WRITING LETTER

DEFINITION:

A letter is a written message that can be handwritten or printed on paper. It is usually sent to the recipient via mail or post in an envelope, although this is not a requirement as such. Any such message that is transferred via post is a letter, a written conversation between two parties.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of personal letter is to give an information to the receiver which is usually someone close to the sender like family, friends or relatives about an important personal thing. This personal thing includes asking/sharing about thoughts, experiences, feelings or simply just to say hello.

STRUCTURE:

The opening of the letter includes the opening salutation and information identifying to whom the letter is addressed, whereas the body of the letter contains all of the information to be communicated. Finally, the closing of a letter contains the complimentary closing and the letter writer's signature.

USEFUL PHRASES [INFORMAL LETTER]

GREETING

• Dear / Hello / Hi , etc

INTRODUCTION

• It’s great to hear from you. / Many thanks for your e-mail / letter.
• Sorry it's taken me so long to write back. / I haven't written for ages but …
• I’ve been really busy recently. / You’ve to know that I’ve been working really hard.
• How are you? / How are things (with you)? / How's it going? / How’s life?
• I hope you’re fine. / I hope you and your family are well. / I do hope this e-mail / letter will find you in good health and spirits.
• Just thought I’d drop you a line.

REFERRING TO GOOD / BAD NEWS

• Glad / sorry to hear / read about …
• I'm really glad / very happy to hear / read about …
• I'm extremely sorry / very sad to hear / read about …

MOVING THE TOPIC ON

• By the way, have you heard about … / Did you hear about … / Tell me about …
• Oh, another thing I wanted to mention … / So you want my advice about …
• Anyway, the reason I’m writing … / Anyway, I was wondering …
• I thought I’d write to tell / ask you …

ENDING

• Well, time to go / to close! / Got to go now! / I've got to leave off now! / That’s all for now.
• Looking forward to hearing from you. / Hope to hear from you soon. / Write back soon!
• Make sure you write soon! / Keep in touch! / Drop me a line if you have time!
• Take care of yourself! / Look after yourself!
• Let me know if you need anything. / Just give me a call if you have any questions left.

SIGN-OFF

• Yours(,) / Your friend(,) /
• Best wishes(,) / All the best(,)
• Hugs(,) / Hugs and kisses(,)
• Love(,) / Lots of love(,) / All my love(,)
• Take care(,) / Bye for now(,)

EXAMPLE:

Jakarta,

09/04/2020

Dear Aul 

Hi Aul , long time no see , i miss you so much. You seem to be having a nice time in Korea. Do you miss me ? I don't think so ? :) haha i'm kidding.

How is the situation in korea?  Is it okay there?  If you want to ask how I'm doing now, I'm not well, I feel so bored at home, I really want to go back to school and meet my friends.  I also want to meet you :(.

When do you come back to Indonesia?  I want to tell a lot of things but it doesn't fit on this paper.  I hope you return to Indonesia as soon as possible. If you want to return to Indonesia tell me, so that I immediately arrange our meeting schedule.

I hope you and your family are always healthy.  I am here to pray for you.  Hope to see you soon

From your beautiful cousin

Graciella

DIALOGUE

G: What are you doing ?

L: I'm witing a letter to a close friend of mine. 

G: Haven't you seen each other in a long time?

L: Yes, miss her. How about you? Have you written a letter before? 

G: Yes i wrote a letter to my cousin. 

L: Do you rarely meet ? 

G: Yeah, because of corona 

L: I hope you can meet him as soon as possible 

G: thank you, hope you can meet your friends too.

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