Personal Letter

PERSONAL LETTER (Surat Pribadi)
adalah Surat dalam bahasa Inggris disebut dengan Letter. Personal Letter merupakan surat tidak resmi yang ditulis untuk perseorangan, biasanya yang terlibat hanyalah dua orang yang saling mengenal.

Struktur dari Personal Letter 

• Date (Tanggal) = Biasanya tanggal ini ditulis pada kiri paling atas. Tanggal ini menunjukkan kapan waktu surat ditulis.
• Address (Alamat) = Bagian ini adalah tempat dimana kamu menulis surat atau alamt asal si pengirim tinggal. Alamat ditulis pada bagian kanan atas.
• Salutation & Name (Salam & Nama ) = Bagian ini menuliskan salam pembuka dan nama penerima surat. Contohnya "Dear...", "Dearest...", "Sweetheart", "Darling", "My love" dan lain-lain.
• Introduction (Pembukaan) = Pembukaan dari surat biasanya dimulai dengan sebuah pembukaan seperti tanggapan dari surat sebelumnya atau bisa juga awal perkenalan diri jika kalian baru memulai surat-menyurat.
• Body (Isi surat) = Bagian ini merupakan isi atau inti dari surat. Pada bagian body ini kalian menceritakan semua isi surat yang ingin kita ceritakan.
• Closure (Penutup) = Bagian ini menunjukkan bahwa surat akan segera berakhir.
• Complimentary close (Salam penutup) = Bagian ini merupakan ungkapan penutup pendek seperti, "With love". "Sincerely yours", "With love", and so on.
• Signature (Tanda Tangan) = Bagian ini berada di bawah complementary close, kalian bisa membubuhkan tanda tangan atau bisa juga hanya inisial nama kalian saja.

Contoh ungkapan yang digunakan pada Personal letters

Starting the letter

• How are you?
• Hope this letter finds you...
• Thank you for your last letter.
• It was so good to hear from you.
• Sorry for answering late
• I am sorry I should have written earlier...
• Haven't heard from you in a while so I thoght...
• I am sorry to inform you that...

Conclusion

• I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
• I am looking forward to hear from you soon.
• My best wishes for the coming test.
• See you.
• I will write soon.
• I will have to stop now.
• I am waiting for a quick reply.
• Looking forward to see you again.
• Bye.

Ekspersi untuk mengakhiri surat:

1. Untuk mengakhiri surat formal, antara lain:

• Sincerely,
• Thank you for your time,
• Warm regards,
• Kind regards,
• Yours sincerely,
• Yours truly.

     2. Untuk mengakhiri surat pribadi, antara lain:

• Take care,
• Forever yours,
• Till we meet again.

Contoh Personal Letter

Dear Sisca Thania.

          Hello, This letter is the first time to talk to! It so awkward..! In fact, I do not speak English well.. kkk. Probably gonna be something messed up with the grammar. My school English scores only 80... And now I'm writing with a translator kkk. How is the weather there now? A few days ago is the end of the rainy season in Korea. Now it is hot! There is a fan next to me. Anyway, now I'm sad because tomorrow is Monday! I hate school! Why from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm we use to be at school?!

          South Korea is a very deep for education. History, English, Science, Gigs, Art, Physical, Math, and so on... Oh there's not the point of this article. I'm sorry~ but these days, I feel so good! Because Seung Ri appear frequently on TV. Let's Talk About Love album and  it's very good. I like his melodious voice. Now, this is the end of the letter. I hope the letter will arrive early there!

From : Seung Eun

2013.8.25. Sunday

Dear Sisca

          Thank you for being my pen pal! I guess I'll start off by introducing myself better. My name is Angel, I'm born and raised in Calgary. It's a city located in Alberta, Canada. I'm 18 years old. I'm a capricorn. I'm studying travel and tourism at a college. I like Anime, some that I'm curently watching are Nisekoi, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, and Super Sonico The Animation. I enjoy manga as well. I like listening to K-Pop. Current fav: Hot Summer - f(x) and Electric Shock. Tell me about yourself.

          I heard you like cute things, okay not heard, you told me yourself... Anyways, I love them too! All that "kawaii" Japanese stuff. You also love pink huh. That's cute, I like pink too. But my favorite color is green. Well, I will stop here for now. I'm interested in hearing about Indonesia, tell me about it! I look forward to hear back from you Sisca!!

Sincerely, Angel.