Application letter

Now that you know how to face an application letter, in this post you'll find useful language for your writing task, as well as a different model of this type of letter.

• Useful language. Notice that there are different uses on this document. This time you are going to use "formal letter" and "application letter".
• Model of application letter with tips.
•  and rephrasing activity.

And, as I've told you before, here you have the letter with mistakes we've worked with in today's lesson.

Last, but not least, I attach the task instructions to write your own application letter.


So, good luck with your writing task! Just one piece of advice: write by hand, because getting used to using your computer and being corrected by it can give you problems in the long term. We'll talk about it next time.

Enjoy your long weekend!

Vocabulary related to work

As we have already seen models of application letters in class, I thought that you might find these activities interesting, as they'll give you further background on the topic of jobs.

• Describing a job and keys.
• Words often confused and keys.
• Collocations and keys.

Gerunds and infinitives

Hi! As promised, here you have a pile of work to practise with these verbs we love. Remember, if you have any problems, bring your questions to class. It is likely more people have the same doubts as you.

• Chart with list of gerund/infinitive verbs and activity with keys.
• Verb + object + infinitive/gerund New English File.
• Keys to activities in New English File.
• Listening practise and gapped texts. This is the listening activity we did in class, in which you had to fill in the gaps with the verbs in gerund or infinitive; and in the same worksheet there were also gapped texts to complete with the correct form of the verbs. You'll find the texts with the answers at the end, and here the listening track.

Look at, see or watch?

This time I'm bringing you a brief vocabulary lesson. This came to mind while posting the previous entries, and is something we all can benefit from.

Cambridge Dictionary: Look at, see or watch

The 30-day challenge

More videos! This is a short speech of Matt Cutts, an engineer working in Google, and who may give you a good idea if you're trying to stick to a new good habit.

You can simply watch the video, or if you want to make it more interesting, you can also do a fill-in-the gaps activity. So, here you have the materials:

• Fill-in-the gaps
• Script

How do you feel about his method? Have you ever tried anything similar? Will you try it? Tell us!

Success

Hi! Remember this video? We watched it some weeks ago in class, but I thought that it might be interesting posting used material in case you want to revise it again or didn't come to class that day. What do you think about that, by the way? Let me know in the comments section :)

• Video transcript with gaps
• Original transcript