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Ielts Academic Writing Sample Script

The document provides sample scripts and examiner comments for the IELTS writing test. It describes the two tasks in the test and the assessment criteria for each. For Task 1, criteria include task achievement, coherence/cohesion, lexical resource, and grammatical range. For Task 2, criteria are task response, coherence/cohesion, lexical resource, and grammatical range. It includes two sample responses for each task with band scores and examiner comments on strengths and weaknesses. Comments identify issues like missing information, inaccurate details, grammatical errors, and limited sentence complexity.

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188 views6 pages

Ielts Academic Writing Sample Script

The document provides sample scripts and examiner comments for the IELTS writing test. It describes the two tasks in the test and the assessment criteria for each. For Task 1, criteria include task achievement, coherence/cohesion, lexical resource, and grammatical range. For Task 2, criteria are task response, coherence/cohesion, lexical resource, and grammatical range. It includes two sample responses for each task with band scores and examiner comments on strengths and weaknesses. Comments identify issues like missing information, inaccurate details, grammatical errors, and limited sentence complexity.

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SampleCandidateWritingScriptsandExaminerComments

BoththeAcademicandGeneralTrainingWriting CoherenceandCohesion
Modulesconsistoftwotasks,Task1andTask
Thiscriterionisconcernedwiththeoverallclarity
2.Eachtaskisassessedindependently.The
andfluencyofthemessage:howtheresponse
assessmentofTask2carriesmoreweightin
organisesandlinksinformation,ideasand
markingthanTask1.
language.Coherencereferstothelinkingof
Detailedperformancedescriptorshavebeen ideasthroughlogicalsequencing.Cohesion
developedwhichdescribewrittenperformance referstothevariedandappropriateuseof
atthe9IELTSbands.Thesedescriptorsapply cohesivedevices(forexample,logical
toboththeAcademicandGeneralTraining connectors,pronounsandconjunctions)to
Modules. assistinmakingtheconceptualandreferential
relationshipsbetweenandwithinsentences
clear.
Task1scriptsareassessedonthefollowing
LexicalResource
criteria:
Thiscriterionreferstotherangeofvocabulary
TaskAchievement
thecandidatehasusedandtheaccuracyand
CoherenceandCohesion appropriacyofthatuseintermsofthespecific
task.
LexicalResource
GrammaticalRangeandAccuracy
GrammaticalRangeandAccuracy
Thiscriterionreferstotherangeandaccurate
useofthecandidatesgrammaticalresourceas
Task2scriptsareassessedonthefollowing manifestedinthecandidateswritingatsentence
criteria: level.
TaskResponse
CoherenceandCohesion Task2
LexicalResource TaskResponse
GrammaticalRangeandAccuracy InbothAcademicandGeneralTrainingModules
Task2requiresthecandidatestoformulateand
developapositioninrelationtoagivenprompt
Candidatesshouldnotethatscriptswillbe intheformofaquestionorstatement.Ideas
penalisediftheyarea)undertheminimumword shouldbesupportedbyevidence,andexamples
length,b)partlyorwhollyplagiarised,c)not maybedrawnfromthecandidatesown
writtenasfull,connectedtext(e.g.usingbullet experience.Responsesmustbeatleast250
pointsinanypartoftheresponse,ornoteform, wordsinlength.
isnotappropriate,etc.). Writingscriptsaremarkedbytrainedand
certificatedIELTSexaminers.Scoresmaybe
reportedaswholebandsorhalfbands.
Task1
Onthenext12pagesyouwillfindcandidates
TaskAchievement answerstotwosampleWritingtests.Thereare
Thiscriterionassesseshowappropriately, twoanswersforeachWritingtask.Eachanswer
accuratelyandrelevantlytheresponsefulfilsthe hasbeenawardedabandscoreandis
requirementssetoutinthetask,usingthe accompaniedbyanexaminercommentonthe
minimumof150words. candidatesperformanceforthattask.
AcademicWritingTask1isawritingtaskwhich
hasadefinedinputandalargelypredictable Theexaminersguidelinesformarkingthe
output.Itisbasicallyaninformationtransfertask Writingscriptsareverydetailed.Thereare
whichrelatesnarrowlytothefactualcontentof manydifferentwaysacandidatemay
aninputdiagramandnottospeculated achieveaparticularbandscore.The
explanationsthatlieoutsidethegivendata. candidatesanswersthatfollowshouldnot
GeneralTrainingWritingTask1isalsoawriting beregardedasdefinitiveexamplesofany
taskwithalargelypredictableoutputinthat particularbandscore.
eachtasksetsoutthecontextandpurposeof
theletterandthefunctionsthecandidateshould
coverinordertoachievethispurpose.
AcademicWritingSampleTask1A
SampleScriptA

Examinercomment
Band5
Thelengthoftheanswerisjustacceptable.Thereisagoodattempttodescribetheoveralltrendsbutthecontentwouldhavebeen
greatlyimprovedifthecandidatehadincludedsomereferencetothefiguresgivenonthegraph.Withoutthese,thereaderislacking
someimportantinformation.Theanswerisquitedifficulttofollow andtherearesomepunctuationerrorsthatcauseconfusion.The
structuresarefairlysimpleandeffortstoproducemorecomplexsentencesarenotsuccessful.
AcademicWritingSampleTask1A
SampleScriptB

Examinercomment
Band6
The candidate has made a good attempt to describe the graphs looking at global trends and more detailed figures. There is,
however, some information missing and the information is inaccurate in minor areas. The answer flows quite smoothly although
connectivesareoverusedorinappropriate,andsomeofthepointsdonotlinkupwell.Thegrammaticalaccuracyisquitegoodand
thelanguageusedtodescribethetrendsiswellhandled.However, there areproblemswithexpression andtheappropriatechoice
ofwordsandwhilstthereisgoodstructuralcontrol,thecomplexityandvariationinthesentencesarelimited.
AcademicWritingSampleTask2A
SampleScriptA

Examinercomment
Band5
Theanswerisshortatjustover200wordsandthuslosesmarksforcontent.Therearesomerelevantargumentsbutthesearenot
very well developed and become unclear in places. The organisation of the answer is evident through the use of fairly simple
connectives but there are problems for the reader in that there are many missing words and word order is often incorrect. The
structuresarequiteambitiousbutoftenfaultyandvocabularyiskeptquitesimple.
AcademicWritingSampleTask2A
SampleScriptB
Examinercomment
Band6
Therearequitealotofideasandwhilesomeofthesearesupportedbetterthanothers,thereisanoverallcoherencetotheanswer.
Theintroduction is perhaps slightly long and moretimecould have been devoted to answeringthe question. The answer is fairly
easy to follow and there is good punctuation. Organisational devices are evident although some areas of the answer become
unclearandwouldbenefitfrommoreaccurateuseofconnectives.Therearesomeerrorsinthestructuresbutthereisalsoevidence
oftheproductionofcomplexsentenceforms.Grammaticalerrorsinterfereslightlywithcomprehension.

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