APPLICATION LETTER PT. 2

An application letter is merely another name for a cover letter, the official business letter often included with a job application and/or resume and sent to a prospective employer.

According to Colorado State University, its main objective is to get the applicant in the door for an interview and must be written well enough to attract the attention and interest of the person with the power to recommend or grant one.

• Language Feature of Application Letter

Language Feature of the application letter consist of :

— Use formal and polite language. 

— Using the Simple Present Tense on the part of the letter that shows the skills possessed or the work being done now. 

— Use the Simple Past Tense in parts of the letter that show accomplishments that have been obtained or work experience in the past.

— Using the Future tense to show events that have not happened or will happen in the future and will end in the future.

— Use action verb to state that the subject is doing an action or to state that something is happening.