WRITING LESSON

UNIT 3: BECOMING INDEPENDENT

Questions What skills do you think

03 you will be taught if you

take the “Coping with
loneliness” course?
What courses
01 are advertised? What will you
04 get if you enroll
early?

Who are the

02 courses for? What can you do if you
05 need more information
about the courses?
Questions What skills do you think

03 you will be taught if you

take the “Coping with
loneliness” course?
Courses that teach the
01 skills people need to
become independent What will you
04 get if you enroll
early?

Who are the

02 courses for? What can you do if you
05 need more information
about the courses?
Questions What skills do you think

03 you will be taught if you

take the “Coping with
loneliness” course?
Courses that teach the
01 skills people need to
become independent What will you
04 get if you enroll
early?
Those who want to be
02 independent / live on their
What can you do if you
own successfully
05 need more information
about the courses?
Questions The skills to overcome
03 the feeling of loneliness
Courses that teach the
01 skills people need to
become independent What will you
04 get if you enroll
early?
Those who want to be
02 independent / live on their
What can you do if you
own successfully
05 need more information
about the courses?
Questions The skills to overcome
03 the feeling of loneliness
Courses that teach the
01 skills people need to
become independent A discount on
04 the tuition fee

Those who want to be

02 independent / live on their
What can you do if you
own successfully
05 need more information
about the courses?
Questions The skills to overcome
03 the feeling of loneliness
Courses that teach the
01 skills people need to
become independent A discount on
04 the tuition fee

Those who want to be

02 independent / live on their
Write to Ms.
own successfully
05 Angela Brown
BRAINSTORMING IDEAS
Imagine when you
enroll in university,
what are the
difficulties you may
face with?

- Draw/ List out the things you find difficult

- Work in group of 5-6 people
- 2 mins to discuss
BRAINSTORMING IDEAS

SHARING YOUR IDEAS

EXERCISE 3: MATCHING a.Can’t concentrate and have memory
problems
Lacking
time-management skills b. Don't feel comfortable when talking to
people or working in a group

Suffering from stress c. Can't schedule tasks effectively

d. Don't know how to prioritise tasks

Lacking interpersonal e. Always feel worried and can't sleep

communication skills well at night
f. Have difficulty in communicating ideas
or opinions
EXERCISE 3: MATCHING a.Can’t concentrate and have memory
problems
Lacking
time-management skills b. Don't feel comfortable when talking to
people or working in a group

Suffering from stress c. Can't schedule tasks effectively

d. Don't know how to prioritise tasks

Lacking interpersonal e. Always feel worried and can't sleep

communication skills well at night
f. Have difficulty in communicating ideas
or opinions
 Lacking Lacking interpersonal
Suffering from stress
time-management skills communication skills
Revision:
Formal / Informal
letter?

What are the aims of

your letter?

s in
How many part
your letter?
Revision:
T he letter is a
FORMAL letter

What are the aims of

your letter?

s in
How many part
your letter?
Revision:
T he letter is a
FORMAL letter

AIMS: 1. Ask for

suitable course
2. Request information

s in
How many part
your letter?
Revision:
T he letter is a
FORMAL letter

AIMS: 1. Ask for

suitable course
2. Request information

9 PARTS
Opening
· Date
· Greeting
Body
1. Stating the reason for writing the letter
2. Giving background information
3. Requesting advice based on background information
4. Requesting further information
5. Expressing hope
Ending
6. Thank-you note
· Signature
Exercise 6: Arrange jumped-up
parts in a letter in a right order by
matching a-f in the letter to 1-6 in
the template

- Read the parts in the letter or

read number FIRST?
Answer:
A-2, b-4, c-6, d-1, e-5, f-3
 Let’s review
Problems
Loneliness

Signs Requesting further

Homesick, don’t like being
information
Tuition fee
alone
 Writing task: Fill in the missing parts based on writing
model
Model : Ideas :
I am a first year student … (state your Problems : lacking interpersonal
problems) skills, lacking time-management
skills, suffering from stress
Could you advise me which of the
course I should take ?

I would like to know ….. (request Further information : course

further information) duration, lecturer/ trainer,
starting date, certificate.
● Work in 4 groups
● Practise writing in 5 minutes
● T randomly pick 2 groups to
present the products
HOMEWORK

Revise the template of a

formal letter
Each student writes a
letter asking information
 Th a nk s f o r
r a t te nt i o n !
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