EXPRESSING AND RESPONDING A CONGRATULATION


Objectives


DESCRIPTION: Learn how to express and respond and develop oral and written text to say congratulations and respond winged (extended), having regard to the purpose, text structure and linguistic elements, correctly and in accordance with the context.
Objective: In this lesson, you are going to learn how to express and respond congratulation.


LESSON

Key Points


DEFINITION:
Congratulation expression is used when we want to express our compliment and share happiness with someone who had his success/achievement. The expression can be in the form of formal and informal, verbal and written.
1. Formal congratulation
In formal congratulation, we salute someone’s achievement formally, using proper language. The examples are:
Please accept my warmest congratulation on …
On behalf of … we congratulate you on …
Formal congratulation usually used in company correspondences, institutional (schools, universities) and other formal situations. Formal congratulation can be in the form of verbal or written.
The example of formal congratulation:
Verbal:
Situation: School’s Graduation Day
Speaker: Headmaster of the school
“… on behalf of school, I want to express my deepest proud to the best student of this year, who has finished his study with a really good grade. I congratulate you for all your success …”
Written:
May I congratulate you on your new position as Executive Officer. I could not think of other worthy employee to receive this honor. I am really sure that the Company has made the right decision.
2. Informal congratulation                                                                                                                      In informal invitation, we express our salutation by using common language. For example: “congratulation!” “You did it!”
The example of informal congratulation:
Verbal:
Situation: School
Speaker: your friend
“Hey I heard that you are now the new chairman of the students’ association, that’s awesome man, congratulation! …”
Written:
Mom is really proud to hear that you are the best in your class now. I know that you have worked really hard for that. Congratulation and keep doing the best!

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