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Assessment criteria: writing skills assessment grid
This grid should be used for marking Sections D, E, and F.
Mark Communicative quality Lexical accuracy and range Grammatical accuracy and range Effective organisation
The response communicates most Writing shows highly effective use of Writing shows very good range and An extremely coherent piece of
successfully, conveying the vocabulary to meet the control of grammatical structures writing, successfully organised with
information set out in the task using requirements of the task. which are used appropriately and confident and appropriate use of
5 appropriate tone and register for Vocabulary is used appropriately effectively to address requirements cohesive devices where necessary.
the audience. and effectively to communicate and of the task. There are very few Requires no effort on the part of the
is accurate in all respects. errors. reader.
The response generally
Writing shows a sufficiently good
communicates successfully. There Writing shows good use of Very coherent piece of writing with
range and control of grammar.
may be errors which cause the vocabulary used effectively and occasional lapses. Generally well
Structures are generally used
4 reader some difficulty but these do appropriately with occasional organised with appropriate use of
appropriately. Despite occasional
not impede communication. Tone lapses. Spelling is generally cohesive devices. Occasional errors
errors, communication is not
and register are generally accurate. do not affect the reader.
hindered.
appropriate to the task.
The response does not wholly Writing makes a largely effective Generally coherent piece of writing
communicate successfully. Errors A limited range of structures is
use of the vocabulary though at though there are several errors in
cause the reader some difficulty in present, generally used correctly.
times this does not meet the the use of cohesive devices etc.,
following what the writer is trying There are several errors which
3 requirements of the task. which may affect the reader’s
to say. Tone and register may not occasionally hinder the reader who
Vocabulary is generally spelt ability to follow the line of
be consistently appropriate to the has to think at times about what the
correctly with occasional lapses communication. Writing is generally
task. candidate wants to say.
which do not hinder the reader. well organised with slight errors.
The response is difficult to follow. Insufficient range of vocabulary
Candidate may not have considered The writing is lacking in range and
used to meet the requirements of A poor piece of writing, generally
the need to address tone and control of structures. There are
the task. Vocabulary is sometimes lacking in organisation, with misuse
2 register. frequent errors which hinder
used inaccurately or inconsistently of cohesive devices. Requires effort
communication and confuse the
and there are several spelling from the reader.
reader at times.
mistakes that slow the reader down.
Response is very difficult to read Candidate shows poor use of
and does not communicate The writing shows poor range and
vocabulary throughout. Vocabulary
successfully. Tone and register have is used inaccurately or control of grammatical structures. Generally incoherent and poorly
1 not been taken into consideration. The writing is generally inaccurate organised, lacking in use of cohesive
inconsistently, spelling is generally
and grammatical errors cause devices.
inaccurate and causes the reader
confusion.
some difficulty.
0 The candidate has made no attempt to address the task. What the candidate has produced is insufficient and cannot be read or marked.
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