You have seen an advertisement in an Australian magazine for someone to live with a family for six months and look after their six-year-old child. Write a letter to the parents. In your letter • explain why you would like the job • give details of why you would be a suitable person to employ • say how you would spend your free time while you are in Australia
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Dear Sir or Madam,
It is my pleasure to write to you for the position which you have advised in an Australian magazine. From your advertisement, I have learned that you need a person who is able to live with you and look after a child who is 6 years old. Let me explain to you why I am a suitable person for
this
position in detail.
The first thing I would like to address is to explain the reason why I am interested in this
spot. The reason would be that I am good at taking care of children
, and deep down, child care is my passion, and I would like to become a professional child carer in the future. The second reason is that I have the experience of looking after children
. This
means that I fully understand what a person needs to do if he or she is a carer because I had a job which is a day-care centre job. In detail, looking after children
means that I need to babysit children
. In addition
, I need to cook meals for children
. Last
, I need to spend at least 2 hours reading books for children
and playing suitable games with children
. Therefore
, I believe that I have experience which is suitable for your requirements.
The second thing I would like to express is what I do in my free time when I am in your country. I will be in your country around next month, and I am available from 10 am to 6pm for work. My free time is at night. I think I will go for a walk after work and perhaps I will go movies once a month. I love reading as well, if I am not going out, I might just stay at home to read.
I hope I have answered all your questions and if you do have any, please contact me with any hesitation. Have a nice day! Looking forward to your reply.
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The Greeting
Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.
Always start an informal letter in the ways:
- Dear + name
- Hi / Hello + name
‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.
For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:
- Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
- Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.
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