Berufsfeld : Wirtschaft und Verwaltung

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Bilingualer Fachunterricht an berufsbildenden
Schulen

• Berufsfeld Wirtschaft und Verwaltung 
• Berufe alle Berufe im Berufsfeld Wirtschaft und
  Verwaltung
• THE BUSINESS LETTER

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Unit Structure
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DialogueTwo apprentices who work for a company
in Mühlhausen Büroartikel Mucke GmbH - talk
together during their lunch break at work. Lisa
is still in her first year as an apprentice and
Lars is already in his third year. Lisa Hello.
How are you?Lars Fine thanks. And you?Lisa I
m fine, too. Are you busy at work today?Lars
Yes, I have to write a lot of business
letters.Lisa I am going to write my first
letter today. Christina Mucke asked me to help
her this afternoon. I have to write a letter to
a hotel in London.Lars Did you already talk
about business letters at school?Lisa We just
started with this topic. The teacher told us that
there is a certain form and style in business
communication.Lars Oh, yes. Especially if you
are writing to a person in England. People in
Britain are very polite and you can learn a lot
about the language itself, if you write English
business letters. I am quite good in English, I
would like to help you with this task. Lisa
Oh, this would be nice. Can you start to explain
the different parts of a business letter to me
first? Lars Now problem. Lets start!
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THE BUSINESS LETTER

• - British layout -

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Specimen letter

• Büroartikel Mucke GmbH
• Bahnhofstraße 10
• 99974 Mühlhausen
• Tel. 03601 - 450 224
• Fax 03601 - 450 222
• Email bueroartikel_at_muckemann.de
• 22 December 2003
• Royal Park Hotel
• P.O. Box 77
• London
• SW11 5UL
• England
• Dear Sir or Madam
• Two single rooms 5 10 February

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Specimen letter - Key

• Büroartikel Mucke GmbH
• Bahnhofstraße 10
• 99974 Mühlhausen
• Tel. 03601 - 450 224
• Fax 03601 - 450 222
• Email bueroartikel_at_muckemann.de
• 22 December 2003
• Royal Park Hotel
• P.O. Box 77
• London
• SW11 5UL
• England
• Dear Sir or Madam
• Two single rooms 5 10 February

Letterhead
Recipients address
Date
Subject line
Salutation
Introduction
Body
Complimentary close
Polite ending
Name of the person writing the letter
Signature
Enclosure(s)
Postion of the signatory
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Now have a look at the following task!

• Information about your company
• - use your own name
• - you are the purchasing manager
• - your address is Sondershäuser Landstraße 77
  in 99974 Mühlhausen
• - your phone number is 49(3601)776 655
• - your fax number is 49(3601)776 622
• - your email is Computer_at_magic.de
• Information about the British company
• - companys name Boulster Computers Ltd
• - companys address P.O. Box 67 76 34 London
  W5M 7AG, UK
• - phone number 44(20)765 4589
• - fax number 44(20)765 4580
• - email bestofboulster_at_computers.uk

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• Situation
• You are working for ComputerMagic GmbH in
  Mühlhausen. It is a small shop which sells
  computers and products connected with it, e.g.
  printers. From the Chamber of Commerce in London
  you received the name and address of a British
  company which specializes in the production of
  computer parts especially hard drives.

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TASK

• Work together with a partner and write an English
  business letter. The letter should include the
  following details
• Send your letter to the purchasing manager of
  Boulster Computers Ltd as an enquiry
• Mention where you got the address of this company
  
• Introduce your own company (founded in 2000,
  sells computers, customers in the whole of
  Thuringia etc)
• Let the company know that you are especially
  interested in buying hard drives, CD-ROMs and
  printers (above all laser printers)
• Ask for a price-list and the general terms and
  conditions of business of the English company as
  well as the terms of delivery as well as the
  terms of payment
• Ask how long the delivery to Germany usually
  takes
• Ask them whether delivery franco to your premises
  is possible
• Finish your letter with a polite ending
• All all the other information and pay attention
  to include all necessary constituents of a
  business letter.

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Specimen letter