Mediating a German-Polish exchange proposal
A fictional school exchange report proposes a joint reading workshop. It says some participants prefer a weekend meeting, while others need an online alternative because of travel constraints. The source also contains an unrelated advertisement. The task asks for a short Polish message to prospective participants, explaining the proposal and inviting their preferences. A draft translates the advertisement, claims that all students have agreed and promises that travel expenses will be paid, although no funding is mentioned. Another draft gives only an emotional appeal about friendship. Neither meets the recipient’s information need. No actual school, grant rule, official task length or examination score is supplied. The learner must select relevant content, preserve the unresolved alternatives and use a respectful, accessible Polish register appropriate to the group.
1. Which content should be retained or removed?
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Retain the workshop proposal, weekend preference and need for an online alternative. Remove unrelated advertising, invented agreement and unsupported funding. Present the arrangement as a proposal on which participants can comment.
2. Give a suitable Polish core message.
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“Proponujemy wspólne warsztaty czytelnicze. Część osób woli spotkanie w weekend, inni potrzebują udziału online ze względu na dojazd. Prosimy o informację, które rozwiązanie byłoby dla Was odpowiednie”. It preserves the alternatives and asks rather than invents consensus.