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Bình Tân Junior High School
Unit 4. LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Period 24: WRITE

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
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
1/ Vocabulary:
- inquiry (n)
sự đề nghị cung cấp
- edition (n)
ấn bản
- detail (n)
chi tiết
- fees (n)
học phí
- to look forward to + V-ing (v)
trông đợi/mong điều gì
- faithfully = sincerely (adv)
chân thành
UNIT 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
LESSON 5: WRITE
25 Le Duan 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

2. a/ Read the letter
1. Where did Mr. Robinson see the school’s advertisement?
He saw the advertisement in Today’s edition of Vietnam news.
2. What language does he want to learn?
He wants to learn Vietnamese.
3. What aspect of Vietnamese does he want to learn?
He wants to learn how to read and write.
4. What does he want to know?
He wants to know details of the courses and fees.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
25 Le Duan 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
Introduction
Request
Further information
Conclusion
How many parts are there in the body of this letter?
What are they?
25 Le Duan 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
Outline
Introduction: Say how you come to know about the Institution (advertisement on newspaper/ watch on TV ); express your interest (want to know more information)
Request: State how good your English is; exactly what kind of information you want.
Further information: Say you are ready to supply more information about your English/ study (record of study) if necessary.
Conclusion: End with a polite closing.
1.Vocabulary:
2. a/ Read the letter
b/ Write a letter of inquiry
UNIT4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Lesson 5:Write
b. Read the advertisements in 5. Read again. Choose one of the schools you want to attend to improve your English. Write a letter of inquiry to the institution requesting for more information about the courses and fees.
Dear Sir,
I saw your Institute`s advertisement on Today`s TV program. I am very interested in learning English and I would like some 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.
Could you please provide more information about the length of the courses and fees for beginners? I can supply my record of English study if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
THE ANSWER
1/ Rewrite the letter of inquiry again.
2/ Do exercises in your exercise book.
3/ Prepare Unit 4 - Language focus
(Direct and reported speech).
Homework and preparation:
Thank you very much.
See you next time.