WEBVTT 00:01.170 --> 00:02.070 OK. 00:02.100 --> 00:10.220 So these are the bad descriptors for the IRS examiners or the band descriptors of band descriptors for 00:10.220 --> 00:11.670 the iOS exam. 00:11.970 --> 00:17.310 And as you can see the highest possible score is a 9. 00:17.670 --> 00:22.980 And the lowest possible score that you can get is a 0. 00:23.250 --> 00:30.480 It's almost virtually impossible to get a zero where you get zeros if you just don't even show up for 00:30.480 --> 00:35.800 the exam or you just come to the exam and you sit there and cry because you don't know what you're doing. 00:36.260 --> 00:36.910 All right. 00:37.020 --> 00:39.220 So it's really hard to get a zero. 00:39.360 --> 00:40.750 OK. 00:40.880 --> 00:44.310 And base it's hard to get a bad scores or to get a wand is hard to get to. 00:44.310 --> 00:48.900 You mean you have to do really really bad to get a one or two. 00:48.900 --> 00:49.950 I mean really bad. 00:49.970 --> 00:54.380 And if you're getting a one or two you probably shouldn't be taking the exam anyway. 00:54.650 --> 00:55.440 OK. 00:55.640 --> 01:01.640 So more speaking tours of people who are who are able to get a score of a six seven eight or nine. 01:01.910 --> 01:02.660 OK. 01:02.970 --> 01:13.970 Because to get into any decent really decent university in the United States or the UK or Australia 01:13.980 --> 01:18.320 in New Zealand you need to be getting scores of six or higher. 01:18.320 --> 01:19.190 All right. 01:19.830 --> 01:23.580 You know especially you want to go to a really really good university seven or high and that's what 01:23.580 --> 01:24.780 they're looking for. 01:25.140 --> 01:26.910 All right so that's what we're going to talk about. 01:26.920 --> 01:33.980 So as I told you earlier you know when they're grading you you're graded in your four areas or graded 01:34.050 --> 01:41.160 your task achievement you're grading your coherence and cohesion you're grading your lexical resource. 01:41.160 --> 01:42.680 That means vocabulary. 01:42.680 --> 01:45.030 So fancy way of saying vocabulary. 01:45.140 --> 01:48.870 Integrating great and all your grammatical range and your accuracy. 01:49.290 --> 01:53.380 So for people ask me Well how do I get a 7 in my writing. 01:53.550 --> 01:57.290 Well are you doing the things it gets you or 7. 01:57.330 --> 01:58.790 How do I get an 8 am I writing. 01:58.800 --> 02:01.810 Are you doing the things that get you in your writing. 02:01.830 --> 02:07.200 Now it's also important to understand that you can be different scores in different parts you know for 02:07.200 --> 02:14.700 example you might get seven in your task achievement eight in your coherence six in your vocabulary 02:14.700 --> 02:16.930 and a six grade your grammar. 02:17.040 --> 02:24.600 So then you add up all those four scores and divide by four and then that will get to your your overall 02:24.600 --> 02:26.640 writing score for testable one. 02:27.010 --> 02:35.310 OK so you know you don't how you possibly you possibly might not have the exact same score in each of 02:35.310 --> 02:38.980 these different four categories that we're looking at here. 02:38.980 --> 02:45.630 All right but if for example if you're going to get a 7 in your task achievement it means that you know 02:45.630 --> 02:52.800 you present a clear overview of the main transfer test and Rawan the differences in the different stages. 02:52.800 --> 02:53.610 Right. 02:53.700 --> 03:00.540 You cover the requirements of the task in terms of code here for a seven you logically organize information 03:00.540 --> 03:01.700 in ideas. 03:01.780 --> 03:03.600 There is clear progression. 03:03.600 --> 03:06.990 That's why I tell you that you have to write four distinct paragraphs. 03:06.990 --> 03:09.300 Each paragraph has a purpose. 03:09.300 --> 03:11.610 You use a range of cohesive devices. 03:11.620 --> 03:15.770 Right he says right here has a range of cohesive devices. 03:15.880 --> 03:23.160 What it means by cohesive devices they're talking about using your connectors and your transitions right. 03:23.190 --> 03:27.650 If you have really good cohesive devices in you're writing you have good cohesion. 03:27.810 --> 03:30.900 That's what gets you a really good grade. 03:32.280 --> 03:32.800 All right. 03:32.850 --> 03:40.590 And see every move when you move down to a six right says you use these devices effectively but cohesion 03:40.920 --> 03:45.700 with and or between sentences maybe faulty or mechanical. 03:45.750 --> 03:52.020 When they say mechanical they mean like you know the basic forms they teach you an ESL school lot of 03:52.020 --> 03:57.440 times you know first second third or second third first second third. 03:57.540 --> 03:58.180 Right. 03:58.350 --> 04:04.720 If you want them if you want to move up into a higher range of seven or eight. 04:04.770 --> 04:10.080 You have to use a range of cohesive devices you can't just keep going first second third first second 04:10.080 --> 04:11.310 third first. 04:11.520 --> 04:12.650 You can't do this stuff. 04:12.750 --> 04:13.710 OK. 04:14.200 --> 04:14.640 All right. 04:14.640 --> 04:24.140 And then when it comes to to your lexical resource to get a seven are used the go range of vocabulary. 04:24.140 --> 04:26.050 Right a range of vocabulary. 04:26.150 --> 04:36.800 Not just saying that not basic not basic beginner level English words do you use less common vocabulary. 