Replying about a workshop booking
A2.2 · Reply to a proposal with a workable decision and a next step.
A1 foundations and sentences linked with and, but or because in the target language. No new tense is required.
Model
Hola, gracias por avisarme del cambio de la actividad. El viernes no puedo ir porque tengo un curso hasta las ocho. El sábado estoy libre por la mañana y prefiero el grupo de las diez. ¿Podéis confirmar mi plaza? Si no hay sitio, ¿puedo participar en el grupo de las doce? Muchas gracias, Ana.gracias por avisarme del cambio
· It acknowledges the proposal or problem.tengo un curso hasta las ocho
· It explains the constraint with a precise fact.¿Podéis confirmar mi plaza?
· It proposes a next step that the reader can confirm.
Task
Reply in Spanish to one workshop coordinator. Your Saturday drawing session at ten is cancelled. They offer Saturday at nine or Sunday at eleven. Your train arrives on Saturday at nine thirty; Sunday is free. Choose a viable slot, explain the constraint and ask for confirmation of both the booking and materials.
50–80 words
Planning
- Who will read your text, and what do they need to know first?
- Note the facts you must keep and decide what information you will add.
- Plan the order of your ideas and a sentence for your decision or request.
Criteria
- Acknowledge cancellation of Saturday’s ten-o’clock drawing session.
Identify the referent: the reader needs to know who or what you mean.
- Explain the train arriving Saturday at nine thirty.
Keep the fact that lets the reader act without guessing.
- Choose Sunday at eleven with a coherent reason.
Connect your decision to the need in this situation.
- Ask the coordinator to confirm the booking and materials.
End with useful information for the next step.
Review
Keep your draft. Mark an improvement and explain why it helps the reader; if it already meets the criteria, identify and justify a specific check.