The Academic Writing section tests the examinee skills to present their ideas clearly and in a well organized manner.
Task Types In Writing
• 1 Integrated writing task: Read/Listen/Write: Reading passage is of 230- 300 words( 3 minutes reading time).Listening passage is 230-300 words long(2 minutes listening time).Response should be in 150-225 words.However it can be even more, there is no penalty on it.
• 1 Independent writing task: Writing an essay based on opinion and experience.Essay should be minimum of 300 word length.
- The writing section has 2 tasks and 2 questions as already mentioned.
- The time permitted for this section is 50 minutes.
- The scoring range is 0-5, which is then convertible to 0-30 scale for calculating the individual per section score and the overall score of exam.
- The examinee is required to send his response by typing on the sheet in computer screens, from where it is automatically sent to ETS’s Online Scoring Network for scoring by professional checkers.
- The independent writing task is similar to the TWE, i.e., Test of Written English in Paper Based Test.
Both integrated and independent tasks require specific writing skills like: - Notes taking in integrated writing
- Paraphrasing ideas.
- Summarizing opinions.
- Citing of information correctly in case of integrated writing.
- Grammatical and vocabulary related skills.
Moreover, it is necessary to understand what actually is Integrated and Independent Writing. This can be explained by studying key features of both writing tasks.
These task types can be further explained as under:
| SL.NO. | Writing Task Types | Key Features |
| 1 | INTEGRATED WRITING: Read/Listen/Write | - Here examinee reads a passage on an academic topic and then listens to a speaker discussing the same topic.
- The examinee is then required to summarize imperative points in the reading passage and then explain how these points relate to the key points of the listening passage.
- During the listening passage, the reading passage will disappear from the screen.So; the candidate must make notes of key points in the reading passage, so that he/ she can make further notes on the additional information of those key points from the listening passage.
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| 2 | INDEPENDENT WRITING: Essay writing from Knowledge & Experience | The examinee is required to write an essay that supports an opinion on an issue and illustrate it by exemplifying those choices, rather than mentioning personal preference or choices. |
