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This guide is for you. With lots of practical tips and real examples, it will help you to develop and assess learners’ writing skills in preparation for the C1 Advanced exam.  \n\n| About C1 Advanced |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| ✔ Tests reading, writing, speaking and listening skills, plus use of English\u003Cbr>✔ Shows that learners can:\u003Cbr>• follow an academic course at university level\u003Cbr>• communicate effectively at a managerial and professional level\u003Cbr>• participate with confidence in workplace meetings or academic tutorials and seminars\u003Cbr>• express themselves with a high level of fluency | ✔ Comes after B2 First or B2 First for Schools and before C2 Proficiency\u003Cbr>✔ Tests learners at CEFR Level C1\u003Cbr>✔ Can be taken digitally or on paper |\n\nHow to use this guide  \nTo get the most from this guide:  \n• Try the practical ideas and reflect on how these techniques affect the processes of learning and teaching in your classroom.  \n• Discuss different approaches with learners in order to understand their preferences and needs, and to find out what approaches are most helpful to them.  \n• At the end of the guide, there are some real samples of assessed writing from the C1 Advanced exam. A top tip before you look at the real marks and comments: try applying the official assessment criteria to the written samples by yourself! Make a note of whether you gave similar marks or made similar comments.  \n• You can navigate the document by using the hyperlinks in the text and the buttons on each spread:  \nPrevious page 􀁟 Next page 􀁟 First page 􀁟  Previous view   \n3  \nContents  \nKey terminology  \nLanguage assessment is a specialist field and there is some common terminology which might be unfamiliar to you. Learning to recognise these terms will help you to understand this guide.  \nThese terms are commonly used to refer to Cambridge English Qualifications. There are also some other terms in this guide which are more widely used in the field of assessment. When these terms appear in this guide, you’ll find an explanation nearby ina glossary box like this:  \nKey terminology  \n\n| Definition | Cambridge English\u003Cbr>writing examiners say … | Teachers might say … |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| A person who is learning English, usually in a classroom. | learner | student / learner / pupil |\n| A person who takes an exam. (This is amore formal word because it refers to work done in the exam, not work done in the classroom.) | candidate |  |\n| The things considered when a piece of writing is marked for an exam. For the C1 Advanced exam, these are: Content, Communicative Achievement, Organisation and Language. | 1. Writing Assessment Scale\u003Cbr>2. 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