Part Ⅲ Practical Writing 2
Unit Ten Letter Writing 2
10.1 General introduction 2
10.1.1 The format of a letter 2
10.1.2 The elementary parts of a letter 3
10.1.3 The optional parts of a business letter 7
10.1.4 The layout of envelope 8
10.2 Personal letters 9
10.2.1 Letter of invitation 9
10.2.2 Letter of thanks 10
10.2.3 Letter of consolation 11
10.2.4 Letter of congratulation 11
10.2.5 Letter of complaint 12
10.2.6 Letter of apology 13
10.3 Business letters 14
10.3.1 Different types of business letters 15
10.3.2 Rules for effective business letters 24
Exercises 26
Unit Eleven College Application Writing 29
11.1 Requesting for admission form 29
11.1.1 General introduction 29
11.1.2 Structure of a requesting letter for admission form 29
11.1.3 Points to note 31
11.2 Graduation certification and notarization 32
11.2.1 Graduation certification 32
11.2.2 Graduation notarization 33
11.3 Personal statement 34
11.3.1 General introduction 34
11.3.2 Significance of personal statements 34
11.3.3 Structure of a personal statement 35
11.3.4 Points to note 42
11.4 Letter of recommendation 43
11.4.1 General introduction 43
11.4.2 Importance of recommendation letters 43
11.4.3 Structure of recommendation letters 43
11.4.4 Points to note 47
Exercises 47
Unit Twelve Employment Writing 49
12.1 General introduction 49
12.1.1 Introduction 49
12.1.2 Preparation 49
12.2 Cover letter writing 49
12.3 Resumé writing 53
12.3.1 General introduction 53
12.3.2 Resumé structure 54
12.4 Supplementary information 63
12.4.1 Tips for application writing 63
12.4.2 Vocabulary about personality traits 64
Exercises 65
Unit Thirteen Summary and Report 66
13.1 Summary 66
13.1.1 General introduction 66
13.1.2 Writing procedure 67
13.1.3 Principles in summary writing 68
13.2 Report 79
13.2.1 General introduction 79
13.2.2 Book report 79
13.2.3 Feasibility report 82
13.2.4 Progress report 85
13.2.5 The incident report 88
Exercises 90
Unit Fourteen Memo,Note,Notice and Poster 92
14.1 Memo 92
14.1.1 General introduction 92
14.1.2 Sample analysis 93
14.1.3 Useful words and expressions 96
14.2 Note 96
14.2.1 General introduction 96
14.2.2 Sample analysis 96
14.2.3 Useful words and expressions 100
14.3 Notice 100
14.3.1 General introduction 100
14.3.2 Sample analysis 100
14.3.3 Useful words and expressions 101
14.4 Poster 102
14.4.1 General introduction 102
14.4.2 Sample analysis 102
14.4.3 Useful words and expressions 105
Exercises 105
Part Ⅳ Writing in Examinations 108
Unit Fifteen Writing in CET 108
15.1 General introduction 108
15.2 Scoring standards 108
15.2.1 Principles for scoring 108
15.2.2 Standards of scoring 109
15.2.3 Case analysis on the scoring standards 110
15.3 Writing skills for CET 113
15.3.1 My view 113
15.3.2 How 116
15.3.3 A or B 118
15.3.4 Why 120
15.3.5 Advantage or disadvantage 121
15.3.6 Narrative composition 123
15.3.7 Graph/Chart composition 125
15.3.8 Practical composition 128
Exercises 130
Unit Sixteen Writing in NETEM 132
16.1 General introduction 132
16.2 Scoring standards 132
16.2.1 Official scoring standards 132
16.2.2 Case analysis on the official scoring standards 134
16.3 Writing skills for section A 141
16.4 Writing skills for section B 141
16.4.1 Format of the essay 141
16.4.2 Concrete analysis of the format 142
16.4.3 Useful sentence patterns for essay writing 151
Exercises 153
Unit Seventeen Writing in TOEFL 155
17.1 Introduction to the writing section of TOEFL IBT 155
17.1.1 The integrated writing task 155
17.1.2 Independent writing task 157
17.2 Scoring standards 158
17.2.1 Official standards 158
17.2.2 Rater's comments 161
17.3 Writing skills 167
17.3.1 Integrated writing 167
17.3.2 Independent writing 173
Exercises 176
Unit Eighteen Academic Writing Test in IELTS 179
18.1 General introduction 179
18.2 Scoring standards 180
18.2.1 Official scoring standards 180
18.2.2 Case study of official standards 181
18.3 Writing skills 184
18.3.1 Principles for Task 1 184
18.3.2 Principles for Task 2 196
Exercises 202
Appendix 206
References 218