Read and complete the task

You have received an email message from your English-speaking penfriend James:

From: James@mail.ege

To: Russian_friend@ege.ru

Subject: Music

… I really love music, and I'll start taking guitar lessons the following week.

What music genres do you like? How much time do you spend listening to music? What do you suppose a world without music would be like?

By the way, my brother has recently passed an exam …

Write an email to James.

In your message:

• answer his questions;
• ask 3 questions about the exam his brother has passed.

Write 100–140 words.

Remember the rules of email writing.
E-mail

• Communicative task achievement:
  [ ] out of 2.
• Text organisation:
  [ ] out of 2.
• Language:
  [ ] out of 2.
• Total:[ ] out of 6.

Note: Study the section "Assessment" for the detailed criteria of scoring.

Score: 2

Communicative achievement: The task is complete: all the aspects specified in the task are covered (full and accurate answers to all the questions are given; 3 questions are asked correctly); the style is chosen correctly, taking into account the purpose of the statement and the addressee; the norms of politeness accepted in the language are observed (1 incomplete or not fully covered aspect is allowed).

Text organisation: The answer is logical; linking devices are used correctly; the text is logically divided into paragraphs (1 mistake in text organisation is allowed).

Language: The vocabulary and grammar answer the requirements of the basic level of the language usage; there are practically no spelling and punctuation mistakes (1–2 minor lexical and grammar mistakes are allowed AND/OR 1–2 spelling and punctuation mistakes).

Score: 1

Communicative achievement: The task is not completely done: not all the aspects specified in the task are covered (all the cases not mentioned in the rating at 2 and 0 points)

Text organisation: There are 2–3 mistakes in text organisation.

Language: The vocabulary and grammar do not fully answer the requirements of the basic level of the language usage: there are 3–4 lexical and grammar mistakes AND/OR 3–4 spelling and punctuation mistakes.

Score: 0

Communicative achievement: The task is partly done: 3 or more aspects are not covered, OR 6 aspects are not fully/accurately covered, OR 1 aspect is not covered and 4–5 aspects are not fully/accurately covered, OR the answer does not correspond to the required number of words.

Text organisation: There are 4 or more mistakes in text organisation.

Language: The vocabulary and grammar do not answer the requirements of the basic level of the language usage: there are 5 or more lexical and grammar mistakes AND/OR 5 or more spelling and punctuation mistakes.

Notes:

If the student gets 0 points for the criterion "Communicative task achievement", their answer is evaluated at 0 points for all the criteria.