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Writing skills
Davide Melzi
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First things first
• Familiarise students with the tasks • What tasks ?
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TASK 1
Description of visual information:
7 possible variations
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LINE GRAPHS
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BAR CHARTS
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PIE CHARTS
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MULTIPLE CHARTS
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TABLES
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MAPS & PLANS
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DIAGRAMS
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TASK 2
Essay Give personal opinion about
contemporary issues
Personal opinion must be supported by reasons and examples
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QUESTION TYPES
•STATEMENT AGREE vs DISAGREE
•TWO SIDES OF AN ARGUMENT DISCUSS & GIVE OPINION
•PROBLEM DESCRIBE CAUSES & SOLUTIONS
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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
4 for each task (25% * 4)
❖ TASK ACHIEVEMENT (T1) / TASK RESPONSE (T2)
❖ COHERENCE & COHESION
❖ LEXICAL RESOURCE
❖ GRAMMATICAL RANGE & ACCURACY
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Task achievement / response = task fulfilment
TASK 1
• OVERVIEW
• KEY FEATURES MAIN POINTS AND DATA
• 150 WORDS
TASK 2
•TAKE POSITION
•ADDRESS ALL THE POINTS
•GIVE EXAMPLES AND REASONS
•STAY ON TOPIC
•250 WORDS
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Task 1: OVERVIEW AND WORD COUNT
OVERVIEW Summarises / gives a general picture of the most relevant
visual information
Example: The graph below gives information about the technology that households in one US city used for watching television between 2004 and 2014
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Sample
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Word count• It bears a close and direct relation to the:
OVERVIEW
RAISE STUDENTS’ AWARENESS ABOUT:
✴ Copying or lifting phrases or clauses from the rubric ✴ Repeating the exact wording of the question
➢ Copied words are detracted
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Synonyms and paraphrases• Students need to expand their vocabulary
• Expose students to authentic materials (e.g. newspapers articles, The Economist daily charts)
• Gapfill exercises
• Consolidation exercises aimed at recycling vocabulary
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Task 2 MOST COMMON PROBLEMS IN ESSAY WRITING
A PARAGRAPH is a paragraph is a paragraph is a paragraph is a paragraph
✓ You absolutely have to insist on this
✓ Paragraphing helps progression, which is assessed according to COHESION AND COHERENCE
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LACK OF EXAMPLES AND REASONS
DIFFERENT SIDES OF AN ARGUMENT ARE NOT DISCUSSED
NO PLANNING
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Task 2 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
• Have DISCUSSIONS in class
• Promote DEBATES based on contemporary issue
• Divide the class into groups for BRAINSTORMING PURPOSES
• Have students to discuss PROS AND CONS
• This should be followed by some Writing practice
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SKILLSIELTS is not JUST about
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Students DO have to write in: CLEAR, COHERENT, WELL-ORGANISED ENGLISH
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BUT LET’S NOT FORGET ABOUT
•STRATEGY
•TIME MANAGEMENT
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TIME MANAGEMENT• TASK 1 20 minutes
• TASK 2 40 minutes
• Students are subject to time restrictions THIS MEANS
PLANNING IS CRUCIAL
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BAND 6 BAND 7• Strategy and planning increase students’ chances of
SUCCESS Contrary to what might be generally expected: Band 6 : LR attempts to use less common vocabulary but with some inaccuracy makes some errors in spelling and/or word formation, but they do not impede communication
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• Band 6 : GR makes some errors in grammar and punctuation but they rarely reduce communication Band 7: LR may produce occasional errors in word choice, spelling and/or word formation Band 7: GR produces frequent error-free sentences has good control of grammar and punctuation but may make a few errors
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GRAMMAR & VOCAB• Task 1: Past and future tenses Active vs Passive voice Adjectives & adverbs + Collocations Comparison & Approximation + Contrastive devices Prepositions Modals Vocab for trends and movements
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GRAMMAR & VOCAB cont.• Task 2 Impersonal contructions IT constructions Passive voice Participle clauses Noun phrases Linking devices