Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

WELCOME TO MY CLASS


Good morning Everybody
68 Au co St, HCM. city, Viet Nam
November 25th , 2010
Dear sir,
I saw your Institute`s advertisement in today`s edition of the Viet Nam News.
I am 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. Could you please send details of the courses and fees for beginner? I can supply my record of English study if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully,
Mai Loan
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 faithful, / Yours sincerely,
B-The content of the letter
C-Writer’s address and the date
D-Dear...,
Unit 4
LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Write
NEW WORDS
1- request (v):
2- edition (n):
3- detail (n)
4- supply (v):
5- look forward to
yêu cầu, đề nghị
My Mom has gone away to HCM city for long. I miss her much.
I am looking forward to seeing her again.
ấn bản, ấn phẩm
chi tiết
cung cấp
trông mong
From: 25 Le Duan St.,District1
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

To: The headmaster
of the school
- John Robinson, From England
- live in HCM city-Vietnam
- want to learn Vietnamese
II/Write
1. Where did Robinson see the school’s advertisement?
2. What language does he want to learn?
3. What aspects of Vietnamese does he want to improve?
4. What does Robinson want to know?
He saw the school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Vietnamese News.
He wants to learn Vietnamese.
He wants to learn to read and write Vietnamese.
He wants to know some details of the courses and fees.
Answer the questions:
25 Le Duan St.,District1
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
April 17th 2003
Dear sir,
I saw your school 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
Dear sir,
I saw your school 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
Dear sir,
I saw your school 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
I saw/heard/watched .... in the Times / the Sunflowers / on TV /on BBC,..
I am interested in/like/love .... Vietnamese / English/... and I would like some information about your school / institute/...
I speak a little.... But I want to read / write / speak better...
Could you.... courses/fees/time able/ teachers / scholarship /...
I can complete a test / supply my school report /...
I look forward to hearing from you
Yours faithfully,/ Yours sincerely
b) Read the advertisements In 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. Follow the outline below
Introduction:
Request:
Further information:
Conclusion:
(to) look forward to +V-ing
Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely,
NOTES
I would like ...
I am interested...
I’d like...
I’m interested...
68HVT St, HCM city, Viet Nam
November 07th , 2011
Dear sir,
I saw your Institute’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Times
I am 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. Could you please send details of the courses and fees for beginner? I can supply my record of English study if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Mai Loan
Homework
1/ Rewrite the letter of inquiry.
2/ Do exercises in your exercise book.
3/ Prepare : Language focus
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
the end
GOOD BYE!