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Marcin Kawiński
Address 41/35 Wiśniowa Street, 02-520 Warsaw (Poland) Telephone(s) +48 22 564 86 03
E-mail(s) [email protected] Nationality Polish
Date of birth 15 October 1974 Gender Male
Work experience
Dates 1998 - 2000
Occupation or position held President of Students’ Scientific Association of Insurance and Pension Funds
Main activities and responsibilities Participation and co-ordination of: European project on adaptation of Polish law to the European Union directives (ordered and sponsored by Insurance Supervision Office in Poland), project on international standard of evaluation insurance industry - rating in Polish insurance sector, and national project on knowledge of insurance with students
Name and address of employer Department of Social Insurance at the Warsaw School of Economics 41/35 Wisniowa Street 02-520 Warsaw Poland
Type of business or sector Science and education Dates 2000 - 2000
Occupation or position held Assistant
Main activities and responsibilities Long-term financial plan of the biggest Polish life insurance company Name and address of employer PZU LIFE 24 Jana Pawła II Avenue 00-133 Warszawa Poland
Type of business or sector Financial and insurance activities Dates 2000 →
Occupation or position held Reader (since 2007, Assistant since 2000)
Main activities and responsibilities PhD dissertation on effectiveness and efficiency of public and private insurance within social policy; attendance in various researches covering fields such as: risk in insurance, effectiveness and efficiency of public and private insurance, role of supervisory in a modern financial market, measurement of insurers and pension funds outcomes, unemployment insurance; running lectures and workshop (Bachelor, Master degree and specialistic courses) on life and non-life insurance, insurance market, risk management.
Name and address of employer Department of Social Insurance at the Warsaw School of Economics 41/35 Wisniowa Street 02-520 Warsaw Poland
Type of business or sector Science and education Dates 2002 - 2008
Occupation or position held Expert
Main activities and responsibilities Giving opinions on legislative proposals, attendance in parliamentary commissions, economic analysis of insurance and pension funds markets, international cooperation with financial authorities
Name and address of employer Office of Insurance Ombudsman in Poland 44 Jerozolimskie Avenue 00-024 Warsaw Poland Type of business or sector Non-governmental organisation
Dates 2003 - 2003
Occupation or position held Member of expert team on pensionable age
Main activities and responsibilities Social debate on “Program of ordering and reducing public expenses”
Name and address of employer Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour in Poland 3/5 Trzech Krzyży Square 00-507 Warsaw Poland Type of business or sector Polish government
Dates 2005 - 2005 Occupation or position held Expert
Main activities and responsibilities Conception of implementation minimal pension capital in Polish pension scheme (co-author: T. Szumlicz)
Name and address of employer Institute of Public Affairs 5/22 Szpitalna Street 00-031 Warsaw Poland Type of business or sector Non-partisan public policy think tank
Dates 2005 → Occupation or position held Expert
Main activities and responsibilities Collaboration in the acquis communautaire (insurance); visits in Turkey and Bulgaria
Name and address of employer Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (unit of Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission)
Type of business or sector Financial industry and supervision Dates 2006 - 2007
Occupation or position held Expert
Main activities and responsibilities giving advices for Ukrainian and Bulgarian financial authorities during their visits in Poland Name and address of employer Commission of Supervision of Insurances and Pension Funds in Poland
Type of business or sector Financial supervision Dates 2006 - 2008
Occupation or position held Member of FIN-NET's Steering Committee
Main activities and responsibilities Coordination FIN-NET activity and communication with European Commission
Name and address of employer FIN-NET (Financial Dispute Resolution Network) at European Commission (Internal Market and Services DG)
Type of business or sector Network of ADR schemes Dates 2006 →
Occupation or position held Expert
Main activities and responsibilities Creating and running the program for financial advisors certificated by €FPA (€uropean Financial Planning Association) within insurance and pension plans
Name and address of employer Warsaw Institute of Banking 12a Wiejska Street 00-490 Warsaw Type of business or sector Education
Dates 06/2007 - 06/2007 Occupation or position held Expert
Name and address of employer PHARE PROJECT BG/2004/IB/FI/02 SUPERVISION “Strengthening of the administrative capacity of the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission”
Type of business or sector Financial supervision Dates 2007 - 2010
Occupation or position held Member of FIN-USE (Forum of user experts in the area of financial services at the European Commission)
Main activities and responsibilities responding to the European Commission’s request for opinions and recommendations on initiatives affecting users of financial services as well as identifying key financial services issues which affect users in the Internal Market
Name and address of employer The European Commission (Internal Market and Services DG) Type of business or sector Financial industry and regulators
Dates 2008 →
Occupation or position held Member of the Task Force on Solvency II (representing financial services users)
Main activities and responsibilities Designing for corporate members and senior officials from the EU institutions, member states and the associated countries; the product at the end of the process is a Task Force Report, which is published by CEPS and sent to the relevant policy makers in the Commission, Council and Parliament.
