Anne asks for advice about planning a 2-week trip to Barcelona for her and six friends. She asks about the best time to visit, ways to meet other teenagers while there, what clothes to pack, and if the assistant would like to join them. The assistant outlines their response, suggesting spring or fall as the best times to visit, meeting others through youth hostels or activities, packing versatile clothing for warm weather and evenings, and expressing interest in joining them.

1. Letters and Emails PART ONE WRITING

2. Respond to this email from your friend Hi! I’ve got together with six of my friends from college and we’re hoping to travel to Barcelona for 2 weeks for a holiday. Can you give us some help, please? We’d like to know when the best time to visit is. We also want to meet people our own age (13-14). What’s the best way to do this? We don’t want to carry too much stuff, so can you tell us what clothes to bring? And while we’re there, would you like to join out group and travel round with us? It would be great fun! Many thanks and looking forward to hearing from you. Anne

3. 1. FOUR CONTENT POINTS When is the best time to visit BCN? Why? How can we meet new people of our age? What clothes to bring? Would you like to join the groupa and travel round?

4. 2. Organise your content points How many paragraphs? What goes where? Paragraph ONE: Paragraph TWO: Paragraph THREE: Paragraph FOUR: Four! When is the best time to visit BCN? Why? How can we meet new people of our age? What clothes to bring? Would you like to join the group and travel round? Points 1 and 3 Point 2 Point 4 introduction

5. 3. What language will you use? Who is it for? Your friend, Anne What does that mean? Informal register: Contractions, phrasal verbs How can you make suggestions? Modals (should, could, must) Suggestion expressions

6. Making suggestions: Complete these sentences with your ideas for Anne How about …… I suggest… It would be a good idea CONTENT POINTS When is the best time to visit BCN? Why? How can we meet new people of our age? What clothes to bring? Would you like to join the group and travel round ? +ing +ing + to infinitive