Wednesday, May 2, 2018

IELTS - How do they actually assess?

With so much information going around the web world, it is important to hear it from the horse's mouth.
https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/find-out-about-results/ielts-assessment-criteria
https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/2018-01/IELTS_task_1_Writing_band_descriptors.pdf
https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/2018-01/IELTS_task_2_Writing_band_descriptors.pdf

Writing Task
Things the examiner would be looking for.
1. Task Achievement
2. Coherence and Cohesion
3. Lexical Resource
4. Grammatical Range and Accuracy

You could clearly see that criteria 2 and 3 are very subjective whereas 1 and 4 can be fairly objective. So, its important that we try to fully satisfy the requirements of the task and make as few grammatical errors as possible  (need to finish writing quickly and review the content for errors).

PS: This post is not complete. I will update it as and when I study other parts of the exam.

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