Name and address of employer The Centre for European Policy Studies 1 Place du Congre`s 1000 Brussels Type of business or sector Financial industry and supervisors
Dates April 2010 →
Occupation or position held Scientific secretary of "Insurance News" Main activities and responsibilities Content-related assistance
Name and address of employer Center of Financial Education Type of business or sector Science and education
Dates May 2010 →
Occupation or position held Member of the Task Force "A New Retail Credit Regime for Europe - Setting the Right Priorities" (representing financial services users)
Main activities and responsibilities Analysing the most recent EU policy developments and debates, focusing on the markets for consumer credit and housing loans, whether additional regulations addressing existent shortcomings are required.
Name and address of employer The Centre for European Policy Studies 1 Place du Congre`s 1000 Brussels Type of business or sector Financial and insurance activities
Dates 2010 - 2011
Occupation or position held Member of Consultative Panel of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors
Main activities and responsibilities Assisting in the performance of CEBS' functions and to ensure that the consultation process functions effectively. The Panel acts also as a “Sounding Board” for CEBS in strategic issues.
Name and address of employer The Committee of European Banking Supervisors Tower 42 (level 18) 25 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HQ United Kingdom
Type of business or sector Financial and insurance activities Dates January 2011 →
Occupation or position held Member of the Financial Services User Group at the European Commission
Main activities and responsibilities The objective of the Financial Services Group is to secure high quality expert input to the
Commission’s financial services initiatives from representatives of financial services users and from individual financial services experts.
Name and address of employer the European Commission
Rue dce SPA2, B-1049 Brussels (Belgium) Dates March 2011 →
Occupation or position held Member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (ISRG) at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Main activities and responsibilities The Insurance & Reinsurance Stakeholder Group is established to facilitate EIOPA’s consultation with stakeholders in Europe on issues such as regulatory and implementing technical standards as well as guidelines and recommendations that apply to the insurance industry.
Name and address of employer European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority Westhafenplatz 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Type of business or sector Financial and insurance activity
Dates March 2011 →
Occupation or position held Member of or the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG) at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Main activities and responsibilities The Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group is established to facilitate EIOPA’s consultation with stakeholders in Europe on issues such as regulatory and implementing technical standards as well as guidelines and recommendations that apply to the occupational pensions industry.
Name and address of employer European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority Westhafenplatz 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Type of business or sector Financial and insurance activity
Dates March 2011 →
Occupation or position held Member of the Banking Stakeholder Group at the European Banking Authority
Main activities and responsibilities The EBA’s Banking Stakeholder Group role is to help facilitate consultation with stakeholders in areas relevant to the tasks of the EBA.
