2019-07-26 Core: 4 cover letters

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 161 practice 1 and 2
practice 1
2 will possibly pay
3 It probably won’t
4 will certainly live
5 will definitely rise
6 will possibly be
7 will probably be
8 there definitely won’t
- These adverbs (and frequency adverbs) generally go after the first auxiliary verb. (“be” is always an auxiliary, even if it’s the only verb, so the adverb goes after it if it’s first)
- There’s a “stronger” rule that the adverb goes before “not”, so it also goes before contractions with “not”.
practice 2
2 I’ll buy - if this is the moment of the decision
  I’m buying/I’m going to buy - if the decision was already made earlier
3 I won’t spend - if this is the moment when the speaker noticed the sunburn and made the decision
  I’m not going to spend/I’m not spending - if the speaker noticed and decided earlier
4 is taking - The test is already arranged and scheduled.
  (“is going to take” isn’t ungrammatical, but usually we prefer the shorter option)
5 I’ll have - This is more common in a restaurant, even though the customer probably decided earlier.
6 I’ll get - It’s a decision/offer made in the moment.
7 I’m going to buy - I must have already decided, if now I’m going to the store.
8 are you flying - The arrangements are already made
  (“are you going to fly” suggests you have this plan but no arrangements yet)
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will = decisions made while speaking, offers and promises
be going to = decisions made before speaking
present continuous = decisions with arrangements made before speaking
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p. 53 - Cover Letters
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If you apply to a job with an email (or snail mail), you usually send a resume and cover letter.
part 2 - Find each of these things in the letter (one isn’t included).
What can you omit (leave out) if it’s an email?

enclose = send in the same envelope
attach = send as a file in an email (In paper mail, attachments are physically connected.)
“To whom it may concern” is another option when you don’t know the recipient.

In an email you would omit the physical signature, the mailing addresses, and the date.
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part 4a - Find these examples of formal style in the letter.
- concise sentences:
	I am willing to relocate if necessary.
	I will graduate in Digital Media this month from Boston University.
- formal phrases:
	I look forward to hearing from you.
	I consider myself to be…
	I am available for an interview…
	I am writing in reply to…
	I am enclosing my resume...
- no contractions: “I am”, “I will”, “I have”, etc.
- standard opening: Dear Sir or Madam,
	To whom it may concern,
	Dear Ms. Banerjee,
	To the department of…,
- standard closing: Yours sincerely,
	I look forward to hearing from you.
	Best regards, / Kind regards, / Regards,
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BREAK
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p. 53 part 4b - Rewrite these sentences in a more formal style, like you would in a cover letter. Then check with your partner.
1 I will finish my degree next month.
2 I look forward to hearing from you.
  Feel free to contact me.
3 I am writing in reply to your advertisement in the newspaper.
  I am writing to express my interest in the position advertised in the newspaper.
4 I am enclosing my resume, which gives my full contact details.
  My contact details can be found in my resume, which I have enclosed.
5 I will be available in August.
  I am available to start work beginning in August.
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Communicative Activity
- Read the profiles and job descriptions and discuss which jobs each person will/won’t/might/might not be suitable for. Try to agree on the best matches of all six people to jobs.
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When you were a young child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Did you change your mind? Why?
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Homework: Write a cover letter for a job you interviewed for yesterday (or a job of your own invention).
	Use a formal style, including addresses, opening, closing, and a signature.
	(All the information can be made up.)