Written production and interaction (Παραγωγή γραπτού λόγου και διαμεσολάβηση) - Ellinomatheia B1
Written production at B1 is functional: you write because a person needs information, an invitation, an opinion or a complaint. Candidates lose most marks here for reasons unrelated to vocabulary - an unanswered prompt point, a mixed register, or missing accents. The paper usually contains two tasks plus a mediation element, and the prompts are always bulleted, so the bullets are your marking scheme.
Οι εργασίες
- Task 1: a short functional message - email, note, SMS, invitation - of roughly 60–80 words with three or four content points.
- Task 2: a longer text of roughly 150–180 words - personal email or letter, article, blog post, narrative or opinion - again driven by bullet prompts.
- Mediation: you read a short notice, programme or table and relay the essential information to a third person, or reply to a message using that data.
Δομή που βαθμολογείται
- Greeting plus a purpose sentence: Σου γράφω για να..., Θα ήθελα να σου πω ότι...
- One paragraph, or at least one clear sentence, for every bullet in the prompt.
- Closing matched to the relationship: Τα λέμε σύντομα, Φιλικά, Με εκτίμηση.
- Connectors: καταρχάς, επιπλέον, ωστόσο, επομένως, τελικά, από τη μια πλευρά... από την άλλη.
- One register throughout: εσύ with friends and family, εσείς with shops, offices and teachers. Never mix the two in one text.
Worked example
Prompt: «Γράψε ένα email σε φίλο σου στην Αθήνα. Προσκάλεσέ τον στο πανηγύρι του χωριού σου: πότε γίνεται, τι θα κάνετε, πού θα μείνει, και ζήτα του να σου απαντήσει σύντομα.» Reasoning: four bullets means four jobs. Greeting (Αγαπητέ Νίκο), purpose sentence, date («το πανηγύρι γίνεται το πρώτο Σαββατοκύριακο του Αυγούστου»), activities («θα χορέψουμε στην πλατεία και θα φάμε...»), accommodation («μπορείς να μείνεις στο σπίτι μου»), a direct request («Γράψε μου σύντομα αν μπορείς να έρθεις»), informal closing. Using εσείς with a friend would cost register marks even if the Greek is flawless.
Παγίδες
- Skipping one bullet - task completion is scored separately and drops sharply.
- Copying the prompt instead of developing it.
- A single unparagraphed block with no connectors.
- Accent errors that change meaning: πού/που, ή/η, πώς/πως, μπορώ written without its accent.
- Wrong opening for a formal letter (Αγαπητέ is neutral; Αξιότιμε is strictly formal).
- Overshooting the word limit and leaving no time for Task 2.