Name and address of employer European Banking Authority
25 Old Broad Street, Tower 42 (level 18), EC2N 1HQ London (EC2N 1HQ) Type of business or sector Financial and insurance activity
Education and training
Dates 1993 - 1995 Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered
Physics Name and type of organisation
providing education and training Faculty of Physics, the University of Warsaw , Poland Level in national or international
classification
Dates 1995 - 2000 Title of qualification awarded Master of Arts Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Finance and Banking, MA thesis: Determinants of an open pension fund choice, mark: excellent Name and type of organisation
providing education and training Warsaw School of Economics, Poland Dates 2001 - 2001
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered Pedagogical Postgraduate Study, mark: excellent Name and type of organisation
Dates 27 June 2007 → Title of qualification awarded PhD
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered Economics, PhD dissertation on effectiveness and efficiency of public and private insurance withinsocial policy (financed within a doctoral grant, the Ministry of Scientific Research; honoured by Ministry of Social Affairs)
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw Poland
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s) Polish Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking W r i t i n g
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user German B1 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user Russian A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Social skills and competences Volunteer (1999) Castagneto Po, Turin, Italy, work camp organised in a residential community "Cooperativa In/contro" for people with psychiatric problems, help in some agricultural works and in the maintenance of the buildings together with the guests
Carer (since 2010) of Students’ Scientific Association of Risk Management and Insurance at the Warsaw School of Economics
Organisational skills and competences Member (1999-2008) of Senate Commission of Science at Warsaw School of Economics Member (since 2009) of Supervisory Board of Housing Estate in the Housing Association “Politechnika”
Computer skills and competences Webmaster of www.rzu.gov.pl (2005-2007) Other skills and competences Classical music, trekking, skiing
Driving licence(s) B, B1, BE
Additional information
Memberships and Affiliations:Polish Society of Social Policy, since 2004
Professional Risk Managers’ International Association, since 2005 The UK Social Policy Association, since 2006
Annexes
Selected publication:Marcin Kawiński (2011) Public and private insurance within social policy: effectiveness and eficiency, CH Beck, Warsaw
Marcin Kawiński (2010) Main non-life insurance [in:] Social aspects within development of insurance market, ed. by T. Szumlicz, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw
ed. by T. Szumlicz, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw
Marcin Kawiński (2010) About private disability insurance [in:] Social aspects within development of insurance market, ed. by T. Szumlicz, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw
Marcin Kawiński (2010) Conflict of interest in financial services: who is the principal and who is the agent?, FIN-USE Annual Report 2009/2010, FIN-USE Forum: Brussels.
Marcin Kawinski, Dariusz Stanko, Joanna Owczarek (2010) Protection mechanisms in the pension systems of the CEE countries, ISSA.
Marcin Kawiński (2010) The role of insurance sector in socio-economic development of Poland, „Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe” numer specjalny 01/2010, Polska Izba Ubezpieczeń: Warszawa. Marcin Kawiński, Dariusz Stańko (2009) The intermediation as a problem of Polish pension scheme, „Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe” 2/2009, Polska Izba Ubezpieczeń: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2009) Consumer protection and dispute resolution within the EU financial sector “PROGRES”, Geneva Association Information Newsletter, No. 49, June 2009, Geneva Association: Geneva.
Marcin Kawiński (2008) The efficiency of social security, „Studia i Prace Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne” (zeszyt naukowy 15) – Szkoła Główna Handlowa: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2008) Evaluation of Polish pension scheme from Chilean perspective and in front of threats of present financial sector, „Rozprawy Ubezpieczeniowe” nr 2 (5)/2008, Rzecznik
Ubezpieczonych, Uniwersytet Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Fundacja Edukacji Ubezpieczeniowej: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Effectiveness and efficiency of insurance obligation in the context of catastrophic risks, in: The insurance of catastrophic risk in the European Union and the global changes, eds. I. Jędrzejczyk and S. Bożek-Węglarz, Publisher of the Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice: Katowice, p. 145-157.
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Public and private pension insurance, „Studia i Prace Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne” (zeszyt naukowy 13) – Szkoła Główna Handlowa: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Possibility of using insurance for financing results of health risk, Prace Naukowe – Akademia EKonomiczna we Wrocławiu (no. 1176), Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej im. Oskara Langego we Wrocławiu: Wroclaw.
Marcin Kawiński and Dariusz Stańko (2007) Labour flexibility and pension schemes in the European Union, Paper presented at the International Social Security Association Research Conference, held in 5-7 March 2007 in Warsaw. http://www.issa.int/pdf/warsaw07/2kawinski.pdf
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Public and private insurance: definitions, Rozprawy Ubezpieczeniowe, nr 1 (2)/2007, s. 103-109, Rzecznik Ubezpieczonych, Uniwersytet Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Fundacja Edukacji Ubezpieczeniowej: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) European Social Policy: coordination or integration, in: European integration: new barriers or permanent crisis, pod red. K. Żukrowskiej, Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne, Szkoła Główna Handlowa - Oficyna Wydawnicza: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) The project of private unemployment insurance In Poland , Prace Naukowe Akademii Ekonomicznej im. Oskara Langego we Wrocławiu nr 1133, Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej we Wrocławiu: Wrocław.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) Pension reforms in the new EU Member States: reasons and possible results, he 39th Social Policy Association Conference, University of Birmingham 18th-20th July 2006.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) Long-term care insurance in Poland: possibility of implementation, in: Ageing, process and awareness of individuals and society, pod red. J Kowaleskiego i P. Szukalskiego, Zakład Demografii UŁ: Łódź.
