CAE TASK 2

Last summmer you had a job with an international company that promotes films. Your friend Eddy has written to you asking about it. Read the extract from your friend’s letter and from your diary below. The using the information appropriately, write a letter to your friend saying whether or not you would recommend the job to your friend and giving your reasons.

…so what do you think? The thing I really want is to watch loads of new films and save enough cash for holiday. I’d also love to use my English and get some useful work experience at the s ame time.

Cheers Eddy

6th July

Not a lot to do. Sat around answering the phones all day. The only exciting thing was getting to run up and down the stairs to delive a few messages.

9th July

Things are improving. Got to see some new films on the office DVD player. Even got to speak to an American film director on the

13th July

Got paid today. The money isn’t bad but I need to spend less by making my own sandwitches and walking to work

19 th July

Great day. Got invited on an all-expences-paid trip to the Venice Film Festival

Write your letter. Do not include postal addresses

Dear Eddy,

I’ m so glad I finally hear from you and I truly hope I’ll be of some help with the job you ‘re asking me about.

My job with the Film Company wasn’t so bad after all as you’ll see from my story.

It’s true that the beginning wasn’t as exciting as I expected because the only things I had to do , was run some errands to the upper floors and take some calls .A few days later yet, it got a little better especially when I had the chance to watch some films and even had a word with an American director which I found really excitngAs for the money they paid me to be honest , I had to economize by making my own sandwitches and thus , I could save some for the holiday.Even better than that was my trip to the Venice Film Festival where all expenses were covered by the company. You can’t imagine my joy when visiting Venice and seeing all those famous actors .

On the whole , it was worthwhile given the experience I gained not to mention my chance to speak English to the natives and see how I could do.So leap at the chance because there will be only perks .

If you still need my advice don’t hesitate to write.

Best wishes XXXXX

Run errands = a face comisioaneIt was worthwhile= a meritatLeap at the chance= profita de ocazie Perks= avantaje

2 A friend of yours has applied for a job as an activities coordinator at a summer camp for children and you have been asked to provide a reference. The advertisement for the job stated that the successful candidates would have relevant skills to offer in the area of sport, music or the performing arts (drama, dance, etc) as well as having excedent organisational skills

To Whom It May Concern

I have known …John Smith……………for five years since we joined the local basketball club. We have also taken part in the College’s Drama Club and had a fruitful collaboration in many performances which involved both acting and dancing

His talent, which brought him success with the performances held by the Drama Club was mostly due to his commitment and hard work. As well as this , because he turned out to be a budding actor , from the start he never spared any effort to give his best . As a basketball player, he was able to bring a lot of victories to his team

All his achievements are a result of his endeavour and self commitment. On social level, he is friendly reliable and responsible . His reliability made him highly appreciated. among all his colleagues. Last but not least his team spirit is worth mentioning.

He also has experience in working with children whom he is very considerate with.On many occasions when he had to deal with a wide age range of children he proved to be tactful and very understanding being able to bring the best in them

Given the above mentioned I highly recommend John Smith for the job he applied f or.

3 You are entering an essay writing competition. You must write an essay with the title “Many schools today are investing heavily in new technology. How important do you think this is ?”

Write your essay

Each writing must have 220-260 wordsWorthy Investments

Modern technology we talk so much about , has turned out to be indispensible in many domains and school does not make an exception.There are hardly any schools in Romania where there isn’t at least a computer..Children from the remotest corners of the country , regardless of the poor state of the building they are studying in , have their eyes glued to the only monitor screen and dream about the time to come .

Because children’s future is mostly built up in schools , the chance of success is also given by the equipment ( computers overhead projectors VSRs , cassette recorders , CD players) which will help them keep up with new discoveries and take in information better than reading about it from a book.

Forming links with schools around the world in order to exchange ideas is one of the advantages internet has. Virtual lessons have become a real asset for the modern school where children have the chance to get in touch with their peers from all over the world

Needless to say, that new technology can act as an incentive and motivate children more in their studies . On the other hand , we can’t deny the fact that the role of the teacher remains as important while it is greatly helped by the work on the computer..

In the light of the above mentioned the investments in the new technology are tantamount to investing in the future of our children and authorities are expected to support such investments as perfectly suitable