Continuing the series of recorded pieces from a L3 Stanag 6001 exam, here comes a sample L3 memorandum, which is one possible tasks to write during the exam in Poland.
Here’s the the instruction for this task:
During an international field exercise, a soldier was injured at a shooting range. You have been asked to write a memo to your CO in which you 1) describe the incident and its reasons, 2) assess the action taken and its effect on the exercise, 3) suggest what measures should be taken in order to avoid similar incidents in the future. Write at least 120 words.
Click below to listen to the recording of a sample memo.
How can this be useful?
My suggestion is to listen to the recording and make notes about the content and functional language used in the memo:
| Content | Functional language; signposting/linking words, useful expressions | |
| Subject | accident at the shooting range | – |
| Paragraph 1 | | The aim of this memorandum is to… |
| Paragraph 2 | ||
| Paragraph 3 |
You can also read some more memo samples here on the blog: SAMPLES
And here’s some information about: HOW TO WRITE A MEMO
The recorded memo comes from the StanagExpert Writing 3 TOOLKIT (ebook) where you can also find a memo template and different paragraphs structures with expressions to use depending on the memo type. You can find out more by clicking on the graphic below:
