informationaboutdifferentcolleges?Alsocanyoufindoutwhat qualificationsIneed?
Forinstance,asan overseasstudent, doIhavetotakeanEnglishtest?
Ihopeyou don'tmind doingthisforme.Itismuch betterto getthisinformationfrom
someone who lives in the country, so I hopeto hearfromyousoon.
Manythanks,Rosanna
Sample 60
Write a letter to the InformationOfficerattheTAPEInformationOffice asking
forinformationabouttheTertiaryPreparationCertificate.
Describeyoureducationalbackground andyourreasonsforwantingtodothe
course.
Youshouldwriteatleast 80 words.
Al lowyourself 15 minutes for thistask.
modelanswer:
DearSir/Madam,
IwouldlikesomeinformationabouttheTertiary Preparation Certificate. If possible I
would like to enroll in this
courseasapart-timestudentin 1992.
Ileftschooleightyearsagoaftercompletingthe 1 ISC.SincethenIhaveworkedasa
salesassistantin bothGraceBrosandDavidJones.Fromthebeginning ofthisyearI
havebeeninchargeoftheChildren's Wear Department in GraceBros,Lilyfield.
However, in order to advance any furtherinmycareerintoamanagerialposition, Iwill
needto dosomefurtherstudy,suchasaMarketing orBusinessCourse.BecauseI have
notstudiedformany years,IbelievethatIshouldcompletetheTPCbeforeenrollingina
Businesscourse.
Could you pleasesendmetheinformationassoonaspossible,andtellmethedatesfor
enrolling in the Tertiary Preparation
Certificate.Yoursfaithfully.
- General IELTS WritingTask 2
Sample 1
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.