"C1 Paper 02 — Email: Your organisation offers a short job-shadowing scheme" is a C2 Proficiency Writing practice task (Letter / Email). Cambridge assesses content, communicative achievement, organisation and language on a scale from 0 to 5 per criterion. Plan before you write: identify the target reader, the required register and the number of points you must address. At C2, examiners expect sophisticated vocabulary used accurately, varied sentence structures and clear paragraphing.
Plan the Letter / Email before writing, address every prompt point, keep the expected register, respect the word limit, and use feedback to improve content, organisation, grammar range, and vocabulary precision.
Your organisation is offering employees the opportunity to spend three days observing another department. Write an email to your manager identifying the department you would like to visit, explaining how the experience would support your professional goals, and suggesting how your normal duties could be covered while you take part in the scheme. Write your email.
Word limit: 260 words
C1 Paper 02 — Email: Your organisation offers a short job-shadowing scheme
Exam Task
Draft the full response, stay inside the word range, then submit for AI feedback.
Prompt
"Your organisation is offering employees the opportunity to spend three days observing another department. Write an email to your manager identifying the department you would like to visit, explaining how the experience would support your professional goals, and suggesting how your normal duties could be covered while you take part in the scheme. Write your email."
Points to cover
Tap the icon for input input texts when supplied. Target: Target 45 min.
Part 2 · 220–260 words · Target 45 min