Writing CAE - Proposals

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Here's a strange close-up photo of a very common object. What do you think it is?

It's the plastic packaging from a packet of crackers! That was a difficult one. ;)

Writing a proposal 

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CAE PROPOSAL ESSENTIALS

Remember to ANSWER THE QUESTION that you were asked 

Use a clear and simple layout with headings for each section

Write in a formal and impersonal style ( but take in to account you usually know the person)

Use bullet points if writing out long sentences will be too long for the word count

Total word count should be 220 - 260 words (Don't write too few or too many words)

Start the proposal with a clear sentence that states the purpose/aim

Finish your answer with a final sentence that is a summary of your opinion (based on what you have previously written)

How to approach the task

REMEMBER: Read the question carefully and respond accurately to it. 

TIP: Underline the key words before making a plan

How to write a plan: underline the important stuff!

Underline the questions.

You are chair of your local history society and have received this memo from a government representative. 

We have been invited to make a presentation on the history of 

our country to groups of older teenagers who are here on a cultural exchange. Please write me a proposal suggesting which two periods in our history we should focus on and how we can best display them. 

Write your proposal in 220-260 words in an appropriate style.

CAE PROPOSAL STRUCTURE

As you can see below, there are standard headings that you should use. They can be adapted to almost any type of proposal question:

Introduction

Current Situation

Suggestions

Final Recommendations

INTRODUCTION

The aims of this proposal are to...

This proposal evaluates....

This proposal is intended to present the...

CURRENT SITUATION

Many members of the planning committee have commented that...

There is a strong feeling among all concerned that...

Following a survey of the planning committee it was found that...

SUGGESTIONS

It is recommended that...

There should be...

It would be advantageous to...

FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

If the above suggestions are implemented there would be...

Implementation of the above ideas would result in...

1. Write out the questions.         2. Quickly answer them                   3. Make stuff up!!

What things represent the history of the Netherlands? 

 1. Golden Age (art and famous artists)

 2. World War II

3. Great flood disaster of 1952

CHOOSE 2 OF THE THINGS!!!!!

 

Explain how you think the aspects you have chosen would best be displayed.

 1. walking tour of historic VOC cities

2. photos 

3. film clips, 

4. Anne Frank House

Some of you forgot to say how you would show your ideas!

• photographic display
• a procession
• a DVD
• photos
• live performance
• clips and some stills from films

other ways of making a suggestion:

Visitors might also enjoy .............

We could follow that.....................

We could also have........................

Visitors would be amazed by.........

Another aspect that would interest visitors.........

Try to use formal language

a lot  = many/plenty/numerous/ a great deal of /a great number of

to tell the less fun things   to discuss the more serious side 

CONTENT: Are all points covered? 2 ideas and how to present them?

Did you keep to the word limit

Organisation:

You have organised the proposal logically with good sentence structure and it is easy to follow your points.id you use sub headings?

Language

A range of vocabulary is used. A range or grammatical forms are used. 

Communicative Achienvement

Ideas are communicated clearly and a formal tone was used.