You recently did a short cookery course. The cookery school has asked for your feedback on this course. Write a letter to the course director at the cookery school. In your letter: - Describe what you enjoyed about the course. - Say how much cooking you have done since the course. - Suggest another cookery course you’d like the school to offer.
Sample Response
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to offer feedback on the short cookery courseShort Cookery Course I recently attended at your cookery schoolat your cooking classes during the last week of April.
Overall, I found the courseCourse to be exceptionally beneficial, with several commendable aspects. The instructors demonstrated a strongprofound understanding of culinary techniques and effectively conveyed complex concepts in a clear and engaging manner. The hands-on sessions were particularly enjoyableenlightening, allowing us to practice and refine our skills under expert guidance. Moreover, I appreciated the well-structured curriculum, which covered a diverse range of topics pertinent to both novice and intermediate cooks. The courseCourse materials provided were comprehensive and served as valuable resources for further study and reference.
However, to enhance the overall learning experience, I suggest incorporating more interactive activities and group discussions to facilitate peer learning and collaborationcollaboration effectively, fostering a more dynamic learning environment.
I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in this enriching course and commend the instructors for their dedication and expertise.
Sincerely, Tusk Mask
Why this response received Band 6.5
The letter is strongest in its polished description of the course and its clear, formal organisation. Its main limitation is task coverage: it never states how much cooking the writer has done since attending, and its proposal concerns changes to the existing course rather than a different course the school could offer. The priority is to add direct, developed answers to those two bullet points.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The purpose is clear and the enjoyable features are developed, but two required bullet points are not answered as requested.
State how often or what you have cooked since the course and propose a clearly named new cookery course.
Coherence and Cohesion
The letter progresses logically from its purpose through positive feedback and a suggestion to a courteous closing.
Organise the body around all three required content points so the clear progression also reflects the full task.
Lexical Resource
A broad vocabulary communicates praise precisely, although some expressions are overly formal or slightly unnatural for ordinary feedback.
Prefer more natural phrases such as attended your course and use specific vocabulary for recent cooking and the proposed new course.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Varied complex sentences are handled accurately, with only minor awkwardness in a long suggestion sentence.
Streamline long clauses and place modifiers closer to the ideas they describe to make the syntax more natural.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You recently did a short cookery course. The cookery school has asked for your feedback on this course. Write a letter to the course director at the cookery school. In your letter:
- Describe what you enjoyed about the course.
- Say how much cooking you have done since the course.
- Suggest another cookery course you’d like the school to offer.
Your response
Write the task yourself, then compare your choices with the annotated response.