SZABLON DO PRACY Z UCZNIEM – Recommendation letter
dla liceum – poziom intermediate
1. Answer key to exercise number 1.
RECOMMENDATION LETTER
Dear Ms Wise:
I’m writing in response to your May 02 letter requesting a personal reference for Mark Bailey.
I was fortunate enough to have him in my classes. He is a very ambitious and open-minded person who proved many times that has all the characteristics the good teacher should have.
I have heard few of his speeches and observed many of his classroom mikroteaching sessions.
All of them were very well-prepared. Mark always knew how to make students involved in the classes. By using different teaching techniques he could make them in the most dull and difficult topic. His behaviour in the class gave an impression as he was a teacher for many years.
In summary, I recommend Mark Bailey as a teacher of English at your school. If I can offer you additional information, please call.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jane Brown.
a. What was Dr. Jane Brown’s opinion about Mark Bailey? Find six arguments and note them below.
1. very ambitious and open-minded person
2. that has all the characteristics the good teacher should have
3. very well-prepared speeches and classroom mikroteaching sessions 4. always knew how to make students involved in the classes
5. different teaching techniques
6. his behaviour in the class gave an impression as he was a teacher for many years
b. What formal expressions can you find in the text? Note them below.
1. Dear Ms Wise:
2. I’m writing in response to your May 02 letter requesting a personal reference for…
3. I was fortunate enough to…
4. In summary 5. I recommend
6. If I can offer you additional information, please call.
7. Sincerely, Dr. Jane Brown.
2. Answer key to exercise number 2.
The characteristic features of FORMAL LETTERS:
- no abbreviations (short forms)
- no colloquial language
- complex sentences
- conjunctions( connecting words) used
- the greeting and the closing remark
Plan of a formal letter:
1. the greeting
2. paragraph 1 – introduction : reason for writing 3. paragraph 2 – details about the subject
4. final paragraph – the closing remarks 5. full name
Useful phrases:
PERSONAL OPINION:
In my opinion/view To my mind
To my way of thinking I an convinced that It strikes me that It is my firm belief that I think that
TO LIST POINTS:
Firstly, … First of all, … In the first place, … Secondly, … Thirdly, … Finally, …
To start /begin with, …
TO ADD MORE POINTS TO THE SAME TOPIC:
What is more…
Moreover…
TO MAKE CONTRASTING POINTS:
However…
Although…
In spite of the fact that…
Despite the fact that…
While…
BEGINNING:
Dear Sir/ Madam (Dear Sir or Madam); Dear Sir; Dear Madam;
Dear Mr Jones,;
Dear Mrs Jones (when she is married), Dear Miss France (unmarried woman), Dear Ms ( if you don’t know whether she is married or not);
Dear Mr and Mrs Jones;
Dear Dr Jones; Dear Professor Martin DEMAND:
Yours sincerely - if you started with a name: Dear Mr Jones Yours faithfully – if you don’t know the name: Dear Sir/ Madam
Aleksandra Kazimierczyk Nauczyciel języka angielskiego British School
Warszawa
