How many questions do you have to answer in the writing paper?
2
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How long is the writing paper?
1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes)
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What different types of writing could you be asked to write in part 2?
an article, an informal email or letter, a formal letter or email, a report or a review
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In part 2, candidates have a choice of how many types of writing?
3
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How many marks are available for each piece of writing?
20
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What is the word length for each piece of writing?
140-190 words
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What are the four areas for assessing writing?
Content, Communicative Achievement, Organization, Language
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Each area is marked out of...
5
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Who do we mean when we refer to the target reader?
The target reader is the hypothetical reader set up in the task. e.g. a magazine’s readership, your English teacher.
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What does grammatical control mean?
Grammatical control is the ability to consistently use grammar accurately and appropriately to convey intended meaning.
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What are complex grammatical forms?
Longer and more complex items, e.g. noun clauses, relative and adverb clauses, subordination, passive forms, infinitives, verb patterns, modal forms etc.
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What do we mean by less common lexis?
This refers to vocabulary items that appear less often in the relevant domain. These items often help to express ideas more succinctly and precisely
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What do we mean by complex ideas?
Complex ideas are of a more abstract nature, or which cover a wider subject area, requiring more rhetorical resources to bring together and express.
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What is the difference between errors and slips?
Errors are systematic mistakes. Slips are mistakes that are nonsystematic
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Give some examples of the conventions of the task?
Conventions of the communicative task include such things as genre, format, register and function.
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What do we mean by the appropriacy of vocabulary
Appropriacy of vocabulary: the use of words and phrases that fit the context of the given task
