Explain a practical problem
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Six completed written English exchanges using request, clarification, time, location and confirmation frames, plus a combined service conversation.
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What to include
- Complete six original written English exchanges from the supplied cases.
- Use an introduction and focused polite request.
- Confirm an explicit date, time and arrival instruction.
- Choose repetition or meaning repair appropriately.
- Finish a combined service conversation and a truthful confirmed/unconfirmed next-step summary.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Method: applies the course-specific rules to the supplied cases with visible intermediate work.
- Accuracy: results agree with the stated facts, units, boundaries and independent checks.
- Reasoning: explains why the result follows and identifies a limitation or unresolved question.
- Transfer: completes changed cases and revises the final project when a relevant assumption changes.
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The idea in everyday life
Original exchange: Learner: I tried to open the form today. The page shows an error. Could you tell me another way to get the form? Staff: You can collect a paper copy here. Learner: Thank you. What time can I come?
A practical problem explanation can state what was attempted, what happened and the help requested. Use concrete facts rather than a vague everything is broken. Present simple can describe a current condition; past simple can describe a completed attempt.
Explain a practical problem — worked practice
A practical problem explanation can state what was attempted, what happened and the help requested. Use concrete facts rather than a vague everything is broken. Present simple can describe a current condition; past simple can describe a completed attempt.
Original exchange: Learner: I tried to open the form today. The page shows an error. Could you tell me another way to get the form? Staff: You can collect a paper copy here. Learner: Thank you. What time can I come?
Original practice material
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| AMaterial | BSupplied text |
|---|---|
| Case | Original exchange: Learner: I tried to open the form today. The page shows an error. Could you tell me another way to get the form? Staff: You can collect a paper copy here. Learner: Thank you. What time can I come? |
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1. 1. Past action
Identify the completed attempt.
You should see: I tried to open the form today.
2. 2. Current result
State the visible problem.
You should see: The page shows an error.
3. 3. Request
Ask for a specific alternative.
You should see: Could you tell me another way to get the form?
4. 4. Follow up
Ask for the condition of the offered alternative.
You should see: What time can I come?
What to finish
A three-part problem message and alternate-route follow-up.
Watch for this
An alternate route can be useful while remaining incomplete. Checking available times makes the next action feasible instead of assuming unlimited access.
How can I tell I understand it?
Adapt the three-part frame to a new problem without claiming an unknown cause.
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