Teaching Material: Dewi Sukawati, S.S Ppgdaljab Tahap 4 2019 NO. 19030215711031
Teaching Material: Dewi Sukawati, S.S Ppgdaljab Tahap 4 2019 NO. 19030215711031
Teaching Material: Dewi Sukawati, S.S Ppgdaljab Tahap 4 2019 NO. 19030215711031
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PPGDALJAB TAHAP 4 2019
NO. 19030215711031
TEACHING MATERIAL
TEACHING MATERIAL
APPLICATION LETTER
A. Introduction
1. Basic Competence
3.28 Analysing social functions, text structure, and linguistic elements of some
special texts in the form of job application letters, by giving and requesting
information related to identity, educational background / work experience in
accordance with the context of their use
4.28 Compiling special text of job application letters, which provide information
including identity, educational background / work experience, taking into
account social functions, text structure and linguistic elements, correctly and in
context.
3. Main Material
In these material students will learn Job Application Letter by paying attention
the social functions, text structures, and linguistic elements of several job application
letter texts and compile written job application letter texts, with regard to social
functions, structures texts, and linguistic elements, correctly and in context.
DEWI SUKAWATI, S.S
PPGDALJAB TAHAP 4 2019
NO. 19030215711031
B. Map Concepts
JOB APPLICATION
LETETR
Content
Closing Paragraph
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Signature
C. Material Description
1. Definition of Job Application Letter
An application letter is a business document, part of the important correspondence
between applicant and organization, firm or company, institution or various boards
and committees that publish a vacancy. It is a paper frequently used in all levels of
government, commerce, industry, and academia.
2. Key Feature of Job Application Letter
a. Social Function
To apply a job to a person or a company written, completed with structure and
formed in official style.
DEWI SUKAWATI, S.S
PPGDALJAB TAHAP 4 2019
NO. 19030215711031
b. Generic Structure
Sender
Place on top left; insert full name, address and date.
Receiver
Place on second top left; insert full name, address and company.
Salutation
Greeting to the receiver of company.
Content
Include purpose of writing application letter, source of knowing the
employment, skill that the sender has, the senders current situation and the
reason of applying job.
Closing Paragraph
Include senders contact and the time that sender can be reached.
Signature
The sender’s signature and full name under it.
c. Language Feature
Simple Present Tense
Formal Language
Expression:
I am writing to apply for the position…
I am writing in reference to…
Referring to the advertisement in…
I heard that your company is hiring…
I am a university graduate majoring in…
3. Steps for Writing a Job Application Letter
a. Understand the format, and fill in the content according to that form.
b. Make a list of all the information to go in the letter.
c. Be brief, so the letter can fit onto a single page. Set out the text with wide
margins. Position your address, the employer’s address, and the subject of the
letter in the correct spaces. The subject must be cantered at the top.
d. Start by stating the reason for the letter.
DEWI SUKAWATI, S.S
PPGDALJAB TAHAP 4 2019
NO. 19030215711031
e. Contain the important parts in three paragraphs, to ensure the main points are
clear.
f. Most job application letters have no letterhead, because they originate from an
individual. So the message must be placed in the middle, underneath the
applicant’s address on the right, between a greeting and a salutation.
g. The greeting starts, “Dear [Name]”. Always address the employer by their
formal name. It is “Dear Mr. Jones,” not “Dear Larry.”
h. The salutation must be formal, such as “Yours faithfully,” or “Yours sincerely.”
i. Type your full name in upper case below your legal signature.
j. Job application letters are customarily formatted in block style, without indents,
with all lines aligned left. Aligning all paragraphs to the left is more legible than
full justification.
DEWI SUKAWATI, S.S
PPGDALJAB TAHAP 4 2019
NO. 19030215711031
3. Example of Job Application Letter Text
DEWI SUKAWATI, S.S
PPGDALJAB TAHAP 4 2019
NO. 19030215711031
Notes:
1. Applicant’s Address
2. Date
3. Write in the following sequence
Name of the responsible officer
Post of the responsible officer
Name of the organization
Address of the organization
4. Addressee:
Address to the responsible officer as far you can, e.g. Mr. Lee
5. Title
DEWI SUKAWATI, S.S
PPGDALJAB TAHAP 4 2019
NO. 19030215711031
D. Conclusion
An application letter is a business document, part of the important correspondence
between applicant and organization, firm or company, institution or various boards and
committees that publish a vacancy. It is a paper frequently used in all levels of
government, commerce, industry, and academia. The goal is to apply a job to a person
or a company written, completed with structure and formed in official style. The focus of
this material learning is that students are taught about job application letter, as well as
understanding social functions, text structures.
E. References
Anonim. 2016. Definition and How to Make Application Letter.
http://mychocochips.blogspot.com/2012/11/definition-and-how-to-make-
application.html, diakses pada 31 Agustus 2019.