Creating Opportunity Worldwide

Writing
(2 Parts- 40 minutes)
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.
N- Welcome to the program! I have been a member for 6 months now. Why did you decide to join?
YouThank you. The program is really beneficial and useful to me as a teacher. I can gain a lot of information by
joining this program. On the flip side I can share the ideas about education with other club members.

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

YouWell, I would like to organize the activities for high-needs schools. It is quite challenging but I try my best.
Furthermore I can get some help from other club members.

N- Apparently our program will be getting funding from the Government. How do you think we should
allocate these funds?
YouWe can spend more on the activities because we should prepare a lot of things to make the activities fun and
Interesting. We can use the fund for food and other materials.

The British Council, 2014

The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.

Creating Opportunity Worldwide

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 months 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.
Write an email to a friend. Express your feelings and suggest possible alternatives. Write about 50 words.
You have 10 minutes.
Hi Farah,
Did you see its terrible? We have prepared for the annual fundraiser for a few weeks but then it has been
cancelled. Oh! I was really disappointed with the news. Alternatively, the organiser should find the other
way to get the fun or else we dont have any fund to support our club activities.
Bye, see you.

Syarifah Salmiah
Write an email to the club secretary. Express how you feel and make suggestions. Write 120-150 words.
You have 20 minutes.
Dear Madam,
I was really disappointed with the news .I think we should find other way to solve the problem. We need to
get the fund to support our club. Alternatively, we can have jumbo sales to collect money. I am pretty sure
that our club members can donate their old clothes or other things. We can open a stall and sell the things to
other people and the money will be donated to our fund.
We should take fast action because our next programme is just around the corner and we need really need
the
money. I am ready to help you if you have any ideas or you need my help .
Thank you.
Regards,
Syarifah Salmiah

The British Council, 2014

The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.

Creating Opportunity Worldwide

The British Council, 2014

The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.