Задание

Read and complete the task

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

From: Ann@mail.ege

To: Russian_friend@ege.ru

Subject: Friendship

My friend is coming from a different town to visit me next month. I'm already thinking about where we'll go for a walk and what we'll do.

How often do you meet your friends? Why is friendship so important for people? What traits of character do you think make a good friend?

By the way, my older sister found a part-time job last week …

Write an email to Ann.

In your message:

answer her questions;

ask 3 questions about her sister's job.

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.