Level 3 Writing Sample Item
Message:
[Narrator] You work at a factory and are to write a summary of new company procedures.
[Female voice] We will be discontinuing the Royal china pattern at the end of this year. That means we need to put that notice in our next catalog. We also need to send out letters to customers who have ordered the Royal pattern within the last five years.
[Male voice] That way they can order extra pieces if they wish. I remember my grandmother was heartbroken when a piece of her china was missing. We want our dishes to be used, not put away in a cupboard somewhere.
[Female voice] We will be putting the Royal pattern on sale, too, starting next month. Everything will be marked down to 50% off of the catalog price.
[Male voice] Maybe we should also tell customers that we are going to be switching to completely recyclable packing boxes. We plan to begin just as soon as we have the old boxes used up. I think that should be within the next two weeks. Check with Philip Zemoulk on that.
Level 3 Sample Response
"We will be discontinuing the Royal China pattern at the end of the year. We will have to tell customers who bought them in the past 5 years. So if they want to order more they can. We should also tell them that in next months cataloge prices will be up to 50% of retail. We might want to tell them that as soon as we get rid of our old boxes, we will be using completly recycled packing boxes starting in about two weeks."
Why this is a Level 3 response:
- The writing conveys the message clearly. The response is written clearly enough so that the meaning can be understood.
- Most of the sentences are complete.
- The writing has few mechanical errors. For example, although an apostrophe is needed in "months" and the words "cataloge" and "completly" are misspelled, the message is conveyed without further clarification needed.