Entries Tagged as 'BEC - Writing'
“Words differently arranged have different meanings,
and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.”
Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)
DURATION OF THE WHOLE PART (PAPER)
45 minutes
Part 1 is worth 1/3 of the total number of marks you can receive for the Writing paper, Part 2 - 2/3 of the marks, so try to divide your time between [...]
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Try to write clearly. Illegible handwriting means no marks at all!!!
Keep within the word limit. If you write less than 25% words than the task asks you to, you will not get any marks. You will also lose some marks for writing too much over the word limit.
You can take notes on the qestion sheet, [...]
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SUGGESTED APPROACH AND HINTS
Task procedure:
Read the instruction and the prompt with bullet points carefully [you will be given bullet points with information to include but you may also need to invent some other facts].
Write the rough draft of your answer, keep the sentences short and simple [Hint: use the mnemonic technique and remember the word: [...]
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SUGGESTED APPROACH AND HINTS
Task procedure:
Read the instruction and and all other input material carefully.
Underline or highlight all the points in the input which should be included in your text.
Write your first draft, check if you have included all the required points.
Check the length, edit out unnecessary words, add words where necessary if it is too [...]
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