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
Sample Response
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to thank you for offering me the opportunity to undertake a work placementwork experience placement with your organisationat your company. I am excited about the prospect of gaining practical insights into the day-to-day operations of a leading organisationorganization in this field.
During my time with you, I hope to develop a better understanding of how organisations in this sector operatehow businesses in this sector function. I am particularly interested in learning about your marketing strategies, approaches to customer servicecustomer service approaches, and the challenges you face in remaining competitive. Observing experienced professionals in their roles will allow me to develop valuable skillspick up valuable skills that I can apply in my future career.
I would be grateful if you could provide some details about the specific tasks I may be assigned during my placementduring the work experience. Will I have a chance to attend meetingssit in on meetings or assist with any projects? Are there any particular departments in which you would recommend I spend timeparticular departments you would recommend I spend time in based on my interests in marketing and business operations?
Thank you once again for this invaluable learning opportunity. I look forward to making a positive contribution during my placement.
Yours faithfully,Sincerely,
Randal Bizol
Why this response received Band 8.0
The letter fully addresses the purpose in a polished, professional register, with specific learning aims and several relevant questions arranged in a clear progression. The only notable limitation is that some references to the company and sector remain generic, so the best refinement would be to add one or two organisation-specific details while preserving the concise structure and accurate, varied language.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The letter thanks the manager, develops relevant learning goals, and asks several specific questions in an appropriately formal tone.
Make the learning aims even more tailored by linking one of them to a known feature of the organisation or placement.
Coherence and Cohesion
Purpose-led paragraphs create a clear progression, and cohesive devices connect the ideas smoothly without drawing attention to themselves.
Use a slightly more explicit transition into the questions to sharpen the movement from learning goals to practical arrangements.
Lexical Resource
Professional and precise vocabulary is used flexibly across the discussion of operations, marketing, customer service, and workplace learning.
Replace generic references such as the field and sector with organisation-specific terminology where the context allows.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A varied range of simple and complex structures is controlled accurately, with natural punctuation and consistently clear meaning.
Maintain this accuracy while varying a few sentence openings to make the rhythm still more flexible.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
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
Your response
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