Writing Unit 6 Model answer for GT Writing Task 1
You have a friend who lives in a city abroad. You have decided that you would like to apply to do a course at one of the colleges in this city. Write to your friend explaining what you would like to do. Tell him/her what type of work or studies you have been doing for the past few years and ask for assistance in contacting an appropriate institution, Dear Anita
Sorry I haven't written for ages. I've been so busy over the last year and I
never seem to have a minute to myself.
I'd like to study electrical engineering at university in Australia next year and
I hope you can give me some advice. I think I would prefer Melbourne
because I know a few people from my visit last year.
This year I'm doing maths and physics at school and I hope to do well in my
exams. However, I really don't know which university to apply to, so could
you send me some information about different colleges? Also can you find
out what qualifications I need? For instance, as an overseas student, do I
have to take an English test?
I hope you don't mind doing this for me. It is much better to get this information
from someone who lives in the country, so I hope to hear from you soon.
Many thanks,
Rosanna
Writing Unit 10 Model answer for Supplementary activity, GT Writing Task 2 Disruptive school students have a negative influence on others. Students who are noisy and disobedient should be grouped together and taught separately. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer. There is no doubt that some students in schools behave badly and their
behaviour causes difficulty for others either because it has a negative effect
on the group or because ordinary students find it difficult to study with them.
One solution is to take these students away and teach them on their own.
However, if we simply have them removed after one or two warnings, we are
limiting their educational opportunities because it seems to me that a school
which caters for difficult students is a sort of "prison" whatever name you
give it and the people who go there may never recover from the experience.
This can then cause problems for the wider society.
Perhaps we need to look at why the disruptive students behave badly
before we separate them. Disruptive students may be very intelligent and
find the classes boring because the work is too easy. Perhaps these students
need extra lessons rather than separate lessons. Or perhaps the teachers are
uninspiring and this results in behavioural problems so we need better
teachers. On the other hand, most students put up with this situation rather
than cause trouble, and some people argue that we have to learn to suffer
bad teachers and boring situations and that students who can't learn this
lesson need to be taught separately.
So before we condemn the students to a special school, we should look at
factors such as the teaching, because once the children have been separated,
it is very unlikely that they will be brought back.
Band 9 answer Informal introduction
Purpose of letter. Inclusion of
some original information.
Answers the second part of the
task, giving background
information to the situation.
Poses a new question and
answers the third part of the task.
Closing paragraph - repeats the
request in anticipation of a response.
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Band 9 answer First paragraph agrees in part with
the proposition in the question and
builds on it to form an introduction.
Second paragraph outlines a
problem arising from the solution
offered in the question and poses
a new problem.
Third paragraph looks at possible
reasons why students may behave
badly and suggests other solutions
from the one in the question.
A counter argument is put forward
for balance.
Fourth paragraph sums up the
suggestions in third paragraph and
suggests further investigation.
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