Joe,
In my country, there are many holidays thoughout the year, but the traditional
holiday is Tet holiday. It’s also the most important holiday. It occurs in late January, early in February. At that time, every family clean and
decorate their houses. It’s also an occasion for people who live far away from their home to gather and enjoy the exciting atmosphere with their
family. They prepare so much food, especially is sticky-rice, it is made from sticky rice with meat and peas, Vietnamese people call “barh chung”.
At Tet, young children receive many red envelopes with lucky money inside. People wish best wishes to their relatives and friends. Vietnamese
people love it too much. Do you like it? Is it interesting and exciting?
Write me soon.
Your friend
Hoa
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Content: 5 All
content is relevant to the task with plenty of detail. The target reader would be fully informed about the holiday.
Communicative Achievement: 5 The letter is written in a natural style and the final questions directed to the target reader have a positive effect and would motivate the reader to respond.
Organisation: 5 The letter is well organised and coherent, using some linking words: but; also and and; and a variety of cohesive devices to good effect. Ideas are linked within and across sentences.
Language: 4 A range of everyday and less common lexis is used appropriately, as well as a range of simple and some more complex structures: an occasion for people who live far away from their home to gather; it is made from sticky rice.
Errors with some simple structures are present: every family clean and decorate; especially is sticky-rice; people love it too much, but these do not impede communication.
