Advanced Writing with English in Use

Paper 2

Understandi ng the criteria

Thefollowing criteriaare used in theassessment of w ritingin Paper 2.

range

accuracy

cohesio n

target re ader

cont e nt

register

org anization

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Which of the criteria matcheach of the explanationsbelow? Writethemin the

spacesprovid ed. (The examiners reduce t his l ist to sixby combining4 and5.)

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• Hav e yo u w rittenin the app ropri atestyle- sho uld
  thi s taskbe written ina cold ,pre c ise style, orshould
  yourwrit ing he en te rt ain ing?


• D oe syou r writi ng havethe right de gr eeoffo r mality
  o r info rmalit y?


• Are yo u too pe rsonal, orno t person al eno ugh?


• How man)'thi ngsdid the taskdes cription ask yo u
  to do?


• I l ave yon done all of them ,andcove red all the
  points raised?


• Is yourwritingin te re sting ,in fo r ma tiveo r
  convincing, asappropriate ?HaveYOllincluded
  anythingelsethat i s appropriat e, e.g.a friendly
  g reeting in a pe rso nal l ette r?


• Have yo u mad e alot ofmistake singr am mar,
  spe llingo rpunct uation? Have you usedvoca b ulary
  ina p recise way?


• Doyourmist ake smake yo urwriting difficult to
  unde rstand?


• Y O IIcan make anumbe rofmista kesandstill pass
  the writing paper, p rovidedth at you r e r ro rs do not
  inte rfere with communi cat ion.


• I lave yo u clearly indic at e d the conne ctions


• betweenYOllr ideas?


• betw eenyourse nte nces?


• bet we en you r paragraphs?


• DoYOlluselinking word s and phrase s as
  approp riate?

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• Arethe followingall appropri at e?


• the be ginn ing ofyo urpieceof w ri ting


• the ending


• the layout (e .g. lett e r, note , le aflet)


• the orde r anduseof paragraphs


• the useof title s , subtit les, headings


• \VouIdyo urwriti ng he successfu l andeffective ina
  re al-life situation?


• Wouldth e compa ny rec eivingthis let te r of
  compl aint re fun dyo ur money?


• \Vouldyou be fo rgive n by th e pe rson receiving this
  letterofapology?


• \Vouldthemagazine editor publishthi s art icle ,
  andwould anyone read it?


• Doyo u have enough mas te ryofboth vocab ulary
  and g rammarto accomplishth e task?O r is your
  vocabulary tooe le ment ary, andyour choice of
  gram mar and se nt e nce str ucture too Simpleand
  limited?

......Use thislist ofquestions whenc hec kingyour writing! ........

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