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Okay, hello students. Today we're going to be taking a look at the letter of complaint.
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There are many circumstances in which we can write a letter of complaint.
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Normally, these involve a bad experience for which you feel you have to be compensated.
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You may find we have had an unpleasant experience while eating out in a restaurant
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or had a disastrous stay at a hotel.
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Perhaps your telephone company has been charging you too much money.
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The list is never-ending.
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However, even complaining can be an art of its own.
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Here, you have some tips for writing an effective letter of complaint.
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Number one, you need to make sure that your letter is clear and concise.
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Number two, you need to outline your reason for writing and give a concise description of the problem.
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Number three, you should also propose a solution to the problem or suggest action that needs to be taken.
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and give a suggested time frame number four last but not least use formal language and always be
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polite okay now let's take a look at a model text that we can base ourselves on when writing a
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letter of complaint to become more familiar with its structure let's read it together dear sir or
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madam i am writing with regard to the council's recent installation of cctv cameras in our area
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briefly the problem is that despite guarantees about safeguarding the cctv images it is possible
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for anyone to view them on their home computer because the system is internet linked and not
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password protected as a result pictures cannot be kept secure and in fact myself and my car can be
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identified in images that were recently posted online i regard this as a serious invasion of
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privacy as well as a violation of the local council promise to taxpayers i have already
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pursued this matter with the local police department who have advised me to contact you
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immediately in all in order to resolve this matter i am requesting that you remove the images where
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i appear without delay specific coordinates are detailed in the enclosed document and that you
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take action to prevent further invasions of privacy in future this would include ensuring
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that internet-based cctv images are passworded and that techniques are used to blur the pictures
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so that individuals are unrecognizable please contact me within 10 days of the date of this
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letter to confirm that these steps have been taken if you need to contact me by telephone you may
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reach me at 0141-985-001 thank you for your prompt attention to this matter yours faithfully
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steam jones very well let's go deeper into the structure of the letter as you can see the
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paragraphs of the letter have been numbered so uh now i want you to try and answer this question
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in which paragraphs does the writer discuss the following topics a explain what you have done so
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B. Give a time frame for action and a way of contacting you.
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C. State the overall reason for writing in one sentence.
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D. Write a polite closing comment.
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E. Ask for specific action from the person or company you are writing to.
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F. Give additional detail about the reason for writing.
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Okay, now you should pause the video, write down your answers, and then press play again to see the answers.
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Here you have the answers.
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A, 3, B, 5, C, 1, D, 6, E, 4, and F, 2.
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Okay?
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so actually if we put these topics in order we will have the outline or structure of any letter
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of complaint okay so this is the order you should follow when writing a letter of complaint
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here i'm presenting you with uh another letter of complaint where we can verify if this order
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is being followed okay so let's read it again together and check whether each of these topics
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is addressed to whom it may concern i am writing with regard to the misuse of a personal photograph
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of myself and two of my friends of your website in this case yes the person is stating the overall
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reason for writing in one sentence. Next paragraph. The photographic question is one I posted on my
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personal blog several months ago and it involves my friends and I celebrating the end of the
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examination period at university. Several days ago I was shocked to discover that my photo had
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been used in an online advertisement for your study abroad program. This is both unfair and
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illegal. As you have been using the photograph without my permission and as you are advertising
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a product with it you are in fact using it for personal gain okay so this paragraph is where you
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have to include every single detail about the problem next paragraph i have taken up this
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matter with a lawyer who has advised me to contact you in writing she has also indicated what further
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steps might be taken should you fail to respond promptly and appropriately in here
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um charlene is in fact explaining what she has done so far to try and resolve
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uh the issue okay and now in the next paragraph let's see if she's asking for specific action
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from the person or company she is writing to which i am guessing she will do to resolve
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this matter i request that you remove the photograph without delay and in addition i
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ask that you issue a statement of your policy regarding use of images that you are not that
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are not your property sorry okay next paragraph please contact me within one week of the date of
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this letter to confirm that these steps have been taken if you need to reach me by telephone my
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number is... Okay, she does give a time frame for action and a way of contacting her. And finally,
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she ends the letter with a polite closing comment. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter,
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you'll safely challenge it. Great. Let's go back to our initial model text and analyze it a bit
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further what I want you to do is to find in the text the formal phrases in the
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letter that match the informal phrases that are going to appear right now
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below okay so the first one is get in touch soon to let me know that you've
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done something the second one to put things right I want you to the third one
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I'm writing about fourth one with best wishes fifth one thank you for dealing
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with this problem quickly sixth one i'm sending something with with this letter and the last one
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i've already discussed the problem okay so now you should pause the video again write down your
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answers and press play the video uh if you want to see take a look at the answers obviously okay
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okay here are the answers the first one please contact me within 10 days of the date of this
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letter to confirm that these steps have been taken the second one in order to resolve this
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matter i am requesting that you blah blah blah number three i am writing with regard to number
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four yours faithfully number five thank you for your prompt attention to this matter number six
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in the enclosed document and number seven i have already pursued this matter great now um
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I want you to write down any other formal phrases or linking expressions in the letter that you consider to be useful.
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Okay, so again, pause the video and when you're done, continue watching it.
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These are my suggested answers.
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So, in the second paragraph, we have three examples of formal linking expressions.
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briefly as a result and in fact and other examples of formal phrases that we
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may find throughout the letter could be I regard this as a serious
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problem issue etc without delay sin demora and that you take action to
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prevent further you may reach me at this is another letter of complaint that I
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thought I could show you so that you can look for even more formal phrases that
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we could reuse when writing our own letters of complaint so I'm gonna give
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you some time to copy down the sentences you think are good and when you're done
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continue watching the video okay these are my suggested answers I'm writing
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with respect to. As you know, I mentioned that. I further mentioned that. And still nothing has
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been done. I have contacted my lawyer and he has suggested that I try once more to resolve the
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matter amicably before taking it any further. I am therefore requesting in writing that I would
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expect this issue to be addressed within two weeks of the date of this letter. If you should
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wish to discuss the matter further i will be available most evenings next week
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okay um now next question what are the formal equivalents in the text of the informal words
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and phrases below you have to find them the first one's fixed second one dealt with third one talk
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fourth one coming into fifth one free and sixth one house and gardens
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pause the video answer and then check your
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your answers there you have the answers okay well all that's left to do
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is to write our very own letter of complaint
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i hope now you feel more confident when doing so take into account
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the outline uh the formal style and well any other tips you might have found useful
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basing yourself on the information of the situation below write your own letter of
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complaint situation write a letter of complaint to whoops an online store that a is missing an
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N, I'm sorry.
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Okay, this is the situation.
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Recently you bought a new phone online.
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The security seal was open in the package when it arrived.
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Always a bad sign.
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Found images stored inside the phone of strangers.
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Phone gets very hot when charging and phone randomly switches off by itself.
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good luck and i hope this has been of help to all of you and i hope to receive all of
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your letters of complaint um the week of the 7th 8th of may okay bye
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- Idioma/s:
- Autor/es:
- Belén Tenorio Núñez
- Subido por:
- Belen De Jesus T.
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
- Visualizaciones:
- 12
- Fecha:
- 16 de junio de 2024 - 20:01
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Centro:
- EOI E.O.I.DE MADRID-VALDEZARZA
- Duración:
- 13′ 03″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 1.81:1
- Resolución:
- 1868x1034 píxeles
- Tamaño:
- 52.46 MBytes
