The email: opening, register and what the examiner wants

The written task. One email, 80 to 120 words, 40 minutes, chosen from two prompts. It is marked out of 12: communicative effectiveness 3, stylistic appropriateness 1, morphosyntactic correctness 4, lexical range 3, spelling and punctuation 1. You need 7.

The opening and closing are free marks. Pick a register and hold it: if you open Gentile Dirigente you use Lei throughout and close Cordiali saluti. Do not mix in ciao or tu.

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