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Band 6+: You recently attended a training course that was much shorter than advertised. You feel that the course did not cover all the necessary information. Write a letter to the training course provider. - Explain what course you attended and when. - Describe what aspects of the course were missing or incomplete. - Apologize for any inconvenience, but request a partial refund or further training.

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Dear Training Manager,

I would like to express my gratitude for organizing the training for my company. It definetely was a great experience to be trained by you.

However, there is some several room for improvement that you can enhance in the next training. Our training is about How to Upgrade Leadership Skills, but somehow, you didn’t show the aspect of “how” or “what to improve”. Your training seems very text book and not even practical. In my opinion, your training doesn’t meet the expectations of how should I get to improve my leadership skills.

In my opinion, you should benchmark with other trainers to learn how to improve your materials, public speaking and confidence.

If you want to discuss about it, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you.

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
Using more sophisticated words could be beneficial.

Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:

training: 6

Try using synonyms for the above words

Task Response

The letter addresses the task by expressing dissatisfaction with the training course and providing reasons. However, the response includes some irrelevant or inaccurate information. The tone is somewhat direct and could be more tactful. To improve, provide more specific examples of what was lacking in the course and offer more constructive suggestions for improvement. Also, consider softening the tone to maintain a professional and respectful approach. The letter falls short of the required 150 words.

Coherence & Cohesion

The letter is generally coherent, but the organization could be improved. Consider structuring your points more clearly, perhaps dedicating a paragraph to each of the points mentioned in the task (aspects you were unhappy with, how the course failed to meet expectations, and suggested improvements). Using more formal linking words and phrases would also enhance the flow.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate but could be more precise and varied. For instance, instead of saying "there is some several room for improvement," you could say "there are several areas for improvement." Try to use more specific and professional language related to training and development.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

There are a few grammatical errors that affect clarity. For example, "It definetely was a great experience" should be "It definitely was a great experience." Also, "Your training seems very text book and not even practical" could be improved to "Your training seemed very textbook-based and not practical enough." Pay attention to correct spelling and use a wider range of sentence structures to enhance grammatical accuracy.

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