PERSONAL LETTER (SURAT PRIBADI DALAM BAHASA INGGRIS)
Salah satu dari kalian pasti pernah menulis sebuah surat pada teman, kerabat, atau orang tua kalian, atau bahkan calon pacar kalian? Tulis menulis surat bisa dibilang sudah ketinggalan jaman sekarang ini, orang-orang lebih suka untuk menulis e-mail atau menggunakan aplikasi chat pada smartphone yang mereka miliki. Namun, tidak ada salahnya untuk kita mempelajari bagaimana cara menulis sebuah surat yang baik. mari kita dalami lebih lanjut tentang surat-menyurat dalam bahasa inggris ini.
A. Example of Personal Letter
Yogyakarta, 24 October 2019
Dear Vanessa,
Thank you so much for your last letter. It was great to hear from you after so
many months. You seem to be having a nice time in Estonia.
Thanks also for the photos. I absolutely loved that snap of yours standing
beside a snowman. Estonia looks amazing. Someday, I would definitely like to go
there.
There’s not much happening here. I am busy with my part time job and college.
By the way, will you coming to Indonesia anytime soon? If you are, let me know
the dates and we can arrange to meet up.
Hope to see you soon,
Riyo
B. Definition of Personal Letter
A personal letter is a type of letter (or informal composition) that usually concerns personal matters (rather than professional concerns) and is sent from one individual to another.
C. Function of Personal Letter
There are some functions in writing personal letter.
1) To express feeling
2) As a media to deliver idea
3) Improve language competence
D. Characteristics of Personal Letter
Personal Letter has some characteristics, those are :
- There is no letter head
- There is no formal letter numbers.
- The opening and closing greetings in a personal letter are non-formal and casual.
- The language used depends on the purpose of the personal letter.
- Using standard language if it is official, and use non-standard language if it is not official.
- Personal letter is generally more free.
E. Structure of Personal Letter
- Date (Tanggal) = Biasanya tanggal ini ditulis pada kiri paling atas. Tanggal ini menunjukkan kapan waktu surat ditulis.
- Address (Alamat) = Bagian ini adalah tempat dimana kamu menulis surat atau alamat asal si pengirim tinggal. Alamat ditulis pada bagian kanan atas.
- Salutation & Name (Salam & Nama) = Bagian ini menuliskan salam pembuka dan nama penerima surat. Contohnya "Dear...", "Dearest...", "Sweetheart", "Darling", "My love" dan lain-lain.
- Introduction (Pembukaan) = Pembukaan dari surat biasanya dimulai dengan sebuah pembukaan seperti tanggapan dari surat sebelumnya atau bisa juga awal perkenalan diri jika kalian baru memulai surat-menyurat.
- Body (Isi Surat) = Bagian ini merupakan isi atau inti dari surat. Pada bagian Body ini kalian menceritakan semua isi surat yang ingin kita ceritakan.
- Closure (Penutup) Bagian ini menunjukkan bahwa surat akan segera berakhir.
- Complimentary close (Salam Penutup) = Bagian ini merupakan ungkapan penutup pendek seperti, "With love”, "Sincerely yours", and so on.
- Signature (Tanda tangan) = Bagian ini berada di bawah complementary close, kalian bisa membubuhkan tanda tangan atau bisa juga hanya inisial nama kalian saja.
EXERCISE 1
Read the personal letter carefully and answer the questions based on the text.
November 10th, 2009
Dear Mark,
I am quite well here and hope that you and your parents are also well. I hope your examinations are over and now you are enjoying your holidays.
We are planning to visit Balekambang Beach. But, why don’t you first come to my house? We shall have a few enchanting days here, visiting historical museum, monuments, and other historically important places in Surabaya.
I think you will fully enjoy visiting these places and add to your knowledge about our culture and tradition.
Please do write to me about your plans. Hope to see you soon.
Yours lovingly,
Jessica
Questions:
1) What is the purpose of the text?
2) Who writes the letter?
3) Where does the author plan to visit?
4) When did the author write the letter?
5) In the end of letter, what does the author want Mark to do?
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