Nível
Área de competências-chave
Conteúdo
Tema
 B3
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B1
B2
Língua Estrangeira - Inglês
Profissões
Carta de candidatura (Letter of application)
Secundário
 When you think about getting a job there are some documents you have to prepare in
advance. One of them is a letter of application. This is how a letter of application is usually
organised.
Nome (ou posição
oficial, ex. Gerente…)
A sua morada
e a data
Morada da pessoa a
quem se escreve
Saudação inicial
-quando se sabe o nome da pessoa
-quando não se sabe o nome da
pessoa
Introdução
Mencione as razões por
que está a escrever, o
nome do emprego,
onde e quando o viu
publicitado
Informação pessoal (idade,
estudos, qualificações)
Corpo do texto
Experiência
Capacidades e
qualidades pessoais
Conclusão
Conclusão
formal
Se começou a carta com o nome
da pessoa a quem escreve
Se não sabe o nome da
pessoa a quem escreve
A sua assinatura
O seu nome impresso
picture from Getting On 9 , Areal Editores
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 This is an example of a simple letter of application. If you need to write one you just have to
replace the grey parts with the information taken from an ad. You can keep the rest and you will
be able to apply for a job.
12, High Street
Bath, England
17th May, 2003
E.C. Company
34, River Road
Bristol, England
Dear Mr. Dwyer,
I am writing in response to your advertisement in The Times of 16th May
for the job as Sales Representative.
I am 23 years old and I have some experience in sales. I am responsible
and punctual. I could come to an interview at any time. I look forward to
hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Jeffrey Houston
(Jeffrey Houston)
1. Order the following letter of application and then copy it to your notebook.
A. Yours sincerely
C. I am thirty years old. I have worked for four years as
assistant sales manager.
B. Dear Mr. Shaw,
E. I am writing in reply to your
advertisement for the post of Sales
manager in yesterday’s Daily Mail.
H. Mr John Shaw
CTS
12 Gordon Square
London LW38 7CD
F. I look forward to hearing from you.
G. 54, Lytton Place
J. Geoffrey Smiths
I. I shall be free to attend
an interview at any time.
London NW12 5YZ
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2. Now do the same with the letter below.
Dear Mr. Roberts,
adapted from Flying Colours 9º Ano Nível 5, Didáctica Editora
3. Complete the following letter of application according to the information from the ad.
taken from Flying Colours 9º Ano Nível 5, Didáctica Editora
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4. Choose one of the ads and write your own letter of application.
Summer Job
Young people required to
pick apples in orchard in
south-east England.
Accommodation and food
provided. Payment according
to work produced.
Write to Greenapple Farm,
Uxbridge Road, Middlesex
UB10 5NE c/o John
Sheppard.
Disc Jockey
“Anna’s” Boutique
“Jiggy” discotheque
Must be young (20-30) and
energetic to work from 5 pm
– 3 am including weekends.
Previous experience needed.
Southside suburbs, requires
responsible part-time shop
assistants. No experience
needed, but you should have
an interest in the latest
fashions.
Apply in writing to Diário
Insular, Box B24
Apply in writing to Evening
Mail, Box T295.
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