Parts of a Letter

THE HANDOUT 3

 

• Credits             : 3 SKS
• Meeting            : 3 (Third)
• Topic               : Parts of a Letter
• Target              : The students know and understand parts of letters
• References       : Suryanto dan Hetty Rachdiana S. English Business  Correspondence. 3^rd edition. Bandung; Humaniora. 2009,  p. 3

• Contents          :

In general, parts of letters are arranged in the following order:

Formal letters	Informal letters
Heading / letterhead	Dateline
Dateline	Inside address
Reference line/ ref. numbers	Salutation
Inside address	Body of the letter
Attention line	Complementary close
Salutation	Signature
Subject line/ re-line	Enclosure (if any)
Body of the letter
Complementary close
Signature
Enclosure

• Exercises                    : Group work

	Formal letters	Informal letters
Form
Layout
The languageused

• Tasks               :

Individual task

1. Do you think that the parts of letters are important? Why?
2. If one part is missing, what will happen to the letter?
3. What will you do if you get a letter which is not detail?
4. What will you do when you have sent your letter but you did not realize that your letter has many mistakes?