CAE Writing

CAE Writing Samples

Content

focuses on how well the candidate has fulfilled the task, in other words if they have done what they were asked to do. 

Communicative Achievement

focuses on how appropriate the writing is for the task and whether the candidate has used the appropriate register. 

Organisation

focuses on the way the candidate puts together

the piece of writing, in other words if it is logical and ordered. 

Language

focuses on vocabulary and grammar. This includes the range of language as well as how accurate it is. 

Multiple Select

What is expected from C1 students?

• everyday vocabulary

• basic vocabulary

• less common lexis

Multiple Choice

In the C1 Advanced Writing paper is usually written for an academic tutor and may be written as a follow-up to

a class activity, such as attending a seminar or watching a documentary. The main purpose of the task is to underline relevant salient issues on the stated topic, and to support an argument with subsidiary points and reasons. An essay should be well organised, with an introduction, clear development and an appropriate conclusion. It should hold the target reader’s attention and communicate complex ideas using an appropriate range of vocabulary and structures.

• a letter

• an essay

• a proposal

Multiple Choice

... is written in response to the situation outlined in the task. Letters/emails in the C1 Advanced Writing paper

will require a response which is consistently appropriate for the specified target reader. Candidates can expect to be asked to write to, for example, the editor of a newspaper or magazine, to the director of a company, to a school or college principal, or to a peer. Letters/emails will not be limited to a narrative element, but will also require candidates to carry out other functions, for example, to reassure somebody, to correct a misunderstanding, or to justify a course of action.

• a letter/an email

• an essay

• a proposal

Multiple Choice

.... may be written for a peer group (such as colleagues or club members), or for a supervisor (such as a boss or a college principal). Candidates will be expected to make one or more suggestions, supported by factual information and evaluation, in order to persuade the reader of a course of action. Students should work on functional language for evaluating and for making suggestions, and will need to be able to use a range of persuasive language.

• a letter/an email

• an essay

• a proposal

• a review

Multiple Choice

... may be written for a superior (e.g. a boss or college principal) or a peer group (e.g. club members or colleagues). Its content is to some extent factual and draws on the prompt material, but there will be scope for candidates to make use of their own ideas and experience. Candidates will be asked to do more than describe a situation; they may be asked to evaluate to what extent a particular aim has been achieved, or to suggest an alternative course of action. Use of heading is appropriate.

• a letter/an email

• an essay

• a proposal

• a report

Multiple Choice

... may be about a book, magazine, film, play or concert; it may also be about a product or a service. The C1 Advanced Writing paper does not merely ask for a general description of the thing reviewed, but requires an evaluation of its suitability for a particular purpose or audience. The target reader is specified in the task, and candidates should be encouraged to use this information when choosing appropriate ideas and language to include in their response. The students should use appropriate adjectives, and how to describe and explain. They also need to know how to give an opinion, positive or negative, and make a recommendation.

• a letter/an email

• an essay

• a proposal

• a report