Functions

Functions

by Maria Alejaldre

​1. Good use of a questionat the beginning to engage the reader´s interest.

​2. Clear organisation and paragraphing.

​3. Points in the task are all addressed.

4. Enough information provided about the work for students to know whether it might be likely to be suitable for them.

5.Variety in structures and length.

6. Not too formal and informal or informal in register-too much formalitywould be inappropriate for a letter to a student paper, but too informal style would not be appropriate for someone writing from a serious company.

7.Reade is addressed directly- to make the letter feel more personal and engaging.

8.Correctl length (243 words).

9. No language errors.

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​Complaining

​I am writing to complain....................the service I received in your hotel last week.

​If I do not receive a satisfactory response, then I shall have no...........but to send a full account of the way I was treated to your Heda Office.

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​It was very upsetting to be spoken.........so impolitely...............your rception staff.

​Persuading

​I feel sure you would .......................it if you did not....................advantage of this exceptional opportunity.

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​There´s no denying the .....................that this a very generous offer.

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​Surely you must .............................that opportunities like this do not arise very frequently.

​Recommending

​If I were in your..................., I wouldn´t hesitateto seize the opportunity on offer.

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​....................... my oponion, the best .........................of action would be to carry out a survey to discover how local residents feel about the proposal.

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​...................... no circumstances should you............................a hasty decision

​Giving reasons

​There are a number of reasons.........................I am of this opinion.

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​I should like to ....................forward the case for a rather different approach form the one that has been taken in the past.

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​The project has been temporarily suspended owing ............ a lack of funding

​A letter

​Your company would like to offer work-experience placements to students in an international college.Write a letter for publication in the student newspaper at the college.

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​Your letter should explainwhat your comany does, what kind of work-experience placements are available, and how students would benefit from the experience.

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​Write your letter in 220-260 words.

​Dear students,

​Are you looking for a work placement that will give you plenty of valuable experience and will look good on your CV? If so, then our company may have something to offer to you.

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​We are an international educational exchange organisation which organises links between schools all over the world. We currently have three work-experience placements available for students from your college. The work would involve a range of office tasks, including dealing with correspondence, arranging meetings and keeping our data base up-to-date. We are particularly interested in offering these placements to students with some knowledge of two or more languages.

​The placements would be of great benefilt to the students who are given the opportunity. It would provide experience of working in a small and dedicated team, which would give you the chance to develop a wider range of office skills than would normally be the case in a larger organisation. Our international network means that you would also gain some contacts all over the world,which might be of particular value to any of you considering a career in some aspect of education.

​You will find further information about our organisationand the placements we offer on our website and we look forward to heraing from any of you who think that the work might be right for you-and that you might be the right person for one of these placements.

​Best wishes to all of you,

​Katie Fisher