B2 Essay Writing Guidelines, Schemi e mappe concettuali di Lingua Inglese

Scarica B2 Essay Writing Guidelines e più Schemi e mappe concettuali in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! B2 First for Schools Writing Part 1 (An opinion essay) Summary • Review the format and focus of Part 1 of the Writing paper. • Revise useful vocabulary for writing an opinion essay. • Learn useful techniques for planning your own essay. • Evaluate two examples of a Writing Part 1 essay. • Practise and evaluate your own answer to a Writing Part 1 task. Review: Writing Part 1 The B2 First for Schools Writing paper has two parts. Part 1 has only one task, which you must answer. You will:  be given the essay title.  be given two ideas to write about.  need to add one more idea of your own.  need to give an opinion and support it with reasons.  need to write between 140 and 190 words. Tip! You don’t have to be an expert, but you still have to answer the question! The topic will be something of general interest, so you won’t need any specialist knowledge. However, it is very important that you write approximately the right number of words. This shows that you can select relevant information, organise it well, avoid repetition and keep the reader interested. Your essay will be assessed according to these four criteria: 1. Content Focuses on how well you have completed the task, in other words, if you have answered the question. 2. Communicative Achievement Focuses on how appropriate the writing is for the task and whether you have used formal or informal style appropriately. For example, is the style right for a magazine article? 3. Organisation Focuses on the way you put together the piece of writing. Are the ideas logical