KOMPETENSI PROFESIONAL: LEARNING TASK M1 LA1 PART 1

Learning Tasks M1 LA1 Part 1: Getting to Know Personal Letters

Task 1

Example 1:

April 17th 2018

Dear Fatima, 

I hope this letter finds all of you in the best of health and spirits. All of us are also doing fine here. It has been a very long time since we met or wrote to each other. So I thought of penning down a few lines to check things with you.

We just got back from our vacation to Malang and had a great time. We went to Bromo and Kota Batu. Amazing must see places. If you happen to ever plan a holiday to that side of the world do let me know and I shall give you tips on sightseeing, culinary, etc.

I want to share something that is disturbing me these days. Mom has not been keeping good health and I am really worried for her. Sometimes I see bad dreams about mom and they wake me up in the middle of the night. I am sure you know what bad dreams I am talking about. Please don’t share this with anybody and I know I can trust you on this.

Anyways you say what is up with you and how is work? I can see that it is keeping you really busy, as I haven’t heard from you at all.

Give my love to your mom and dad and loads of love to you too.

Stay in touch and do write!

Take care

Love, 

Aleena

Example 2:

Hello,

I would like to get to know someone from your country and a friend has told me that you would like to practice your English. Perhaps we could email each other. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your family? Could you suggest how we might meet sometime in the future? 

Thanks.

Example 3 

Hello Alexa,

I'm glad you're interested in my country. As your friend said, I'd like us to email each other to help me improve my English.

Let me start by telling you a bit about myself and my family. My name's Ivo and I live in Kutna Hora, which is about 45 minutes from Prague by car. I used to work for a medical company but now I'm learning to be a salesperson. In the future I want a job where I can travel for my work. I've already been to a few places in Europe but I've never been to an English-speaking country.

I live at home with my parents, which is convenient, as I don't have to do much housework and my meals are cooked for me. My younger brother is studying at university. Although he is four years younger than me, we get on quite well. We both enjoy snowboarding and music.

What about you? Have you ever been to the Czech Republic? It would be great if you could come over one. 

Anyway, I must go and get on with my work! Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

TASK 2

1.      What personal relations do each sender of the letter to the addressees? Provide evidence from the letters in Task 1.

From the letter 1, we can see that the sender of the letter is Alleena and the addressee is Fatima. Based on the letter 1, we can know that the personal relation of the sender and the addressee are old friends.  It can be seen that Aleena as the sender of the letter said “It has been a very long time since we met or wrote to each other”.  It means that, they used to meet each other before.

The  letter 2 is related to the letter 3. It can be seen that the sender and the addressee have never met each other before. In letter 2, the sender sent the letter to a new friend that she knows from her friend. If we read the letter 3, we can know that the sender of the letter 2 is Alexa. She sent the letter to Ivo if they can be friends and send email each other. In letter 3, Ivo is as the sender of the letter and Alexa is as the addressee of the letter. In this letter, we can see that Ivo replied his new friend’s letter/email and told about himself and his family. One thing to make sure that they have never met each other is that the sender of Letter 2 asks the addressee to introduce himself and the addressee replied it in Letter 3. In conclusion, the personal relation of the sender and the addressee in letter 2 and 3 are new friends.

2.      What is the tone of each letter? Provide evidences from the letters in Task 1.

The three letters that provided in Task 1 have friendly tones which convey attitudes of sincerity and earnestness to their friends. The senders present the words in their letters to their old and new friend in a friendly and warm way and build the emotion of a good friendship. Good friendship means that they can trust and help each other.  Here are some evidences that we can see from the letters.

·         Letter 1:

 “I hope this letter finds all of you in the best of health and spirits. ………So I thought of penning down a few lines to check things with you.”

“Please don’t share this with anybody and I know I can trust you on this.”

·         Letter 2:

“Perhaps we could email each other. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your family?”

·         Letter 3:

“I'm glad you're interested in my country. As your friend said, I'd like us to email each other to help me improve my English.”

“What about you? Have you ever been to the Czech Republic? It would be great if you could come over one”

TASK 3

Fill in the table by referring to the previous letter in task 1. In this task, you are going to analyze the letter structure by the senders and receivers. Fill in the table by referring to the previous letter in task 1. 

	Letter 1	Letter 2	Letter 3
Date of writing	April 17, 2018	It’s not written	It’s not written
Sender	Aleena	Alexa	Ivo
Greetings form	Dear (Informal/Friendly)	Hello (Informal/Friendly)	Hello (Informal/Friendly)
Main content	The sender shares her great last vacation in Malang  to her old friend	The sender wants to start friendship with new friend	The sender replies a letter from a new friend
Personal news	The sender’s mother is sick and it makes her so sad. She told her friend that she is worry about her mother and afraid of losing her.	The sender’s friend told him to that the addressee wants to practice English so the sender gives a good response to make a friend with the addressee.	He tells about himself and his family in the letter to start practicing his  English
Complementary close/Sign off	Love	Thanks	Best wishes
Receiver	Fatima	Ivo	Alexa

Task 4.

Now, report the similarities and differences of the four letters by filling out the table below.

		Letter 1	Letter 2	Letter 3
Similarities	Social Function	To exchange news about the sender’s last vocation and her mother’s condition	To build a good  relationship with a new friend	To exchange information with a new friend.
	Text Structures	-   Date -   Salutation and name -   Introduction -   Body -   Closing (to indicate the letter is going to end; Give my love to your mom and dad and loads of love to you too) -   Complimentary close (short expression: love) ·      - Signature (name of           the writer: Aleena)	-     Salutation -     Introduction -     Body -     Complimentary close (short expression: thanks)	-       Salutation and name -       Introduction -       Body -       Closing             (to indicate the letter is             going to end; anyway I            must go and get on with             my work!) -     Complimentary close (short expression: best wishes) -     Signature (name of the writer: Ivo)
	Lexico-grammatical Feature	·      - simple present tense ·      - simple past tense to tell the past experience	·         simple present tense	·         simple present tense
Differences	Social Function	to exchange information to someone already known well.	To inform that the sender wants to make a friend with someone new.	To reply the letter from a new friend.
	Text Structures	There is a date	There is no date, name of addressee, closure, and signature	There is no date