Learning to write letters

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Iman66

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Hallo,
My name is Iman,My native language is Arabic.
But I also speak Dutch, and I have learned the English language in the past
Has been a recent interview for a job
Requirements of the new work is to write messages in English
But it is missing, I feel that a lot of nerve to start writing letters in English
Please advice me, and is there some examples to help me to start
thanks
greeting
Iman
 

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Welcome to the forum, Imam.

Click here for sample letters

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Do you mean letters or messages?
 

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Hallo,
My name is Iman,My native language is Arabic.
But I also speak Dutch, and I have learned the English language in the past
Has been a recent interview for a job
Requirements of the new work is to write messages in English
But it is missing, I feel that a lot of nerve to start writing letters in English
Please advice me, and is there some examples to help me to start
thanks
greeting
Iman
You've been to a recent job interview, in which you were told that it would be necessary to write messages in English? I suppose you are assuming that you will not get this job, and are wanting to know how to prepare for such a job in the future. Is that the case?

Your best plan would be simply to improve your written English. You should be reading samples of good business English, as well as good English generally.
Even short messages must accurately convey the correct information unambiguously.
 

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Thank you very much. It was very helpful.
 

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I meant letters
 

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If you have all the other skills they need for the job and you do get the job, you could ask if your company could send you to a writing/grammar course as part of your professional development.
 

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Hello,
My name is Iman. My native language is Arabic but I also speak Dutch, and I have learned the English language in the past.
[STRIKE]Has been a recent [/STRIKE] I have recently had an interview for a job. One of the requirements of the [STRIKE]new work[/STRIKE] job is to write messages in English.
But it is missing, - I don't know what you mean here.
I feel[STRIKE] that a lot of nerve to start[/STRIKE] feel very nervous about writing letters in English.
Please advise me, and tell me if [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] there are some examples to help me to start.
Thanks.
[STRIKE]greeting[/STRIKE]
Iman

You have been given some good advice. Please also see the corrections that I have made to your original post. As you can see, your punctuation needs some work.

When writing in English, it is very important to:

- start every sentence with a capital letter
- end every sentence with a full stop or relevant punctuation mark
- take care with articles

All of these will help you in your next job interview.
 
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