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CPE June 2017 Writing and feedback

Hello Gustavo, My name is Maria M. and I am taking the CPE  exam this June. I am having some problems with my writings and I spend a lot of time trying to find the correct ideas,  so I hope you can help me improve my skills. I suppose it is a matter of practice. Thank you so much in advance. I send you attached the task and my writing. This is the task: An English language magazine is running a series on the topic of happiness. You decide to send in an article. You should briefly describe one or two situations in which you have experienced a sense of happiness. You should also analyse what contributes to feelings of happiness for many people and suggest whether the pursuit is a worthwhile aim. Writings + Feedback Happiness: The eternal search.  ( Feedback:Why did you choose this title? Why is it an eternal search? Do you mean it is impossible to find happiness? ) Why is happiness so vital for the humankind?. What makes people feel happy?.  The answers to these questions can be so dive

CAE 2017 Essay Sample + free feedback

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Hello Gustavo, I´m taking the CAE exam in a couple of moths and I would be very pleased if you could have a look through the essay I´ve attached to this email. I´ll be waiting for your reply. Thanks Berta Your class has listened to a radio discussion on how more young people can be encouraged to study science. You have made the notes below: Write an essay discussing  two  of the points in your notes. You should  explain which way would be more effective in encouraging young people to study science, providing reasons  to support your opinion. You may, if you wish, make use of the opinions expressed in the discussion, but you should use your own words as far as possible. Title?? (Feedback: Write a title) It is generally accepted that students today see science as another subject (what do you mean?) and not as a field that could lead them to find a suitable job. In view of this, I shall consider   (check) two of the proposed methods, school programmes and government grants as the most

CPE Formal Letter Sample from student with Feedback

Dear Gustavo, I came across your website and I would like to accept the offer to send a writing task for correction. In the attachment you will find a letter to the editor. I am preparing for the CPE Exam in May. Thanks in advance for your time and I look forward to hear from you. Best wishes, Miranda Star   Dear Editor, I am writing in response to a letter from one reader in the Saturday’s edition of your magazine stating that family life has not changed over the last twenty years. I would like to point out some opinions on this topic. In the first place, when we discuss about family life we must take a closer look at the variation within families as constituted in the past twenty years. A family plays different roles. In the modern world of today there are many types of how families are formed . Besides the traditional families with a father and mother figure there are single-parent families, gay-parents, community families and grand-parents who play a significant role in the fam

Formal Letter Sample CPE / Nicolas Procopio-CPESampleWritings

Formal LETTER You recently attended a training course which was exceptionally good. Now you have decided to write a letter directly to the course leader. Say why the course was exceptional, why it was particularly suitable for you and how you are benefiting from it now. Write your letter. Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express my high level of satisfaction with the philosophy course which I attended in your school in  Madrid last summer. I have to admit that having participated in many disappointing workshops and seminars in the past, I arrived with very low expectations, but I was soon to find out that your course is exceptionally interesting. Each and every lecturer was a very knowledgeable and highly-regarded college professor. In my opinion, this is your strongest suit, as nobody else in the whole city has managed to gather such an elite group of people under the same roof. Being there allowed me to increase my network, which is going to be particularly useful for me next year whe

CPE preparation. Writing and feedback

LETTER You recently attended a training course which was exceptionally good. Now you have decided to write a letter directly to the course leader. Say why the course was exceptional, why it was particularly suitable for you and how you are benefiting from it now. Write your letter. Dear Sir or Madam, I recently attended one of your highly-regarded courses on Philosophy in the city of Madrid , Spain , and, honestly, I could not be any happier with the results. In the beginning I was not quite sure whether this would even work, as I had previously attended a couple of similar courses which had all been rather disappointing; however, the moment I started working on the material that we were given, it became clear to me that I had found the right place. (Feedback: Maybe just go straight to the point and say in the first line: I am writing to express my satisfaction with.../) Much to my surprise , each and every teacher turned out to be a very knowledgeable and highly-regarded college pro

CPE 2017 writing exercise plus feedback

Hello, I just wrote this essay and I would really appreciate your opinion about it. Maricarmen Ortega Question Read the two texts below. Write an essay summarizing and evaluating the key points from both texts. Use your own words throughout as far as possible, and include your own ideas in your answers. Write your answer in 240 – 280 words. Fashion is full of contradictions It is beyond dispute that fashions plays an important role in social and cultural life today. Since it has such power, it is natural that questions are asked about its role in society. The fashion industry has always said that it gives people the freedom to express their unique individuality, even to experiment with alternative identities. However, critics argue that fashion dictates to society what should be considered beautiful and elegant, and ultimately encourages everyone, especially the young, to dress in similar ways. It is this very ambiguity that makes fashion fascinating and which can also provoke hostilit
Hey Gustavo! I’m sitting for the CPE on May 6 and I would very much appreciate it if you could check this review that I did on my favorite websites. I know that I exceeded the word limit, but I’ll see to it that doesn’t happen in the exam :) Thanks in advance Nicolás Task:  REVIEW A magazine that you subscribe to is interested in reader reviews based on the following topic: "What websites could you not live without?" Write a detailed review of two or three websites that you use on a regular basis. You should explain the reasons why you visit the websites and comment on what you like (and dislike) about them. Write the review for the magazine editor. (around 280-320 words). TITLE? Nowadays the Internet has become a place where we can pretty much do anything – from buying clothes and plane tickets online to playing in virtual reality worlds where we can completely lose all track of time. In doing so, one encounters different websites, all of which are equally important. Howev