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Pro-ELT Formal Progress Test 2

Part 1: You are talking to N in a chat room about “Education for All”, a volunteer education program you recently
joined aimed at improving education opportunities in high-needs schools throughout Malaysia. Answer N using
complete sentences. Use 30-40 words per answer. You have 10 minutes to complete all 3 answers.

1. N- Welcome to the program! I have been a member for 6 months now. Why did you decide to join?

(Write your reply in 30 – 40 words)

Hi! Thanks N. I’ve just joined a month ago. After all, I had a diploma in teaching English and it would be great if I
can contribute to my own community.

(31 words)

2. N- So what type of volunteer work would you like to try first?

(Write your reply in 30 – 40 words)

I’m thinking of volunteering as a teacher or a trainer. I’d like to get involve in teaching the needy schools
especially schools in the rural areas. I had experience teaching in the rural areas too.

(35 words)

3. N- Apparently our program will be getting funding from the Government. How do you think we
should allocate these funds?

(Write your reply in 30 – 40 words)

I think it would be handy if we can allocate those funds to buy stationery, materials for teaching the kids and
also workbooks as I know some of them don’t have to those materials.

(34 words)

Part 2: You have been preparing for the annual fundraiser dinner “Education for All” for a few months. You
receive this email from the club:

Dear Member
We are writing to inform you that we have decided to cancel next month’s annual fundraiser dinner due to lack
of support. Since we are only a month away, we feel it is not enough time to gather the necessary support in
time for the event. We apologize to those who have been preparing and appreciate your hard work. If you have
any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email the club secretary.

1. Write an email to a friend. Write your feelings and suggest possible alternatives. Write about 50
words. You have 10 minutes.

Hi Anis,
Did you read the email? It’s disappointing, isn’t it? I’d worked really hard to find the venue and also getting
people to get people involved. We need to come together again to find other alternatives to fund our future
programs. I’ll write to the secretary about it.

Regards,
Ann

(51 words)
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Pro-ELT Formal Progress Test 2

2. Write an email to the club secretary. Explain your feelings and make suggestions. Write 120-150
words. You have 20 minutes.

Dear sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my deepest disappointment regarding the cancellation of our next month’s fundraiser
dinner due to lack of support.

I totally agree that all of us had worked very hard for this incoming event and I would appreciate it if the club
could find alternatives to use the resources or things that have been done for the grand event for other
alternatives to make sure we could use them more efficiently.

It would be fantastic if we could have another urgent meeting to discuss the alternatives and the resources we
already have at the moment. I strongly believe that if you could gather all of us, we would be able to find many
other alternatives to collect more funds for our club activities and to get more involvement from our community.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,
Ann O’Nemus

(150 words)

Comment – C1 because of:

 Clear differences in register between the emails (e.g. informal: short sentences, tag
questions, direct questions, contractions)
 Range of lexis (formal email – good adverbs & adjectives)
 Range of grammar
 Accuracy – very few errors
 Kept to word limit
 Avoided repetition of words & phrases

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© The British Council, 2014
The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and education opportunities.
British Council Malaysia is a branch (995232-A) of the British Council, registered as a charity in England and Wales (209131) and Scotland (SC037733)