实用写作期末复习提纲
CHAPTER ONE
When applying for a job a cover letter should be sent or posted with your resume.
Your cover letter should be specific to the position you are applying for, relating your skills and experience to those noted in the job posting. Your cover letter is your first (and best) chance to make a good impression!
? It is very important, but also quite difficult, to get the tone and style right in job application letters. ? Application Letter
Specifying the job being applied for, relating studies to job demands, mentioning relevant part-time work, referring reader to the resume, mentioning the qualities developed through project work, stating reasons for applying to this particular company, showing knowledge of company?s plans, linking language skills to company?s plans and giving contact details and stating available for interview
1. The conciseness, clarity, correctness and courteousness
are very important.
2. A resume always contains particular information in sequence and under certain headings: career objective, personal data, education and qualifications, employment record, extracurricular activities and awards, special skills, hobbies and sports and referees.
3. The most important language feature of a resume is its simplicity.
4. Format of English Application Letters
● block format (板块式/齐头式): In block format, all the things are justified to the left.
● semi-block style（半板块式）: These parts ( letterhead, date, complimentary close and signature) are started from the centre to the right. While the rest parts are still justified to the left.
● indented format （缩进式）: This format is quite similar to the semi-block style with the exception that the first line of each paragraph in the body part is to be indented about 4 letters.
5. Structure of English Application Letters Heading信头
Inside Address信内地址
Salutation称呼 Body正文
Complementary Close结束语 Signature签名 Enclosure附件
CHAPTER TWO
1. A memo is used only for communication within a company, i.e. it is an intra-company document and is not used for inter-company communication.
2. A memo may be distributed top-down or bottom-up. 3. Using first person words like ?we?, ?I? and ?our? and second person words like ?you? and ?your? reduces the distance between the sender and receiver. Junior employees writing to senior employees can use these words, but they need to be careful that the right distance, and therefore courtesy, is maintained.
? Title(MEMORANDUM), Heading(To, From, Date, Subject), Body(Purpose, Background, Request) ? Informative memo; persuasive memo
CHAPTER THREE