Paper 2

C2 Proficiency Writing Examiners use the following assessment scale, extracted from the one on the previous page:

Communicative
C2 Content Organisation Language
Achievement

Demonstrates complete
command of the conventions
of the communicative task.
All content is
relevant to the task. Communicates complex
5 ideas in an effective and
Target reader is fully
convincing way, holding the
informed.
target reader’s attention
with ease, fulfilling all
communicative purposes.
Uses a wide range of vocabulary,
Text is organised
including less common lexis, with
impressively and
fluency, precision, sophistication and
coherently using a wide
style.
range of cohesive devices
and organisational Use of grammar is sophisticated, fully
patterns with complete controlled and completely natural.
flexibility.
Any inaccuracies occur only as slips.

4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.

Uses a range of vocabulary, including
Uses the conventions of less common lexis, effectively and
Minor irrelevances the communicative task precisely.
Text is a well-organised,
and/or omissions with sufficient flexibility to
coherent whole, using Uses a wide range of simple and
may be present. communicate complex ideas
3 a variety of cohesive complex grammatical forms with full
in an effective way, holding
Target reader is on devices and organisational control, flexibility and sophistication.
the target reader’s attention
the whole informed. patterns with flexibility.
with ease, fulfilling all Errors, if present, are related to less
communicative purposes. common words and structures, or occur
as slips.
2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.
Uses a range of vocabulary, including
Uses the conventions of
Irrelevances and less common lexis, appropriately.
the communicative task Text is well organised and
misinterpretation of effectively to hold the target coherent, using a variety Uses a range of simple and complex
1 task may be present. reader’s attention and of cohesive devices and grammatical forms with control and
Target reader is communicate straightforward organisational patterns to flexibility.
minimally informed. and complex ideas, as generally good effect.
Occasional errors may be present but
appropriate.
do not impede communication.
Content is totally
irrelevant.
0 Performance below Band 1.
Target reader is not
informed.

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