Content  Have the candidates done what they were

asked to do?
 Is the content relevant (related to required
content points/task requirements)?
 Is the target reader informed?
 Are the content points/task requirements
addressed and appropriately developed?
Communicative  Has the candidate used the appropriate
Achievement register/genre/format/function/tone?
 Does the text allow the reader to derive
meaning and not be distracted?
 Does the text meet the communicative
requirements of the task (e.g. make a
complaint, suggest alternatives)?
 Are straightforward ideas communicated to
the target reader?
 Are more complex ideas communicated
successfully to the target reader?
Organisation  Is the piece of writing logical and ordered?
 Are linking words/phrases used (but,
because, and, first of all, finally)?
 Are cohesive devices used (moreover, it may
appear, as a result; reference pronouns;
substitution; ellipsis; repetition)?
 Are organizational patterns used? (arranging
sentences in climatic order, the use of
parallelism, using a rhetorical question to set up
a new paragraph)
Language  Vocabulary (basic, everyday, less common
lexis)
 Grammar (simple forms and complex forms)
 The range of language;
 Accuracy of the language
 Use grammar accurately and appropriately to
convey intended meaning
 Overuse (use the same word/no resource to
use another term)
 Errors (systematic mistakes)
 Slips (non-systematic mistakes)