Cambridge English: Proficiency
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Writing Paper Part 2. Task Type: Review
Question
An international youth organisation is planning to publish a report looking at attitudes between different generations:
| Content Should include information about a specific restaurant and a meal that was eaten there, as well as the opinion of at least some of the points from the task (i.e. atmosphere, staff attitude, service, and cost). |
| Communicative achievement Could range from formal to informal, as long as the register is consistent throughout the review. The newspaper readers would be informed by the review about whether they would wish to visit the same restaurant. The review should be sufficiently well written for the editor to consider publication. |
| Organisation The review should be organised into clear paragraphs. The restaurant should be mentioned in the opening paragraph and/or in the title. |
| Language Language of narration (to describe the sequence of the meal) and description and evaluation (of the food, service, etc.) Vocabulary connected with food (e.g. 'delicious', 'extremely well-cooked', etc.) and dining out would be expected (e.g. 'course', 'dish', 'service charge', 'on the menu', 'waiter/waitress', etc.) Does not have to be completely accurate but any errors should be minimal. |
