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=Models for Writing Tasks=

Descriptive Essay:
Describe:
 * 1) a waiting room
 * 2) a favorite restaurant/pub
 * 3) your dream house
 * 4) your ideal roommate
 * 5) an accident scene
 * 6) a city bus or train
 * 7) an unusual room
 * 8) a street that leads to your home or school
 * 9) an art exhibit/exhibition
 * 10) a painting
 * 11) a storefront window
 * 12) a shopping mall
 * 13) an annoying person
 * 14) a museum
 * 15) the city centre
 * 16) a building
 * 17) the school hallways
 * 18) the school yard
 * 19) a park in winter/autumn
 * 20) the view outside your window


 * Descriptive Essay || Level* ||
 * == Structure ==

|| Possible Approach  || - creating mystery / anticipating the descriptive element - the bpurpose of the description || B2 || - the description of a place, object, building involves details moving from general to particular - wide range of descriptive vocabulary (adjectives, adverbs, reference to senses) ||^  || - the effect of the experience which was described - possible recommendation(s) ||^  ||
 * Introduction || - brief information about the person/place/event
 * Body || - the description of a person must include details connected to the physical aspect, personality, lifestyle etc
 * Conclusion || - explanations concerning the impression the person/place / event has made

Formal letter:

 * Write a letter arranging a skiing holiday at a skiing resort in Austria. Ask about the surrounding area, if there are any guided tours of the resort, what activities could be arranged for children and about the costs.
 * You would like to visit London in March. Write to the London Tourist Board asking about details. You are interested in historical monuments as well as in art and would like to know what you can visit. You would also like details of any guided walks you could take during your visit.
 * While out walking your dog you have fallen on a tree root that has grown through a paving stone. You have badly hurt your knee and sprained one ankle and one wrist and decide to complain to the local council.Write a letter giving details of the accident, directions to the place where the root was and asking for the tree to be removed as well as for compensation.
 * You see the following advertisement in the newspaper and are interested in the job. Write a letter of application.

Can you speak English?
==== Then you might be the person for us! We are looking for a hotel receptionist for our international hotel during the summer. Experience not essential. If you are interested, write to the Manager saying why you think you are the right person ====

Formal letters - you should:

 * be able to describe your own abilities and experiences, express various attitudes and be convincing
 * include the presentation and/or discussion of a point of view with proof / justifying arguments
 * use formal vocabulary appropriate for the task
 * structure the letter in paragraphs, with a coherent content of ideas
 * make recommendations or call for action in the last paragraph
 * use the appropriate structures to start and end the letter

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