Marcin Kawiński (2005) Implementation issues relating to the life insurance acquis [and] Implementation issues relating to the non-life insurance acquis [in:] European Union insurance legislation and implementation, S. Oksay (ed.), Association of the Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey: Istanbul.
Marcin Kawiński (2005) Basic problems of unemployment insurance application , in: Social aspects of insurance, pod red. T. Szumlicza, Wydawnictwo SGH: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2005) A. Daszewski, A. Dąbrowska, J. Owczarek and T. Wróblewski, Practical insurance guide, Branta: Bydgoszcz.
Marcin Kawiński (2004) Supervision on private health care insurance, „Polityka Zdrowotna” t. II, Instytut Polityki Ochrony Zdrowia: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2004) Pension scheme in Austria [and] Pension scheme in Spain, in: Pension schemes in the European Union, pod red. T. Szumlicza i M. Żukowskiego, TWIGGER: Warszawa. Marcin Kawiński, Stanisław Rogowski, (2004) Life insurance laps from the point of view of the Insurance Ombudsman in Poland, „Forum Dyskusyjne Ubezpieczeń i Funduszy Emerytalnych” nr 1/2004, Komisja Nadzoru Ubezpieczeń i Funduszy Emerytalnych: Warszawa.Selected publication: Marcin Kawiński (2010) Conflict of interest in financial services: who is the principal and who is the agent?, FIN-USE Annual Report 2009/2010, FIN-USE Forum: Brussels.
Marcin Kawiński (2010) The role of insurance sector in socio-economic development of Poland, „Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe” numer specjalny 01/2010, Polska Izba Ubezpieczeń: Warszawa. Marcin Kawiński, Dariusz Stańko (2009) The intermediation as a problem of Polish pension scheme, „Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe” 2/2009, Polska Izba Ubezpieczeń: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2009) Consumer protection and dispute resolution within the EU financial sector “PROGRES”, Geneva Association Information Newsletter, No. 49, June 2009, Geneva Association: Geneva.
Marcin Kawiński (2008) The efficiency of social security, „Studia i Prace Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne” (zeszyt naukowy 15) – Szkoła Główna Handlowa: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2008) Evaluation of Polish pension scheme from Chilean perspective and in front of threats of present financial sector, „Rozprawy Ubezpieczeniowe” nr 2 (5)/2008, Rzecznik
Ubezpieczonych, Uniwersytet Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Fundacja Edukacji Ubezpieczeniowej: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Effectiveness and efficiency of insurance obligation in the context of catastrophic risks, in: The insurance of catastrophic risk in the European Union and the global changes, eds. I. Jędrzejczyk and S. Bożek-Węglarz, Publisher of the Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice: Katowice, p. 145-157.
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Public and private pension insurance, „Studia i Prace Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne” (zeszyt naukowy 13) – Szkoła Główna Handlowa: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Possibility of using insurance for financing results of health risk, Prace Naukowe – Akademia EKonomiczna we Wrocławiu (no. 1176), Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej im. Oskara Langego we Wrocławiu: Wroclaw.
Marcin Kawiński and Dariusz Stańko (2007) Labour flexibility and pension schemes in the European Union, Paper presented at the International Social Security Association Research Conference, held in 5-7 March 2007 in Warsaw. http://www.issa.int/pdf/warsaw07/2kawinski.pdf
Marcin Kawiński (2007) Public and private insurance: definitions, Rozprawy Ubezpieczeniowe, nr 1 (2)/2007, s. 103-109, Rzecznik Ubezpieczonych, Uniwersytet Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Fundacja Edukacji Ubezpieczeniowej: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) European Social Policy: coordination or integration, in: European integration: new barriers or permanent crisis, pod red. K. Żukrowskiej, Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne, Szkoła Główna Handlowa - Oficyna Wydawnicza: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) The project of private unemployment insurance In Poland , Prace Naukowe Akademii Ekonomicznej im. Oskara Langego we Wrocławiu nr 1133, Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej we Wrocławiu: Wrocław.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) Pension reforms in the new EU Member States: reasons and possible results, he 39th Social Policy Association Conference, University of Birmingham 18th-20th July 2006.
