Teacher: Le Trang Nhung
Hong Duc Secondary School

Unit 4
Lesson 2: WRITE

LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1/ Vocabulary:
2. edition (n):
bản in, lần xuất bản
3. detail of course and fee (n) :
chi tiết khoá học và học phí
5. to look forward to + V- ing
1. inquiry (n):
Sự tham vấn, yêu cầu
4. request (n) (v):
yêu cầu
Ex: I am looking forward to hearing from you.
: mong đợi
6. advertisement (n):
-> advertising (n):
-> advertise (v)
mục quảng cáo
sự quảng cáo
quảng cáo
25 Le Duan Street, District 1,
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
April 17th, 2003

Dear Sir,
I saw your school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
I am interested in learning Vietnamese and I would like some information about your school.
I speak a little Vietnamese, but I want to learn to read and write it. Could you please send details of courses and fees? I can complete a spoken Vietnamese test if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
John Robinson
What do you write in each part of the letter? Do the matching to find the answer.
1-Heading

2-Opening

3-Body of the letter

4-Closing
A-Yours faithfully,/Yours sincerely,

B-The content of the letter

C-Writer’s address and the date

D-Dear...,
25 LeDuan St.,District 1
Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
April 17th 2003
Dear Sir,
I saw your school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
I am interested in learning Vietnamese and I would like some information about your school.
I speak a little Vietnamese, but I want to learn to read and write it. Could you please send details of the courses and fees? I can complete a spoken Vietnamese test if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,


John Robinson
Heading
Opening
Body of the letter
Closing
Note:
The format of a letter of inquiry
Introduction (giới thiệu lý do biết được thông tin và thể hiện mong muốn biết thêm thông tin)
Request (cho biết trình độ và yêu cầu cần thông tin gì)
Further information (cung cấp thêm thông tin của bản thân)
Conclusion (Kết thư bằng lời chào lịch sự)
* Polite closing:
Yours faithfully,
Yours sincerely,
Faithfully/ sincerely yours,
Read Mr. Robinson’s letter and complete the table.
Viet Nam News.
the advertisement
speak a little Vietnamese.
learn to read and write it.
fees
a spoken test.
hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
details
courses
learning Vietnamese
Would like some information about………
your school.
2)Write a letter of inquiry to this institution requesting for more information about the courses and fees.
ENGLISH FLUENCY
From beginners to advanced
Well – qualified teachers
Available on Mon/ Wed/ Fri or Tue/ Thu/ Sat
Add: 36 Cat Linh St
Tel: 7338402
Read Mr. Robinson’s letter and complete the table.
Would like some information about………
267 Quang Trung Street, Ward 11,
Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City.
October 21st, 2021.
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I saw the advertisement of your school on TV last week. I am very interested in learning English and I would like some more information about your institute.
I can speak a little English , but I read it very slowly and my writing is bad. So I want to improve my reading and writing skills. I would like to have details of English courses and fees for beginners? I can complete a spoken test if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Nguyen Van Nam
HOMEWORK
Write the letter in your exercise notebook again.
Prepare: Language Focus on pages 38-39
Good bye!
Thank you for your attention!