WRITING ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

INTELLIGIBILITY:
Fluency and text features

LANGUAGE:
Range and accuracy of grammar and vocabulary

You cover all aspects of the task successfully.

Your writing is easy to understand.
You organise your writing effectively.
Your writing is very natural. There is little or no
interference from your first language.
You use a variety of linking expressions.

You use a wide variety of grammatical structures and

vocabulary.
You use appropriate language for the task.
You use complex sentences and these are generally
correct.
There may be occasional minor errors in the structure
of some sentences.

You attempt all aspects of the task

Your writing is generally easy to understand.
You organise your writing well.
There may be occasional interference from your first
language, but this does not impede
comprehension.
You use some linking expressions.

You produce a good variety of grammatical structures

and vocabulary to complete the task.
You also use a variety of structures to avoid repetition.
There may be a few relatively unimportant
grammatical errors.
There may be a few instances of incorrect vocabulary
use.

5 6
C+

You attempt most aspects of the task

Your writing is generally comprehensible, but some
areas may require a second reading.
There is some attempt at organising your writing but
the organisation is not always appropriate.
There is clear interference from your first language.
You produce longer sentences although you may not
link these appropriately.

You have enough elementary vocabulary and

grammatical structures to complete the task.
There may be several important grammatical errors.
There may be some instances of incorrect vocabulary
use.
There is evidence of occasional direct translation.

3 4
C-

You only address the task minimally (includes writing

that is too short).
Your writing is difficult to understand.
You do not organise your writing clearly.
Your writing is strongly influenced by your first
language.
There is no linking between sentences.

Your writing contains numerous errors which impede

communication.
Your vocabulary and grammatical structures are
insufficient to complete the task.
There is clear evidence of direct translation.
There are few words and structures which are related
to the task.

You do not address the task.

Your writing contains numerous errors which impede
Most of your writing is extremely difficult to
communication.
understand
Your vocabulary and grammatical structures indicate
Your writing is limited to learnt words or expressions.
direct translation.
The words you used are not related to the task.

9 10
A

8
B

2
D