NASYWA AQILAH PUTRI (28) – XII MIPA 5

TOPIC: APPLICATION LETTER - INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

I. Instruction:
Find an application letter in Bahasa Indonesia and one in English. Compare the letters and answer
the following questions:

NO. QUESTIONS TEXT 1 TEXT 2

(ENGLISH) (BAHASA)
YES/NO YES/NO
1. Is there the date when the letter was YES YES
written?
2. Is there the name of company to be YES YES
applied to?
3. Did the applicant write the full name of NO NO
the recipient?
4. Did the applicant mention the YES YES
recipient’s address?
5. Did the applicant mention the city and YES YES
zip code?
6. Is there any phone number or email NO NO
address of the recipient?
7. Is there a salutation? YES YES

8. Did the applicant write the title of the YES YES

position applied to?
9. Did the applicant state a reason for YES YES
being a good fit for the position?
10. Did the applicant list job requirements YES YES
that he/she can relate to his/her
background experience?
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Conclusion of the analysis:
What can you conclude about the difference and similarities between the two application letters,
seeing from the content and the structure?
From the result above we can conclude :
• They have the similarities of the structures. There are applicant data, date, recipient, salutation,
opening, body of letter (it contains ‘where and when’ i found out about the job, ‘why and what
position’ i would like to do the job, self promotion or the reasonable word to prove about my
qualification/value, and closing (it contains willingness and expectation from the recipent). The sign
off, and the signature.
• Both of them have the differences at structure placement of the letter and the format. The English one
there are no indented lines. The return address and date start just to the right. But, all paragraphs of
body to closing, the sign off, and the signature begin at the left margin.
• On Bahasa Application letter, The date and signature start just to the right. But, The others start to
the left as the left margin. We can see indented lines in this letter
• The another differences of them are in the paragraph order of body to organize information of the
letter. The English one starts from where and when the applicant found out about the job, why the
applicant wrote the application letter, what position the applicant would like to do the job, the
qualification (it contains hard skill and soft skill of the applicant), and the work experience.
• On Bahasa Appalication Letter, it starts from where and when the applicant found out about the job,
the informations of the applicant or personal data, the qualification, and the document attachment.
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PS: Please attach both application letters (the English and Bahasa version) together with the answer.

ENGLISH APPLICATION LETTER

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BAHASA APPLICATION LETTER
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II. Writing
Find a job vacancy from the internet or newspaper that suitable with your desired job in the future.
Then write an application letter to apply for the position. Use your own identity (you may imagine
that you have graduated from certain university) with soft and hard skills required.

THE JOB VACANCY – ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER

(www.jobstreet.co.id/en/job/architectural-engineer)
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APPLICATION LETTER – ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER