Letter to Manager Before Starting Work Experience

You are soon going to spend three months doing work experience in an organisation.

Write a letter to the manager of the organisation where you are going to do work experience. In your letter:

Thank the manager for the opportunity to do work experience

Explain what you hope to learn from the work experience

Ask some questions about the work experience you are going to do

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Letter points: Letter to Manager Before Starting Work Experience

WhyThis is aFormal letter — it asks you to cover every bullet point in a formal tone.

SoWe group the points under each bullet point of the task.

Thank the manager for the opportunity to do work experience

1 point

Explain what you hope to learn from the work experience

9 points

Ask some questions about the work experience you are going to do

9 points

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Response 01

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Answer · 131 words · 6 paragraphs · 8 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band6.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The letter addresses all three bullet points with a clear structure and a polite tone, although some expressions are conversational for a letter to an unfamiliar manager. The main limitation is that ideas are developed only briefly and the language relies on a narrow range of vocabulary and simple sentence patterns; the response is also below the 150-word minimum.

TA

Task Achievement

All three bullet points are addressed with a clear purpose: the writer gives thanks, names learning aims and asks three relevant practical questions. The learning aims remain broad, and the response is below the 150-word minimum.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

The letter is logically organised with a clear opening, body paragraphs for each bullet, and a closing, using simple but effective sequencing of ideas.

6.5
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is functional and relevant but limited in range, relying on repeated everyday expressions such as 'work experience' and 'company', with few precise terms for the intended learning goals.

5.5
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Sentence structures are mostly simple with some acceptable variety, and errors such as 'or the company will give me one' are noticeable but do not impede meaning.

6.0

What to work on next

Expand the learning paragraph with specific office skills you hope to practise and explain how they will help you. Retain the three useful practical questions, correct the word order in the computer question, and bring the letter above 150 words without repetition.

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Task 1 General question loaded.
Part 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.

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