Formal vs Informal writing
Bristol Council: Employment, Skills & Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwMI97hDTJk

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0:00 good morning pleased to meet you I'm Felicity formal I'm quite complex and I take on more serious topics in a direct way hey how's it going I'm Indian formal
0:16 and I'm friendly and relaxed I use more emotions and show more personality today we are going to talk about formal and informal when you start to write
0:35 something you should always ask yourself who is my audience what's the best way to communicate my message and what style of language should I use answering these
0:47 questions will help you to write but how do you know what start is and what's the difference between formal and informal writing style would you normally wear
0:59 shorts in the t-shirt to a job interview if you use language which is too informal you can give a bad impression [Music]
1:10 formal language sounds serious it usually has an impersonal tone it is used for academic writings such as reports articles and letters such as job
1:21 applications because it sounds more professional [Music] in formal language sounds chatty and
1:31 usually has a personal tone it is used for things like emails to friends letters to your family or text messages because it's friendlier now let's look
1:42 at some differences between formal and informal English look at the following letter and decide if it's full more it or informal and why
1:53 I need a job right now I study biology at uni I'm just finding out if you need anyone I've been working part-time in a nursing home and recently they promoted
2:03 me to care assistant and patient work hard and unfriendly get in touch India informal so this email uses informal language and it's too informal
2:16 for this style of letter which is a letter of application we're going to look at the four features that make this email look informal and we're going to
2:28 change it to make it look more formal [Music] in informal English we use more casual words like finding our job right now and
2:39 get in touch it'll be better to use more formal word I'm writing to apply for the position of nurse currently I look forward to hearing from you its more
2:54 common in informal English to use more shortened forms of words and verbs here we have uni which is okay if you're speaking that not when you're writing we
3:04 should use the full word University instead and I've been you could use I have been normally informal language we use passive structures they promoted me
3:18 to Karis system should be I was promoted to the position of Karis systems we use shorter sentences in informal language such as I work hard and unfriendly is
3:31 better to use longer complex sentences I'm hard working and I work well in a team [Music]
3:43 so remember only write informally to friends or members of your family and be very formal when you write to people you do not know
3:53 [Music]