General Writing Task 1
Essay topic:
You have seen an advertisement for a weekend job as a local tour guide showing visitors around your city.
Write a letter of application to the tourism office. In the letter:
- give your reasons for wanting the job
- explain why you think you can do the job
- describe any relevant experience you have
I am writing this letter to apply for a job in your tour company. I saw the advertisement in the newspaper past last Sunday. Then I've decided to contact you.
I am Tamer Kamalak and 28 years old. I graduated from Vocational school of tourism and hotel management in 2010 and for three years I've worked as a tour guide in İzmir. Besides, While I was student at university, I've done internship in BEP which is a tourism agent that organise tours to historic areas.
In this respect, I can sat that I've gained a lot of experience also in my studentship and in my work life. I have two foreign languages which are French and Spanish. I can also use Office programme almost professionally. İn addition to these, I like communication with people and this is tho most important point form e.
Hopefully you take into consideration my application. I will be waiting that you return me.
Sincerely Yours
I saw the advertisement in the newspaper past last Sunday.
Suggestion: I saw the advertisement in the newspaper on last Sunday.
which is a tourism agent that organise tours to historic areas.
Suggestion:which is a tourism agent that organizes tours to historic areas.
Hopefully you take into consideration my application.
Suggestion: Hopefully you take into consideration of my application.
Sentence: ?n addition to these, I like communication with people and this is tho most important point form e.
Error: tho Suggestion: the
flaws:
No. of Grammatical Errors: 3 2
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 6.0 out of 9
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 3 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 12 10
No. of Words: 162 200
No. of Characters: 709 1000
No. of Different Words: 109 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.568 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.377 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.804 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 43 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 33 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 20 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 17 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 13.5 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.788 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.417 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.367 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.604 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.118 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4