HINTS ON FORMAL LETTER AND INFORMAL LETTER
FORMAL LETTER GUIDELINE
Teacher’s activity
Discuss the topic using these facts, you may add to them depending on the level of the students.
A formal letter is an official letter written in offices, to offices
Examples of formal letters are: application letter for employment, application for admission into school etc, official reports.
Features of formal letter
- Two addressees must be written by the writer.
A: the writer’s address on the right hands side at the top.
- The greetings must be official.
- The headline must bear the subject matter
- The content language must be official
- Complimentary close must be official
INFORMAL LETTER
Informal letters are letters written to friends and relatives. I this group are: a letter to a close friends, letter to a pen friend in another country or state, letter to a close relatives.
Features of informal letter
- Address of the write and date: this must appear on the top right hand corner of the paper
- Greetings or salutation: the salute written must show the cordial relationship between the writer and the receiver. Such as: A: Dear Betha, b: Dear friends, c: Dear uncle (with the name of the uncle) c: Dear uncle David (with the name of the uncle) Dearest may be used instead of dear.
- Complimentary Close: this is the greetings at the end of the letter. The examples are: yours affectionately Samson (first name of the writer). Your Sincerely (chima, first name of the writer)
