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B2 First Writing Examiners use the following assessment scale, extracted from the one on the previous page:

Communicative
B2 Content Organisation Language
Achievement
Uses a range of vocabulary, including
Uses the conventions of
less common lexis, appropriately.
All content is the communicative task Text is well organised and
relevant to the task. effectively to hold the target coherent, using a variety Uses a range of simple and complex
5 reader’s attention and of cohesive devices and grammatical forms with control and
Target reader is communicate straightforward organisational patterns to flexibility.
fully informed. and complex ideas, as generally good effect.
Occasional errors may be present but
appropriate.
do not impede communication.
4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.
Uses a range of everyday vocabulary
appropriately, with occasional
Minor irrelevances Uses the conventions of inappropriate use of less common
and/or omissions Text is generally well
the communicative task lexis.
may be present. organised and coherent,
3 to hold the target reader’s
using a variety of linking Uses a range of simple and some
Target reader is on attention and communicate
words and cohesive devices. complex grammatical forms with a
the whole informed. straightforward ideas.
good degree of control.
Errors do not impede communication.
2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.
Uses everyday vocabulary generally
Irrelevances and appropriately, while occasionally
Uses the conventions of
misinterpretation of the communicative task in Text is connected and overusing certain lexis.
task may be present. generally appropriate ways to coherent, using basic linking
1 Uses simple grammatical forms with a
words and a limited number
Target reader is communicate straightforward good degree of control.
of cohesive devices.
minimally informed. ideas. While errors are noticeable, meaning
can still be determined.
Content is totally
irrelevant.
0 Performance below Band 1.
Target reader is not
informed.

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