Can Do Writing Young Students: Junior

In the following information you will find the general description related to the achieved score in the Writing: Junior exam.

In A1 Level, Score 3-5:

Students begin to write in English by using words and simple statements. They begin to write about what they like and give some descriptions. They can:

• Use common words in familiar categories such as home, school, family, colors, animals and actions.
• Communicate meaning with simple sentences or phrases with frequent vocabulary and grammar errors.
• Provide very basic answers to informal questions, although frequently the answers are unclear or only single words
• Understand a few main ideas from an academic lecture, but leaves out many supporting detail.

To improve their English writing ability, students should:

• Learn more words that describe familiar places, objects, and people.
• Practice writing about everyday topics
• Practice describing what happens in stories they read and programs they watch
• Practice writing sentences about objects and activities they like.

In A2 Level, Score 6-9:

Students write in English to express what they like and give some descriptions. They begin to write short stories. They can:

• Connect between ideas but are sometimes unclear.
• Use words and phrases to communicate meaning.
• Use a limited number of grammatical structures to describe objects and actions.
• Begin to write about a sequence of events.
• Produce basic simple sentences, although with some vocabulary and grammar errors.
• Provide basic answers to informal questions, although sometimes the answers are unclear.
• Express an opinion on a school-related topic, although with little development.
• Understand and convey a few main ideas from an academic lecture, but probably leave out many supporting details.

To improve their English writing ability, students should:

• Learn more words that describe familiar places, objects, and people.
• Practice writing about everyday topics and describing daily habits.
• Practice describing in sentences what happens in stories they read and programs they watch.
• Incorporate connecting words when writing.

In B1 Level, Score 10-12:

Students write in English to express and explain what they like. They begin to expand their descriptions of things and events. They can:

• Show some lexical variation.
• Use linking words or pronouns.
• Use appropriate word choices.
• Use complete statements to communicate ideas.
• Use appropriate grammatical structures.
• Produce some complex sentences, although with occasional vocabulary and grammar errors.
• Usually provide answers to informal questions, and the answers are clear and appropriate.
• Express an opinion on a school-related topic, usually with some development.
• Understand and convey main ideas from an academic lecture, although some details may be left out or be inaccurate.

To improve their writing ability, students should:

• Learn less common words that describe familiar places, objects and people.
• Practice writing with details about places, people, and events in the stories they read.
• Practice writing with complex sentences.
• Practice paraphrasing and summarizing.

In B2 Level, Score 13-16:

Students write in English to expand descriptions, communicate multistep directions, and show lexical variation. They can:

• Identify grammar mistakes.
• Display a varied sentence structure and identifies main points to be developed.
• Include relevant details to expand descriptions, give directions and tell stories.
• Include structures such as connecting words and phrases that make directions and stories easy to follow.
• Show lexical variation.
• Produce complex sentences accurately.
• Provide answers to informal questions, and the answers are clear, complete and appropriate.
• Express an opinion on a school-related topic, almost always with certain detail and development.
• Understand and accurately convey all main ideas and supporting details from an academic lecture.

To improve their writing ability, students should:

• Read and listen to age-appropriate academic content.
• Write about age-appropriate academic content.
• Consider taking the TOEFL ITP.
• Practice essay structures.