You work for an international company. You have seen an advertisement for a training course which will be useful for your job. Write a letter to your manager. In your letter: - describe the training course you want to do - explain what the company could do to help you - say how the course will be useful for your job
Sample Response
Dear Mrs Margarita, I am writing to expresswriting this letter to express my interest in attending an important training course called ‘Introduction to Advanced Supply Chain Management System’ after seeing an advertisement for itafter coming across its advertisement in one of our local newspapers last week. This is a three-month-longa 3 month long part-time course that will start on 17 January, and classes will be held three3 times a week on weekday eveningson weekdays in the evenings, from 4 pm to 7 pm. I am confidentquite convinced that the course will not only help enhance my skillshelp in enhancing my skills as a Junior LogisticsLogistic Manager but will also provide me with a clearer understanding ofenough clarity on advanced logistics practicesmore advanced logistic approaches of the 21st century. As you know, as an export-oriented company, logistics will always play an important role in reducing delivery costsdelivery cost reduction and ensure the safe delivery of our products worldwide. Therefore, I would like to ask for permission torequest you to allow me to leave early twice a week for the next three3 months to attend this training course. Also, the course feethe fee for attending this course is quite high, so I would appreciate some financial supportit would be great if I could get some funding from our staff training fund. Yours sincerely, Phillip Ray
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter’s strongest feature is its specific, business-focused request: it identifies the course, schedule, expected job benefits, and two forms of company support. Its main limitation is language precision, with several awkward logistics collocations and a mismatch between three weekly classes and the request to leave early twice; the highest-priority improvement is to reconcile the schedule and explain exactly how the remaining session will be managed.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All bullet points are fully addressed with concrete course details, relevant benefits, and clear requests for time and financial support.
Explain how all three weekly classes will be attended when early leave is requested only twice per week.
Coherence and Cohesion
The letter progresses clearly from course details to professional benefits and requested support, although paragraphing would make the sections easier to scan.
Divide the course description, value to the company, and practical requests into three focused paragraphs.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is suitably professional and specific, with occasional awkward combinations such as “logistic approaches” and “delivery cost reduction.”
Use “logistics methods,” “reduce delivery costs,” and “Junior Logistics Manager.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Complex sentences are mostly controlled, but compound modifiers, parallel verbs, and agreement are not consistently accurate.
Write “a three-month part-time course” and ensure “logistics can reduce costs and ensure safe delivery” has parallel verb forms.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You work for an international company. You have seen an advertisement for a training course which will be useful for your job. Write a letter to your manager. In your letter:
- describe the training course you want to do
- explain what the company could do to help you
- say how the course will be useful for your job
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