Advanced Writing with English in Use

PAPERS 2 AND 3

Paper 2

1.0 Format

The writingpaper is atwo-hour paper in two parts, Part 1 and Part 2. In each

part, you are given a writingtask of about 250 words, which can beof the

follow ing types.

Articlesandrevi e wsfora newsp ape r or magazine

Leaflets,information shee ts, notices, announceme nts

F or mallette rs

In form alle tt e rs,pe rson alnot es , me ssage s

Repo rts

Instructi on sand directi ons

Unit 9(al sot ,2, 3, 4 , .5)

Unit 10 (alsoI , 2, 3, 5)

Unit 6 (also2, 3 , 4 , 5 )

Unit 7 (also2, 3, 4 , 5 )

Unit 8 (also1, 2, .5)

Unit2 (also 6, 7)

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Part 1(e.g. page 64 -65)

1 In Part 1, you have no choiceoftask. There is just onequestion that all

candi dates must answer.

2 InPart 1, you nee d toread alot before you can plan your writing. The

instructions forthe task include information intheformof a numberof texts

from different sources,such as anadvertisement or anext ractfroma lett er. In

orderto complete the w ritingtaskin a satisfactoryway, youmust'pr ocess'

this informat ion byselectin g from it, summarizing it, or adaptingit to suitthe

reader( s) you are writingfor.

3 InPart1, you aresomet imes askedto producemore than one piece of

w riting, f orexample areport(200 words)whichyou must send to afriend

accompanied by a note(50 words);the total number of words is still 250

wordsin all.This kind ofquestion enables the examiners to see the difference

between, for example,yourformalandyourinformalwriting.

Part2 (e.g.page 53) offersa choice of four differenttasks from whichyou must

choose one.As in Part1, t he instruct ions for the task givea clear idea ofwho

you arewritingfor, andwhy.

Timing

Because oft he amount of reading in Part 1, and the timeneedec to process the

information, you will probablyneed to spend longer on this section thanon

Part 2, even thoughthe two tasks areworth an equal numberof marks.

2.0 Marking criteria - what the examiners arelookingfor

CAE Paper 2uses amarking systemin which:

every piece of writingis marked by at least two examiners.

a piece of writing doesnothave tobe perfectin orderto obtain full marks.

The examiners are not only interested inhow manymistakes you make. In fact,

theygive credit forsuccessfultaskachievementand for accurac yandrange.

Thesevencriteria by whichw riti ngis assessedin Paper 2, describedin the

following exercise,all relate tooneor bothof theseperspectives.A guide tohow

the examiners allocate mark s is give n in themark scheme afterthe exercise.