20

The target reader is the hypothetical reader set up in the task. e.g. a magazine’s readership, your English teacher.

140-190 words

an article, an informal email or letter, a formal letter or email, a report or a review

Conventions of the communicative task include such things as genre, format, register and function.

5

Complex ideas are of a more abstract nature, or which cover a wider subject area, requiring more rhetorical resources to bring together and express.

2

Longer and more complex items, e.g. noun clauses, relative and adverb clauses, subordination, passive forms, infinitives, verb patterns, modal forms etc.

Grammatical control is the ability to consistently use grammar accurately and appropriately to convey intended meaning.

1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes)

Content, Communicative Achievement, Organization, Language

This refers to vocabulary items that appear less often in the relevant domain. These items often help to express ideas more succinctly and precisely