Part 2 in Detail

Tips for Teachers

Tips for Students

BEC Higher Writing Part 2

Task Description

What sort of input do students receive?

• Students are given a rubric which consists of:
  • a brief description of the situation, possibly supplemented by an input text e.g. a notice or an advert
  • the target reader
  • the content points to be covered
    
    
• There are three options to choose from:
  • a report
  • a proposal
  • a piece of business correspondence

What do students have to do?

• Students have to choose one of the options.
• They have to produce a piece of work which is about 200-250 words long based on the context and the instructions for content given in the question.
  
• Their answer must cover all the bullet points given in the rubric.
  

Understanding the Task

To understand better how candidates need to approach this task, it will help you to look at a sample task. Look at this task from Part 2 of the BEC Higher Writing sample material in the BEC Handbook (page 80) and consider how you would approach it.

Sample Task (PDF)