ASSESSMENT FOR PAPER 1 (NORMAL ACADEMIC)

Situational Writing: Assessment Criteria for Task Fulfilment (10 marks)

Awareness of Purpose,

Relevance

Development and

Appropriate Use of Given

Organisation of Information

Information and Visual

and Ideas

Stimulus

Organisational structure and

All required points well

Used accurately and

format entirely appropriate

amplified (although not

relevantly

Audience and Context

Band 1: 9-10 marks

Clear awareness

necessarily equally so)

Band 2: 7-8 marks

An awareness

Appropriate

All or most of the points

Used relevantly

addressed with some

amplification
Band 3: 5-6 marks

Band 4: 3-4 marks

Some awareness

Generally appropriate

All points addressed but

May not always be logically

sketchy amplification

used
Used irrelevantly

Partial awareness (some

Likely to be inappropriate or

Some of the points

confusion as to the intended

confused

addressed, evidence of

audience and context)

misunderstanding

Band 5: 1-2 marks

A mark of 0

Misunderstanding

Inappropriate or very

Attempt to use points but

Misunderstood or used

confused

serious misunderstanding

irrelevantly

Should only be given when the response is so weak that there is no evidence of understanding at all, or the question is not
attempted at all

ASSESSMENT FOR PAPER 1 (NORMAL ACADEMIC)

Situational Writing: Assessment Criteria for Language (20 marks):

*Note (Short scripts, i.e. under 75 words cannot be awarded more than 10 language marks).

Sentence Structure

Vocabulary

Paragraphing

Spelling and

Grammar

Tone and Register

A few errors (but will

Entirely appropriate

Punctuation
Band 1:
17-20
marks

Simple sentences will

Apt and wide

Ideas are well linked

be accurate. Variety

and there is a unity to

of structures with

the piece

Accurate

not hinder meaning)

generally successful
complex sentences.
Band 2:
13-16
marks
Band 3:
9-12
marks
Band 4:
5-8

Generally accurate,

Convey meaning with

Some sense of linking

some variety.

some precision

and unity

Generally accurate,

Simple but conveys

Paragraphs used

Simple vocab and

Noticeable errors (but

Appropriate but may

may be repetitive with

meaning

appropriately but may

punctuation accurate.

will not hinder

be slips of register

occasional errors
Simple, frequent

Generally accurate

Paragraphs may be

Appropriate

not hinder meaning)

lack linking and unity

Simple but usually

Some errors (but will

meaning)
Simple vocab and

Frequent errors,

Some awareness but

marks

Band 5:
3-4
marks

errors, perhaps break

conveys meaning.

absent or

punctuation likely

persistent errors

down in complex

May be examples of

inappropriate

accurate, error in

structures

misuse

Simple and frequently

Limited, frequent

Paragraphs are

Spelling and

Very frequent such

confused

examples of

absent or haphazard

punctuation

that meaning is

particularly of

obscured

unlikely to be
sustained for long

more complex words

misunderstanding

May be inappropriate

sentence separation
is inaccurate enough
to obscure meaning
Band 6:
1-2
marks

Many patches which

Multiple

convey no meaning.
Note: Inability to write
English of sufficient
accuracy to convey
information

A mark
of 0

Should only be given when the response is so weak that there is no evidence of understanding at all, or the question is not attempted.

ASSESSMENT FOR PAPER 1 (NORMAL ACADEMIC)

Continuous Writing: Assessment Criteria (30 marks):

*Note (Short scripts, i.e. under 120 words cannot be awarded more than 15 marks).

Sentence Structure

Vocabulary

Paragraphing

Spelling and

Grammar

Punctuation
Band 1:
25-30
marks

Simple sentences will

Apt and wide

Ideas are well linked

be accurate. Variety

and there is a unity to

of structures with

the piece

Accurate

Relevance, Tone and

Register

A few errors (but will

Entirely relevant and

not hinder meaning)

appropriate, readers
interest will be

generally successful

sustained

complex sentences.
Band 2:
20-25
marks
Band 3:
15-19
marks

Generally accurate,

Convey meaning with

Some sense of linking

some variety.

some precision

and unity

Generally accurate

Some errors (but will

Relevant, appropriate,

not hinder meaning)

some attempt to
sustain interest

Generally accurate,

Simple but conveys

Paragraphs used

Simple vocab and

Noticeable errors (but

Generally appropriate,

may be repetitive with

meaning

appropriately but may

punctuation accurate.

will not hinder

some attempt to

meaning)

arouse interest but

occasional errors

lack linking and unity

may not be sustained

Band 4:
10-14
marks

Simple, frequent

Simple but usually

Paragraphs may be

Simple vocab and

Frequent errors,

Some awareness but

errors, perhaps break

conveys meaning.

absent or

punctuation likely

persistent errors

unlikely to be

down in complex

May be examples of

inappropriate

accurate, error in

sustained for long.

structures

misuse

more complex words

Some digression and

loss of focus.

Band 5:
5-9

Simple and frequently

Limited, frequent

Paragraphs are

Spelling and

Very frequent such

May be inappropriate,

marks

confused

examples of

absent or haphazard

misunderstanding

punctuation

that meaning is

significant deviation

inaccurate enough to

obscured

from relevancy,

obscure meaning

unlikely to arouse the

readers interest

Band 6:
1-4
marks
A mark
of 0

Many patches which

Multiple

convey no meaning.
Should only be given when the response is so weak that there is no evidence of understanding at all, or the question is not attempted.