TASK 2 M1 LA1 BAHASA INGGRIS PROFESIONAL

Example 1

April 17, 2018

Dear Fatima,

I hope this letter finds all of you in the best of health and spirits. All of us are also doing fine here. It has been a very long time since we met or wrote to each other. So I thought of penning down a few lines to check things with you.

We just got back from our vacation to Malang and had a great time. We went to Bromo and Kota Batu. Amazing must see places. If you happen to ever plan a holiday to that side of the world do let me know and I shall give you tips on sightseeing, culinary, etc.

I want to share something that is disturbing me these days. Mom has not been keeping good health and I am really worried for her. Sometimes I see bad dreams about mom and they wake me up in the middle of the night. I am sure you know what bad dreams I am talking about. Please don’t share this with anybody and I know I can trust you on this.

Anyways you say what is up with you and how is work? I can see that it is keeping you really busy, as I haven’t heard from you at all.

Give my love to your mom and dad and loads of love to you too.

Stay in touch and do write!

Take care

Love,

Aleena

Adapted from:

 http://www.letters.org/friendship-letter/friendship-letter.html

Example 2:

Hello,

I would like to get to know someone from your country and a friend has told me that you would like to practice your English. Perhaps we could email each other. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your family? Could you suggest how we might meet sometime in the future?

Thanks...

Example 3:

Hello Alexa,

I'm glad you're interested in my country. As your friend said, I'd like us to email each other to help me improve your English.

Let me start by telling you a bit about myself and my family. My name's Ivo and I live in Kutna Hora, which is about 45 minutes from Prague by car. I used to work for a medical company but now I'm learning to be a salesperson. In the future I want a job where I can travel for my work. I've already been to a few places in Europe but I've never been to an English-speaking country.

I live at home with my parents, which is convenient, as I don't have to do much housework and my meals are cooked for me. My younger brother is studying at university. Although he is four years younger than me, we get on quite well. We both enjoy snowboarding and music.

What about you? Have you ever been to the Czech Republic? It would be great if you could come over one

Anyway, I must go and get on with my work! Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes,

Ivo

TASK 2

1.      What personal relations do each sender of the letter to the addressees? Provide evidence from the letters

2.      What is the tone of each letter? Provide evidences from the letters.

ANSWER:

1.      Based on the letters above the relation between the senders and addressees are

a)  The first letter

The relation between the sender and addressee is close friends who haven't met or written for a long time. It can be seen from the sentence “It has been a very long time since we met or wrote to each other”.

b)    The second letter

The relation between the sender and the addressee is not known in the second letter because they have never met or known each other before and this letter is the first time they have a contact. It’s proved by the sentence could you tell me a bit about yourself and your family?, but it also can be said that the sender knows  the addressee from a friend. The sender wants to know someone from the addressee’s country and the addressee wants to practice her English. It can be seen from the sentence “ I would like to get to know someone from your country and a friend has told me that you would like to practice your English”.

c)    The third letter

This letter has a correlation with the second letter.. The personal relationship between the sender of the letter and the receiver of the letter is as new friends who send letters each other to know by introducing herself. It is stated in the sentece “My name's Ivo and I live in Kutna Hora, which is about 45 minutes from Prague by car.

2.    The tones from the letters

a)    The first letter

This letter’s tone is informal tone which is friendly because the sender and the receiver have known each other. It can be proven by the words in the letter such as stay in touch, love, take care and dear.

b)    The second letter and The third letter

The tones from the other letters are also informal. At the beginning of the letter, we can find the words hello, and the end of letter we can find the words best wishes. in theclosing of the letter 3, the sender said “Anyway, I must go and get

on with my work! “ it might tell us that the tone is informal.