Extra felicity O’Dell fce

Examiner comment
Content
This candidate does not really address the task very
well. Although he does refer to it briefly, he does not
really deal with the question of how typical his own
school is. Indeed it is not actually totally clear that he
has understood the meaning of the word, typical. The
details he gives about his school are rather repetitive. 
Accuracy
There are a number of errors, e.g. spelling of received,
‘this is so much for now’, but there is some evidence of
ability to write English.
Range
There is little evidence of range with regard either to
structure or to vocabulary.
Organisation and cohesion
The task is written in an appropriate letter format. There
is an attempt to use cohesive devices but ‘by the way’,
for example, is inappropriately used.
Target reader
Would understand the letter but would not have as
much information as they had probably hoped for.
Band 2

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Sample scripts
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TEST 6, Part 1
Dear Mr. Ken,
I am writing to ask about the afternoon activities of
the programme you have organised for us. It sounds
good, the class is very enthusiastic about it.
We are looking forward to spend seven days
improving more and more our English. Above all,
after our meeting, we all share the idea of seeing
Roisin O’Connor’s performance. As you probably
know, she is a world-famous Irish folk singer and
she is performing on Friday 16th in Carsdale
Community Centre. We hope you will accept our
proposal, because it is definitely a rarely
opportunity to hear her live. We eventually hope
that it is possible to anticipate the concert we
have to put on, because it is on Friday evening too.
I would be very grateful if you could send me your
decision and further information about the
activities.
Yours sincerely