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Applies to Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers, Academic Writing in English for Native Speakers.
The Written Examination will take place in April/May 2020听and is timetabled by UCL听Student and Registry Services. Your examination timetable, which includes dates, times and locations, will be available on in March 2020.
Date: April/May 2020
Duration: 2 hours
Candidates should not indicate their identity through the use of their own names etc. Only candidate numbers should be used.
General information
Language of questions/tasks: English
Number of Writing tasks: one (from a choice of approximately twenty)
Number of words required:
- Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers: minimum 700 words
- Academic Writing in English for听Native Speakers: minimum 900 words
Dictionaries are not permitted.
Candidates choose one essay to complete (from a choice of approximately twenty). The questions are related to students' areas of academic study and use the four key essay frameworks. As with the Progress Test in December, candidates will be given resources on one week in advance for TWO of these questions. At the same time there will also be a reminder of the full range of topics included in the Written Examination.
Marking criteria (specific)
- Text organisation and cohesion;
- Content;
- Register, style听and lexis;
- Grammatical accuracy (Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers only).