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

Annotated response

10 correction notes

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to undertake at your organisation. It is a privilege to gain practical experience in , and I am eager to contribute and learn as much as possible during my time with you.

Through this placement, I hope to develop a deeper understanding of industry practices and enhance my technical and interpersonal skills. to how your organisation and how different departments collaborate to achieve business objectives. to learn from experienced professionals and apply my academic knowledge to .

Before my placement begins, I would appreciate it if you could provide some information regarding my daily responsibilities, working hours, and there any specific materials or documents I should review beforehand?

I look forward to your response and to

Yours faithfully,

Ada Margaret

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 8.0

The letter fully achieves its communicative purpose, covering all three bullet points with well-developed detail and a consistently formal, polite register. Organisation and cohesion are clear throughout, and the language shows good flexibility with only rare, minor slips. The main limitation is that development is somewhat formulaic, relying on polished but generic phrasing rather than specific, personal detail.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

8.0

The letter directly addresses the manager, thanks them for the opportunity, explains hoped-for learning in detail, and asks relevant questions, all in an appropriately formal tone.

Coherence and Cohesion

8.0

Paragraphing is logical with clear topic progression, and cohesive devices such as 'Additionally' and 'Through this placement' are used naturally and skilfully.

Lexical Resource

8.0

Vocabulary is flexible and precise, with natural collocations like 'undertake a three-month placement' and 'enhance my technical and interpersonal skills', showing only minimal imprecision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

8.0

A wide range of structures, including complex conditionals and relative constructions, is used with strong accuracy and flexibility throughout.