Tone and register: letters and the academic voice
General Training Task 1 letters can be formal, semi-formal or informal, and Task 2 needs an academic voice. How to choose the tone and hold it from the first line to the last.
9 min
Module 29 · Lesson 4 of 5
In this lesson
- Decide whether a Task 1 letter calls for a formal, semi-formal or informal tone.
- Match openings, closings and requests to the register you choose.
- Keep a measured academic voice in Task 2, impersonal where it helps but never stiff.
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