Appropriacy of vocabulary: the use of words and phrases that fit the context of the given task

140-190 words

3

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

1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes)

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

20

5

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

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

Errors are systematic mistakes. Slips are mistakes that are nonsystematic

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

Content, Communicative Achievement, Organization, Language