Band score descriptor - Advanced Quiz

Choose what you should do to achieve high score for the Task Achievement (Task 1) criterion (more than one answer)

• Describe the chart in detail with clear supporting data

• Use complex vocabulary

• Use as many grammatical structures as possible

• Report the information, figures and trends accurately

• Mechanically list out information and features in the chart

Choose what you should NOT do to achieve high score for the Task Achievement (Task 1) criterion

• Compare information in the chart accurately

• Write one paragraph for the whole response

• Use as many grammatical structures as possible

• Present key features but not providing any supporting data

True or False: If you don't provide any data to support the description, you will get no higher than 5 for Task Achievement.

• True

• False

True or False: One key requirement for getting at least 6 in TA (Task 1) is to write a relevant overview.

• True

• False

The key to differentiating band 6, 7, and 8 in TA (Task 1) is ..................

• the complexity of your vocabulary

• the number of words that you write

• the amount of key information illustrated, highlighted, and compared

• the extent to which you present and support the information

The key to differentiating band 6, 7, and 8 in TR (Task 2) is ..................

• the complexity of your language

• the accuracy of information that you present (e.g. the example must be from verified sources)

• the number of arguments that you present

• the extent to which you present and support arguments

True or False: If you incompletely address the main parts of the prompt (i.e. you only present arguments but have no supporting examples for them, or you completely miss the point), the highest band score you get for TR (Task 2) is 6.

• True

• False

True or False: Overgeneralization is a common issue for responses that score 7 or below in TR (Task 2).

• True

• False

Two key elements for having a cohesive and coherent essay are.............and.............

• the logical flow of ideas/arguments

• the connection between words, sentences, and paragraphs

• the amount of complex language

• the number of cohesive devices (linking words, referencing) used

Paragraphing is the skill of building well-connected paragraphs. If your paragraphs are poorly constructed (i.e. they don't connect or they seem to lack a central topic), you get ......... for CC.

• 4

• 5

• 6