For this task you have to write a formal response to an email, you will be given:
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Your score will be based on your performance on the task, this can be separated into 2 categories:
What were you able to do
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How you were able to do it
The response is fully comprehensible?
Did the use of the language showed sophistication?
Is the response organized?
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If you can answer with yes, it’s likely your score will be high, but there are some things you should keep in mind:
A response with sophisticated language can fail to maintain an exchange.
Maintaining an exchange doesn’t mean the reply is comprehensible.
This thing can cause you to earn a low score.
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One of the best ways to see how you will be evaluated will be to put yourself in the shoes of the recipient, and ask yourself:
If the answers are again yes, you are on the path to scoring a 5.
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You can take this guideline to budget your time according to your own skills
Read instructions and email
Writing the reply
After you finish
2 to 5 minutes
Make sure you:
Addressed all the elements.
Used a variety of vocabulary.
Made your ideas clear and concise.
Used correct orthography, punctuation, and paragraphing.
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The structure of an email is really important, a good email should be conformed by:
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Greeting: Should be appropriate for formal correspondence, for example
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Opening: One or two sentences where you acknowledge receiving the message and convey feelings or emotions generated from reading the message, and you make a general comment, some examples of simple openings are:
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Body: This is the content of your response, answer the questions and elaborate, be creative but make sure the ideas are formal and include a question relevant to the context.
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Closing: one or two sentences in which you express gratitude, reiterate some information from the body and express interest in hearing back from this person, some examples are:
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Goodbye: should be tone appropriate, for example:
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To ensure you are using formal language pay attention to the organization of thoughts, this is where you can use transitions, some recommended transitions are:
To introduce an idea:
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To add ideas
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You can easily use 4 to 5 of these in a simple response, this can help you organize thoughts and sound more sophisticated.
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