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WRITING TRICKS First things first! What should YOU expect from your Writin tas!s" Writing TASKS?!

Am I mental? Not at all, it may not surprise you to find out that there are no less than two tasks to the test

What#s in the structure"


! Writing "art #, whi$h $onsists of a $ompulsory assignment of #%&'((&

words)
! Writing "art (, in whi$h you may approa$h one assignment out of a total of

fi*e $hoi$es, with a word limit ranging +etween ((&'(,& words)

Among the te-t types that you might +e re.uired to pro*ide there are arti$les, re*iews, reports, essays, proposals, letters, $ompetition entries, $ontri+utions to a longer pie$e and information sheets) They don/t really sell short, do they? No worries, the wider the *ariety, the +etter the $han$es for you to shine +y, of $ourse, pro*ing to +e master of any dis$ursi*e domain!

Se$ondly, $hat mi ht T%& 'SS&SSORS expect of you" In other words, try to put yourself in the e-aminer/s shoes for a $hange) Think of the amount of ideas, e-pressions, approa$hes and styles they ha*e to di*e into when grading the papers) 0ow would you feel if you were thrown into the great a+yss of student $reati*ity without a road map to guide you through the essentials) What is of importan$e in e*aluating a pie$e of writing?

The assessment criteria( !The range of the language you used1 $an you make a nati*e 2ealous of your elegan$e in e-pressing your ideas? 3aried and le*el appropriate *o$a+ulary? 4omple- grammar? !The wise use of register and format1 did you make a report look like one, and not like an arti$le? 5id you use a proper formal, semi'formal or neutral register throughout your te-t?

!6rganisation and $ohesion1 did you let your ideas flow in a normal, logi$al, not haywire way? And, what/s more, did you link them appropriately, using linking de*i$es 7firstly, moreo*er, in addition, $onse.uently, et$)8? !9ength1 did you respe$t the word limit, or ha*e you ram+led pointlessly outside the su+2e$t matter? !Target reader1 if you were to su+mit your pie$e of writing to someone in real life, would the reader +e interested in what you ha*e to say, or would it ha*e no impa$t in day'to'day life? Not to mention, would it ha*e the e-pe$ted effe$t on your addressee? !4ontent1 did you refer to the task entirely, did you address all matters, or ha*e you enthusiasti$ally strayed from the topi$? 9et the $ontent of your writing +e nothing less and nothing more than pre$isely what you ha*e +een asked to do)

S6 $hat can you do a)out it" 0ow $an you make sure that you ha*e the +est $han$es and writing strategies at hand? :uite simply!

Impro*in your $ritin s!ills( !;ake sure that you are e-posed to all types of te-ts you ha*e to pro*ide in the e-am) !;ake sure that you ha*e pra$tised enough targeted writing of 4am+ridge type) It wouldn/t hurt to take part in one or two writing $ompetitions, either !Set a timer to see how mu$h it takes to de*elop a te-t of the demanded length) Try to enhan$e your a+ility of using the time you ha*e at your disposal effe$ti*ely and produ$ti*ely) !<efore 2umping into writing the pie$e, make up a spider'gram of your raw ideas, +rainstorm and in*entorise a list of linking de*i$es, a list of words that would +e appropriately used in your te-t, and a list of grammar stru$tures you find useful and impressi*e) !6n$e you ha*e finished your $omposition, use this $he$klist to set your mind at ease a+out ha*ing o+ser*ed all $riteria1

! 0a*e you $onsidered all the points in the .uestion? ! 0a*e you addressed the right person? Is your potential reader going to +e interested? !Would your te-t +e any good in real life? ! 9ength? Is it in the appropriate range? !Are the +eginning and the ending well $onstru$ted? ! 0a*e you used an ade.uate style? ! 5id you re'read your pie$e for mistakes 7espe$ially if you are aware of some spe$ifi$ weaknesses8 ! 0a*e you employed upgraded *o$a+ulary and grammar? ! 0a*e you linked your ideas? ! 5oes your pie$e of writing look as it should in terms of layout? 4he$k? 4he$k? 4he$k? =reat! It/s time you surrendered your pie$es of writing to the keen eyes of the assessors) 0owe*er, if you/*e gone through the $he$klist and found nothing o+2e$tiona+le, $han$es are the e-aminers won/t either) >ou did it!

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