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PCS 406

PCS 406. Professional Communication Skills. UNIT 3. Effective Cover Letters. WEEK 7. Identifying features of cover letters. In pairs , discuss the following questions : What’s the difference between cover letter and a CV? Have you ever written a cover letter in English?

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PCS 406

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  1. PCS 406 Professional CommunicationSkills

  2. UNIT 3 EffectiveCoverLetters

  3. WEEK 7

  4. Identifyingfeatures of coverletters • Inpairs, discussthefollowingquestions: • What’sthedifferencebetweencoverletterand a CV? • Haveyou ever written a coverletter in English? • What is written in a coverletter ? Job-hunting P. 34

  5. TARGET VOCABULARY

  6. Well-focused (adj.) To be concentrated on somethingverywell.

  7. Complement (v) Tocompletesomethingandtomake it whole

  8. Sign-off (n) Closingpart of a letteror a document

  9. Enquire (v) to ask someoneforinformation

  10. Identifyingfeatures of coverletters • Look at theintroductiontocoverlettersand do theexercises 1b&c • VickyTang is the Communications Manager at GreenPharmaceuticals. Shewantstochange her jobandphones her friendFelix. • Listen totheirdialogueand do theexercises 1d, e, f. • On page 35, there is an example of goodcoverletter. Look at theexampleand do theexercises 1h, i, j Job-hunting P. 34-35-36

  11. Beginning a coverletter • Thefirstparagraph of yourcoverlettershoulddetail • thejobyouareapplyingfor • whereyouheardaboutthejob • Inthispart, youwillseetheexamples of openingparagraphs of coverletters. • Look at theexamples in exercise 2 and do theexercises 2a, b & c. Job-hunting P. 36-37

  12. Beginning a coverletter • GraceandOliveraretworecruitmentexpertsandtheyarediscussingtheletters in exercise 2c. • Listen totheextract 3.3 and do theexercises in yourCourse Pack p. 15 Course Pack P. 15

  13. Beginning a coverletter • Now it is yourturntowritetheopeningparagrah of yourcoverletter. • Thinkaboutthejobadvertisementyouhavechosen at thebeginning of thetermandwritetheopeningparagraph of yourcoverletter Course Pack P. 15

  14. WEEK 8

  15. Writingthe main body of theletter Demonstratingyourkeyskillsandexperience • Afterwritingtheopeningparagraph, now it is time towritethe main body of thecoverletter • Inthe main body of coverletter, youneedto: • showwhyyouraretherightpersonforthejob. • highlightyourmostrelevantexperiencesandskills as theyrelatetotheposition • demonstrateevidence of yourskillsclearly • provideevidenceeverythingyousaid Job-hunting P. 37

  16. Writingthe main body of theletter • Inpairsdiscussthequestions: • How longshouldthe main body of theletter be? • How manyspecificpointsshouldyoumake? • How willthissectionchangedepending on thejobyouareapplyingfor? • Afterdiscussion, do theexercises 3b, c&d. Job-hunting P. 37-38

  17. Writingthe main body of theletter Matchingyourskillsandexperiencetotheposition • Inthe body of yourcoverletter, youneedtodemonstrate how yourworkexperienceandskillsmatchthespecificpositionyouareapplyingfor. • To do this, youneedto: • readthejobdescriptioncarefully • identifytheskillsandexperiencethecompany is particularlyinterested in • showanyparallelswithpreviouspostsyouhaveheldorotherexperience Job-hunting P. 39

  18. Writingthe main body of theletter • Inpairs, discussthefollowingquestions: • How willyourcoverletterchangewitheachpositionyouapplyfor? • How willyouknowwhichskillsandexperiencetohighlight? • Shouldyouhighlightskillsandexperienceeveniftheyare not obviouslyrelevanttotheyouareapplyingfor? • Now, please do theexercises 4b, c & e. Job-hunting P. 39-40

  19. WEEK 9

  20. Writingthe main body of theletter Demonstratingyourkeyskillsandexperience • Do theexercises 4 f, g, h on page 41 in yourcoursebook. • It is time foryoutowritethe body paragraph of yourcoverletter. • Accordingtotheadvertisementyouhavechosen, pleasewritethe main body of yourcoverletter. • Do not forgettherulesandtheusefulexpressions. Course Pack P. 16

  21. Writing an effective final paragraph • The final paragraph of yourcoverlettershould : • roundtheletteroff • leavethereaderwith a positiveimpression of yourapplication • leavethereaderwith a desiretointerviewyou • Please do theexercises 5a, b, c, d, e & g. Job-hunting P. 42-43

  22. Writing an effective final paragraph • Nowthink of thespecificjob in theadvertisementyouhavechosenandwrite a closingparagraphforyourcoverletter. • Usethephrases in theboxandideasfromthissectionandwritetheparagraph in yourCourse Pack. Course Pack P. 17

  23. WEEK 10

  24. Writing a coverletter • Look at theexample of a badcoverletter in exercise 7a. • Inpairsdiscussthemistakeslabelledand do theexercise 7b. Job-hunting P.45-46

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