Expressing greetings and farewell, gratitudes and excuses

Этап

Задача этапа

Содержание

Вре мя

Teacher

Pupils

Обучение письм. речи

Формирование

умений

написания личного письма

–  Dear friends, one magazine in Great Britain published information about young English people who are looking for pen-friends in Belarus. How do you like this idea? Do you like to have penfriends in Great Britain? By means of letters you may communicate with your foreign friends. But it is very necessary to know how to arrange your letters, how to write the address and so on.

–  You know, letters in English should be written in particular way; they have their own organization.

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Анализ образца письма

Формирование знаний о

структурно-компо-

зиционных особенно-

стях личного письма

– And in order to be understood by our penfriends from Great Britain we should study carefully all the information and do some practice in writing personal letters.

ƒ At first let’s study the example. A letter that you would like to send to Britain should look like this:

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– Study the structure of the above letter and fill in the chart below referring to the letter:

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Date

Inside address

       Opening salutation

Writer’s address

Closing salutation

   Writer’s name

Формирование

навыков

написания адреса

–  Here are some addresses. They are not written correctly. Can you write each address in the correct order and in the correct way?

a)  London 7 SW₁ Victoria Street

b)  3 High Street SE ₉ London

c)  18 Long Avenue SW ₅ London

d)  England Exchange Street 26 Liverpool – Write your address on a piece of paper.

–  Write your friend’s address on the other side.

–  Write the address of your school.

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Формирование на-

выков правильного

оформления начала

–  The address tells us where the letter is from. Now you must choose the correct way to begin a letter.

–  English people are famous as very polite people. Look at the blackboard and read the formulas they use in their letters.

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и заключит. части письма

a)  If they write to their friends or relatives they apply:

My Dear Mother/ Aunt/ Friend/ Jane/ Mike

b)  If they write to people they know very well they use:

Dear Mr. Brown

Dear Mrs. Brown

Dear Miss Brown

Dear Sir Dear Madam

c)  If they write to people they do not know, they start with:

Sir

Madam

d)  If they address to some people, they use: Dear Sirs

– Which opening would you use if you wrote a letter to these people?

1)  A London Tourist Board

2)  An Employment Agency 3) Your pen friend, Isabella

4)  Your boyfriend, Sebastian

5)  Your class friend (you choose a name) – English people finish their letter to their friends (relatives) with:

Your friend

Your loving son (daughter) With love Yours.

With kisses. – Formally they sign their letters as follows: Yours truly

Yours faithfully Truly yours

Yours sincerely

With best regards

–  Always send best wishes or love to friends or to the family of the friend you are writing to: Regards to your family

Best wishes to you and all your family Send my love to your family

–  Imagine that one English boy writes letters to:

a)  his friend;

b)  his teacher; 

c)  his grand-parents

–  How would he start and finish his letters in each case?

–  You are writing a letter to Mary. What will you write?

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at the beginning                                at the end

Hello                                                 thank you

My Dear Mary                                how do you do

With love                                                See you

Sorry                                                Yours truly

Развитие умений

логически выстраивать ход

мыслей в процессе

написания письма

– Nick writes a letter to his addressee but there are disorders. Arrange the letter in correct way. But REMEMBER that a letter usually contains the following stages:

a)  Nick

b)  Fortunately I’ll be back in 3 days and I’ m going to visit