Schedule Clash with Leadership Program: PTE Respond to a Situation Question with Sample Answers - Page 3

Your task

You will hear a description of a situation. Please respond to it as you would in that situation.

“You've recently been selected for a university leadership program, and its weekly meetings now clash with your assigned tutorial time. Missing either one will affect your progress. You decide to approach your course instructor and request a tutorial change. What would you say to your course instructor?”

30 community answers with AI feedback

SCORE 13/16

respected course instructor and very grateful for giving me the opportunity as a university leadership program and i am selected for it and but there is a clash between the leadership program and also a tutorial time and both are really very important for me. missing one will effect on my studies and progress as well. so, i request you to please change the tutorial time as per the convenience sorry for the inconvenience and i apologize. if

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Content:

The response effectively addresses the situation by clearly stating the conflict between the leadership program and the tutorial time, and makes a polite request for a change, achieving the communication goal.

Oral Fluency:

Speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses, maintaining a natural flow throughout the response.

Pronunciation:

Pronunciation is mostly accurate with minor mispronunciations, but overall clarity is maintained.

SCORE 13/16

hello, so i wanted to approach you in order to ask about my university leadership program. it's affecting me as in its weekly meetings and now clashing with my assigned tutorial time and missing either of it will affect my purpose. i just wanted to ask if it could provide me with some solution or we can work up like for some different timings and help me in getting over this. thank you so much for time and understanding.

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Content:

The response addresses the situation correctly and conveys the need for a tutorial change, achieving the communication goal, but lacks some development and detail.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses, maintaining a good flow overall.

Pronunciation:

Minor mispronunciations are present, but the overall message is mostly clear.

SCORE 13/16

hey, good morning, akshitam. i hope you're doing well. so i have recently been selected for a university leadership program and it's weekly meeting. now clash with my assignment, total time. and i've noticed that missing either of will, one will affect my progress. so i'm here to ask you for your help and i would like to change a put a request for you to arrange. thank you for your time. i hope to hearing from you soon.

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Content:

The response addresses the situation well and achieves the communication goal, but lacks some development in the request for a tutorial change.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent with some pauses, but overall understandable.

Pronunciation:

Minor mispronunciations are present, but the overall message is mostly clear.

SCORE 13/16

hello sir, good afternoon. recently i have been selected for a university leadership program and its weekly meeting are now clashing with the assignment tutorial time. i am facing very much difficulty for missing either one of the class and this will affect my progress. i hope you will consider this situation and help me manage the time change for tutorials so that i could work on both the courses together.

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Content:

The response effectively addresses the situation by clearly stating the conflict and requesting a tutorial change, demonstrating a good understanding of the context.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent, with some pauses that do not significantly hinder communication, but there are moments where the flow could be improved.

Pronunciation:

The pronunciation is mostly clear with minor inaccuracies, but overall articulation is quite good.

SCORE 13/16

good evening sir. i wanted to request you to change my tutorial as i have been selected for a university leadership program further. it is to be brought to your kind notice that it's weekly meetings now class with my assigned tutorial time and it is very difficult for me to carry on both of the programs. i wish and i request you that kindly change my timings so that i can participate in the board.

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Content:

The response clearly addresses the situation by requesting a tutorial change due to a scheduling conflict, achieving the communication goal with relevant reasoning.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent with some pauses, maintaining a natural flow overall.

Pronunciation:

Minor mispronunciations are present, but the overall message is mostly clear.

SCORE 13/16

i'm here to talk to you regarding the university leadership program and the weekly meetings. the weekly meetings are at my tutorial time and if i miss only one tutorial, it will affect my whole course. i request a tutorial change. it's completely normal to sad in this situation. if n can please resolve my issue, i'm struggling a lot in this situation. i look forward to hearing that from you soon.

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Content:

The response addresses the situation and achieves the communication goal, but lacks some detailed development.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses, maintaining a natural flow.

Pronunciation:

There are minor mispronunciations, but the overall clarity is mostly accurate.

SCORE 13/16

hi man, can i talk to you for a minute? so recently i have selected as a university leadership leader and there's a meeting today and it's actually clashing with the tutorial time, the course tutorial time as well. so can you please postpone this course tutorial to maybe next tomorrow so that this is equally important for me. so can you please do me a favor. hope you understand man. thank you.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response effectively addresses the situation and achieves the communication goal, though it could benefit from more development.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses, maintaining a good flow overall.

Pronunciation:

There are minor mispronunciations, but overall, the pronunciation is mostly accurate and clear.

SCORE 13/16

hello professor, i have recently noticed that the university leadership program which i have entered recently is it's weekly meeting is clashing with my asane tutorial time, i just wanted to discuss about this topic and if possible it would be great if you move me to another batch or reassign this schedule so that i will not affect my progress. thank you for so you are understanding.

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Content:

The response addresses the situation appropriately, clearly stating the conflict and requesting a change, but lacks some development and detail.

Oral Fluency:

The speech was mostly fluent with some minor pauses, maintaining a generally smooth flow.

Pronunciation:

Minor mispronunciations were present, but overall the pronunciation was mostly accurate.

SCORE 13/16

hello close instructor, i have a query and i am writing and speaking from deep down my heart that the recent selection of me as a university degree leadership program is a getting clash between my assigned tutorial time and i hope you get my point it's nothing personal and i decide to just go with the alternative timing for the tutorial and i am looking forward to it, best regard.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response addresses the situation appropriately and achieves the communication goal, but lacks some development and clarity.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses, maintaining a good flow overall.

Pronunciation:

There are minor mispronunciations, but the overall speech is mostly accurate and understandable.

SCORE 13/16

hello, mr. stanley. i want to discuss how my assigned tutorial time is clashing with my university leadership program. this university leadership program is equally important to my tutorial time and i would request you to change my tutorial time so that i can focus on both of them. please consider this request and accept my apologies and please do the nature. thank you.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response adequately addresses the situation, clearly stating the conflict and requesting a change in tutorial time. It demonstrates an understanding of the importance of both commitments, though it could have been more persuasive and developed.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses, maintaining a good pace throughout the response.

Pronunciation:

The pronunciation is mostly clear with a few minor inaccuracies, but it does not significantly hinder understanding.

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How to approach it

Understand the situation. Identify who you are speaking to and the goal.
Set the right tone. Polite and appropriate, formal or friendly as the situation needs.
Address the request. Say what you need or how you will respond.
Close politely. End with thanks or a courteous sign-off.

Model Answer

your attention. i have been recently selected for a university leadership program and my weekly meetings are now clashing with the assigned tutorial time. missing either one will affect my progress. i decided to approach you and request a tutorial change. it would be nice if you change different time for me. i hope you will understand and do the needful. thank you.