BANKING UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH

Center for Foreign Languages and Applied Informatics

VSTEP WRITING TEST 3

WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You have just received a letter from your English pen-friend Jimmy who is going to take a
short training course in your country. Read part of his letter below.

Hi Rose! How are you? I hope everything goes well. I am going to take a short
training course in your country next month. I’d like to spend my time visiting you
and your family, so what is the best way to travel from the airport to your house? I
need somewhere to live while I am there. Is there any cheap hotel near your house?.
As you know, my father is a coffee addict. Can you show where I can buy some nice
Vietnamese coffee for him?
Write an email responding to Jimmy. You should write at least 120 words. You do not
need to include your name or address.

Group 1 :

Hi Jimmy,

I’m so glad that you will a take short training course in my country. . When you get to Tan
Son Nhat airport , you can take a taxi right in front of the main gate of the airport, don’t
worry about address , I will get my address clear after you start your flight and you just
need to give it to the driver, they will take you to my house .You can stay at my house
because hotels can be expensive and uncomfortable , and my family always welcomes
you so don’t worry about that .

Hi Jimmy,
I am happy to know that you will take Welcome to your short training course in my
country. It, it will be very interesting and I'm glad that you came to visit my family.

I will send you the address where I live. At Tan Son Nhat airport you can take a taxi to my
house. If I am free on have free time that day, I can go to the airport to pick you up. In Ho
Chi Minh City, there are many hotels with suitable prices for everyone. You will surely be
satisfied , when you come. I will help assist you to find in finding the acceptable right
accommodation.

My country specializes in producing and supplying coffee with many types of good quality
coffee. In Ho Chi Minh City, you can easily buy the kind smanort of coffee you like. Trung
Nguyen coffee is one of the most popular coffee types in my country. M, many tourists
also love this coffee. This is a coffee brand with a large quantity and good quality in
Vietnam.

Hope to see you!.

Yours,

Group 2: 😺😸🙀

Hi Jimmy,

Thank you for your email!well wishes, me and my family are all healthy. I amwas
so excited to hear the information that you will take a short training course in my
country. It has been took about 1 month since you last contacted me. You will land
at Tan Son Nhat airport. And don't worry about my home address because I will
pick you up there on time by my private car.

If you don't have a place to stay during your time stay here. I would recommend a
few hotels which that I know are at a reasonable price very reasonably priced and
well reviewed near my home. Or if you don’t mind, you can stay at my house.
There is a spare room where you can stay. my room is enough for one more
person, you can stay with me, I have something interesting to show for you.
Coffee is considered a specialty in Vietnam. You will come across many large and
small coffee brands, from large-scale companies to households that can roast and
process their own qualifiedty coffee products. But I suggest you try the Trung
Nguyen coffee brand. ItThis is a famous coffee brand in VietNam. I like the coffee
here because it is very aromatic and pure, you can buy it for your dad.

I hope to meet you soon, Jimmy. Please send my best wishes to your parents.

Your friend,

---WRITING TASK 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic.

Some people say that modern technology, such as the internet and computers will ever
replace the book or the written word as the main source of information in the future.
Discuss your views?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience.

You should write at least 250 words. Your response will be evaluated in terms of Task
fulfillment, Organization, Vocabulary and Grammar.
This is the end of the writing test
Group 1:

In recent years, information technology has developed rapidly. Some people

The internet and modern technology make most things easy for us and due to this,
a person can save his precious time. We can connect ourselves with the entire
world via the internet. Nowadays everything can easily be searched on the
internet including books, movies, games, news, weather news, etc. so the person
does not need to worry about anything because through modern technology like
the internet and computers they make everything so easy for us.

When we are purchasing a book or magazine through the internet, we don't pay
for papers. By contrast, we would have cost more for papers purchased from a
bookstore. Also, the availability is another reason as we can search the name or
the topic of a specific book through some websites such as Google or Yahoo and
would find thousands of results for that as opposed to spending time and money
for finding the book in the market.

However, some people are concerned about the effects of computer reading on
eye health, so they still prefer to use books. And for the study of students in the
classroom, it is impossible without books, so I believe that books will still exist in
the future.

In short, information technology will help people a lot, but it will not be able to
completely eliminate books and the written in the future.

Group 2:
Today's human society has many important things that affect their lives. Some
fields, for example, Science, Technology, Education, Sports, etc. However, it is
argued that modern technology, such as the internet and computers will ever
replace the book or the written word as the main source of information in
the future. Each point of view has its distinct qualities.

On the one hand, with the existence of computers and the internet, people
can obtain an enormous amount of information. Firstly, we just need to
open the computers, connect them to the network and search all kinds of
articles they need. Secondly, there are thousands of websites on the
internet, providing valuable information and giving people more access to
world knowledge. Lastly, many news cooperation nowadays offers electronic
newspapers, which can be read on computers, smartphones. As a result,
people now prefer reading online news and information more than
purchasing a book.

On the other hand, I do not think that books and written word will be faded
in the future. Firstly, not everyone enjoys looking at the computer screen for
an extended time; the light from computers causes eye irritation and
negatively affects eye health. Secondly, some can not have enough money to
purchase modern technology such as computers or smartphones to access
the sources of information on the internet. The online services would only be
available in advanced countries and in some major cities of developing.
Consequently, people who live in rural or remote areas will still need the
print-out version.

In conclusion, although the rapid increase in technology, the existence of