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MODULE 4 COMMUNICATION FOR WORK PURPOSES

Unit 1: Formal and Informal Reports in a Work Place

At the end of this unit, you are expected to:

1. apply concepts of formal and informal reports.

ENGAGE YOURSLEF!

As a future lawyer/ political analyst/ international relations officer, what are the things that you need
to do in your workplace? List as many as you can.
_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________
EXPLORE (DIVE IN!)

In your future workplace, you will be asked to write formal and informal reports. To know what these
reports are read the article from http://www.lrbusinessed.com/bcp/textbook_files/chapter09.pdf This article is
attached on this thread (for OBL)/ check module 4 folder on your OTG, file name article 7 (for CBL).

EXPLAIN (GET THE HANG OF IT!)

Watch the attached video (for OBL); check module 4 folder, module 4 unit 1 seventh video file name
(for CBL) to get to know more about formal and informal writing.

ELABORATE (ON MY OWN)


Watch the attached video (for OBL); check module 4 folder, module 4 unit 1 eighth video file name
(for CBL) to know more about the formal and informal language.

EVALUATE (GET TESTED!)

Using the Venn diagram, state the differences and similarities between formal and informal reports.
This formative task will help you understand the concept on formal and informal language.

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Unit 2: Communication for Employment

Writing resume and application letter is not new to you since you had a course in your junior and
senior high school where you took these topics. The concepts here will reinforce the skills you learned in
resume and letter writing.

At the end of the unit, you are expected to:

1. apply the concepts of Resume and Application.

ENGAGE YOURSELF!

What are the basic parts of a letter?

1. ____________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________
4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________
6.____________________________

The basic parts of a letter include:


1. a letter followed by a dateline or if there is no letter head, heading (composed of the sender’s address and
the date)
2. inside address (composed of the receiver’s name, position, and company address)
3. salutation
4. body of the letter
5. complimentary close
6. longhand signature and printed name

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EXPLORE (DIVE IN!)

Read the attached article (for OBL) on the content and technicalities of an application letter from
https://careerservices.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/CoverLetters.pdf or check your module 4 folder, article 8
file name (for CBL).

Attached to your application or cover letter is a resumé. Resume can be scannable or print/ non-
scannable. To check on the similarities and differences between the two, read the attached file scannable-
resume.

There are also three types of resume - chronological, functional, and combination. Which one best suits a
fresh graduate or a person applying for a job but with no or limited experience? Read the file 3 Resume
Types.

Read the article Scannable Resume retrieved from https://www.cpp.edu/career/documents/scannable-


resume.pdf attached on this thread (for OBL); check module 4 folder, file name article 9 (for CBL). Then read
the three types of resume retrieved from https://shooniyaajobconnect.com/sites/default/files/3%20Resume
%20Types.pdf
Attached on this thread (for OBL); check module 4 article 10 (for CBL).

EXPLAIN (GET THE HANG OF IT!)

Watch the attached video downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxOli8laZos


(for OBL); check module 4 folder, module 4 unit 2 ninth video file name.

ELABORATE (ON MY OWN)


Compare scannable and print resume. What are their differences? What are their similarities? Write
your answers on the space provided.
DIFFERENCES SIMILARITIES
SCANNABLE PRINT

In writing application letters and resume, make sure to read very well the job advertisement you are
addressing or applying for. Take note of the qualifications and the skills needed in the job. These
qualifications and skills are what you are to target and capitalize on in your resume and application letter.

EVALUATE (GET TESTED!)


TASK 4
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

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Cut out an advertisement for a job in which you can apply RIGHT NOW (for CBL). For OBL
students, take a screen shot of a job offering in which you can apply RIGHT NOW (as a student). Write a
print resume and an application letter for the job posted. Make sure the application letter you have written is
in response to the job posting screen that you passed. Use a separate sheet of short bond papers for this task.
Attach the cut out of the advertisement in your outputs. If there is no addressee or hiring manager indicated in
the post, you may write my name as the HR manager for format’s sake.

Advertisement cut-out – 5 pts


Application letter – 15 pts
Resume – 15 pts

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