04:36.840 --> 04:37.760 OK. 04:38.250 --> 04:42.910 And you also do you have only only a few guesses. 04:42.910 --> 04:49.740 There are occasional errors in word choice or spelling or right here like for a six or says You make 04:49.740 --> 04:51.560 some errors. 04:52.200 --> 04:58.640 And then as you went down I looked at a five you make noticeable errors in your spelling. 04:58.860 --> 05:06.790 So you see it gets you you're the the level of the grade the level of the band score that you get. 05:06.820 --> 05:11.410 It arises in terms of the level of English that you're demonstrating. 05:11.690 --> 05:12.530 OK. 05:12.530 --> 05:17.840 So that's what I tell you that's why you've heard me say several times throughout several times throughout 05:17.930 --> 05:21.530 this course as an English test. 05:21.530 --> 05:21.830 Right. 05:21.830 --> 05:23.120 They're testing your English. 05:23.120 --> 05:29.480 You have to show your English ability if you're doing the things that if you're if you're doing if you're 05:29.480 --> 05:37.830 doing the things that are considered a five you're going to get a life is that simple. 05:38.060 --> 05:42.770 It doesn't matter if you understand out how well you're writing. 05:42.770 --> 05:48.770 How good is your writing if you're writing only measures to a four or five you're going to get a four 05:48.770 --> 05:50.080 or five right. 05:50.080 --> 05:53.650 You're doing these things in these different categories. 05:53.690 --> 05:59.400 Equally four or five four or five that's what you're going to get is that simple. 05:59.420 --> 06:00.640 All right. 06:00.810 --> 06:06.090 Is that simple in terms of your grammar if you want to get a 7 in your grammar. 06:06.110 --> 06:14.090 Are you using a variety of complex structures conditional sentences compound sentences complex sentences 06:15.070 --> 06:16.780 connectors transition. 06:16.850 --> 06:22.780 What are you doing or are you using your verb tenses consistent. 06:22.850 --> 06:24.030 OK. 06:24.080 --> 06:28.760 Or are you also do you ever have a really good control of your grammar. 06:29.030 --> 06:32.570 I mean we're dealing with when it talks about errors. 06:32.570 --> 06:33.020 Right. 06:33.020 --> 06:38.170 We're talking about errors like 4 7 essays a few errors. 06:38.390 --> 06:42.260 UK 4:6 say some errors in grammar but they were they. 06:42.280 --> 06:44.740 But they really reduced communication. 06:44.750 --> 06:48.420 Way you look at a five frequent grammar grammatical errors. 06:49.870 --> 06:54.960 Drive for four areas predominate that means there's a lot of errors. 06:55.340 --> 06:59.370 Ok so when you're talking about well how do I get that higher grade. 06:59.660 --> 07:02.270 It's about the quality of your writing. 07:02.480 --> 07:10.190 So I really encourage you I really encourage you to look at these bad descriptors here look at them 07:10.820 --> 07:12.770 look at them study them. 07:13.270 --> 07:13.710 Right. 07:13.760 --> 07:21.740 And if you want to get a 7 or 8 or 9 then do the things that equal a seven eight or nine you must do 07:21.740 --> 07:24.020 the things that fit the category. 07:24.020 --> 07:29.150 If you do the things that fit the category then you will get that score. 07:29.180 --> 07:31.020 It's that straightforward. 07:31.420 --> 07:32.130 OK. 07:32.450 --> 07:38.070 If you're not doing the things that fit the category of an 8 you're not going to get it eight. 07:38.500 --> 07:39.180 OK. 07:39.440 --> 07:45.070 So I think having awareness and knowledge is very important. 07:45.350 --> 07:50.840 Most students go into their writing for test them or want to test them two without really the proper 07:50.870 --> 07:53.810 understanding and knowledge of how grading works. 07:54.080 --> 07:59.360 And if you understand how grading works then you know if I want to eight for task achievement this is 07:59.360 --> 08:02.620 what I have to do if I want to aim for coherence. 08:02.630 --> 08:06.250 This is what I have to do if I want to aim for my vocabulary. 08:06.260 --> 08:10.240 This is what I have to do if I want a seventh form of formal grammar. 08:10.250 --> 08:12.020 This is what I have to do. 08:12.510 --> 08:13.270 All right. 08:13.470 --> 08:18.680 And then you can look at your essays or if you have if you're if you if you're if you're sending me 08:18.680 --> 08:24.770 your essay to look at for you a look at it for you of course and I can tell you you know hey this is 08:24.770 --> 08:28.170 where your grammar is your grammar is in the category of a 7. 08:28.750 --> 08:29.210 OK. 08:29.210 --> 08:35.720 Or your grammar is in the category of your vocabulary is in the category of us of a six or seven so 08:36.230 --> 08:42.470 it's really important to understand grading it I've talked to several different graders in terms of 08:42.470 --> 08:48.220 the process of grading what you're looking at how the entire process. 08:48.650 --> 08:50.530 And I know I know them very very well. 08:50.530 --> 08:52.710 I've done a lot of graders personally. 08:52.960 --> 08:59.480 And so I really understand how grading works because you know you have you have to understand that in 08:59.480 --> 09:01.590 order to be able to teach students properly. 09:01.850 --> 09:02.440 OK. 09:02.720 --> 09:07.940 So let's move on and let's keep going through how to do task one. 09:07.940 --> 09:08.540 All right. 09:08.550 --> 09:09.570 I'll talk to you soon.