Marcin Kawiński (2006) Long-term care insurance in Poland: possibility of implementation, in: Ageing, process and awareness of individuals and society, pod red. J Kowaleskiego i P. Szukalskiego, Zakład Demografii UŁ: Łódź.
Marcin Kawiński (2005) Implementation issues relating to the life insurance acquis [and] Implementation issues relating to the non-life insurance acquis [in:] European Union insurance legislation and implementation, S. Oksay (ed.), Association of the Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey: Istanbul.
Marcin Kawiński (2005) Basic problems of unemployment insurance application , in: Social aspects of insurance, pod red. T. Szumlicza, Wydawnictwo SGH: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2005) A. Daszewski, A. Dąbrowska, J. Owczarek and T. Wróblewski, Practical insurance guide, Branta: Bydgoszcz.
Marcin Kawiński (2004) Supervision on private health care insurance, „Polityka Zdrowotna” t. II, Instytut Polityki Ochrony Zdrowia: Warszawa.
Marcin Kawiński (2004) Pension scheme in Austria [and] Pension scheme in Spain, in: Pension schemes in the European Union, pod red. T. Szumlicza i M. Żukowskiego, TWIGGER: Warszawa. Marcin Kawiński, Stanisław Rogowski, (2004) Life insurance laps from the point of view of the Insurance Ombudsman in Poland, „Forum Dyskusyjne Ubezpieczeń i Funduszy Emerytalnych” nr
EUROPEAN LANGUAGE LEVELS - SELF ASSESSMENT GRID A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 U N D E R S T A N D I N G
Listening I can understand familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly.
I can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment). I can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.
I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
I can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar. I can understand most TV news and current affairs programmes. I can understand the majority of films in standard dialect.
I can understand extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly. I can understand television programmes and films without too much effort.
I have no difficulty in understanding any kind of spoken language, whether live or broadcast, even when delivered at fast native speed, provided. I have some time to get familiar with the accent.
Reading I can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in catalogues.
I can read very short, simple texts. I can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material such as advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables and I can understand short simple personal letters.
I can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.
I can read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints. I can understand contemporary literary prose.
I can understand long and complex factual and literary texts, appreciating distinctions of style. I can understand specialised articles and longer technical instructions, even when they do not relate to my field.
I can read with ease virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialised articles and literary works. S P E A K I N G Spoken interaction
I can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help me formulate what I'm trying to say. I can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.
I can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities. I can handle very short social exchanges, even though I can't usually understand enough to keep the conversation going myself.
I can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
I can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible. I can take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining my views.
I can express myself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. I can use language flexibly and effectively for social and professional purposes. I can formulate ideas and opinions with precision and relate my contribution skilfully to those of other speakers.
I can take part effortlessly in any conversation or discussion and have a good familiarity with idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms. I can express myself fluently and convey finer shades of meaning precisely. If I do have a problem I can backtrack and restructure around the difficulty so smoothly that other people are hardly aware of it. Spoken
production
I can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where I live and people I know.
I can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms my family and other people, living conditions, my educational background and my present or most recent job.
I can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, my dreams, hopes and ambitions. I can briefly give reasons and
explanations for opinions and plans. I can narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe my reactions.
I can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to my field of interest. I can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
I can present clear, detailed descriptions of complex subjects integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.
I can present a clear, smoothly-flowing description or argument in a style appropriate to the context and with an effective logical structure which helps the recipient to notice and remember significant points. W R I T I N G
Writing I can write a short, simple postcard, for example sending holiday greetings. I can fill in forms with personal details, for example entering my name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form.
I can write short, simple notes and messages. I can write a very simple personal letter, for example thanking someone for something.
I can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. I can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.
I can write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to my interests. I can write an essay or report, passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view. I can write letters highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences.
I can express myself in clear, well-structured text, expressing points of view at some length. I can write about complex subjects in a letter, an essay or a report, underlining what I consider to be the salient issues. I can select a style appropriate to the reader in mind.
I can write clear, smoothly-flowing text in an appropriate style. I can write complex letters, reports or articles which present a case with an effective logical structure which helps the recipient to notice and remember significant points. I can write summaries and reviews of professional or literary works.
