’ and ‘perception’ on the board

and ask the students the meaning of them. You may let them use dictionary. Ask

them the following questions:

- What senses do you know? Why do we need them?

- How does a transduction transform a physical signal into a neural signal?
sensation - the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our enviroment.

a) the ability to feel something physically, especially by touching, or a physical

feeling that results from this ability

a burning sensation

I had no sensation of pain whatsoever.

The disease causes a loss of sensation in the fingers.

b) a general feeling caused by something that happens to you, especially a

feeling which you cannot describe exactly

I had the odd sensation (that) someone was following me.

I can remember the first time I went sailing - it was a wonderful sensation.

c) something very exciting or interesting, or something which causes great

excitement or interest

Their affair caused a sensation.

The books have been a publishing sensation on both sides of the Atlantic.

The show was an overnight sensation (= was very successful immediately).
perception - the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information,

enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events

a) a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how things

seem

We have to change the public’s perception that money is being wasted.

These photographs will affect people’s perceptions of war.

b) the quality of being aware of things through the physical senses, especially

sight
Drugs can alter your perception of reality.

c) someone’s ability to notice and understand things that are not obvious to

other people

She has extraordinary powers of perception for one so young.

He’s not known for his perception.

transduction - the transportation or transformation of something from

one form, place, or concept to another. In psychology, transduction refers to

reasoning from specific cases to general cases, typically employed by children

during their development. The word has many specialized definitions in varying

fields. Furthermore, transduction is defined as what takes place when many

sensors in the body convert physical signals from the environment into encoded

neural signals sent to the central nervous system.

contraction - a shortened form of a word or combination of words which is

often used instead of the full form in spoken English

‘Won’t’ is a contraction of ‘will not’.

Exercise 3. Ask student to write down the extended forms of the

contractions as well as the contractions of the sentences.

3.1. I will let you know tomorrow.

3.2. I would like an answer as soon as possible.

3.3. I will not know till next Monday.

3.4. I can not help you, I am afraid.

3.5. It’s been ages since I’ve seen her.

3.6. I’d not to be surprised if they’re late.

3.7. You mustn’t do anything until I say so.
Exercise 4. Ask students to write a short message of 40-50 words

about their future plan using the given words and conjunctions.

Exercise 5. Ask students to look at the picture and let them discuss

what they have understood in the table.

Exercise 6. Ask the students to work individually and work out their

own year plan. Let them present their plan to the whole class.

Exercise 7. Let students review the tips on how to write about

personal information. Following the personal identification, they should write

their own personal information like autobiography. Invite some students with

their written personal info to read out for the whole class. You may distribute the

copies of the handout with Autobiography template below: