*WRITING
• Content focuses on how well you have completed the task, in other words, if you have done what you were asked to do.
• Communicative Achievement focuses on how appropriate the writing is for the task (for example, is the style right for a magazine article?), and whether you have used the right register, for example formal or informal.
• Organisation focuses on the way you put together the piece of writing, in other words, if it’s logical and ordered.
• Language focuses on vocabulary and grammar. This includes the range of language as well as how accurate it is.
**SPEAKING
There are two examiners in the Speaking exam. One is the interlocutor, who speaks to you and manages the test. The interlocutor will award you a mark for global achievement (a general mark for how well you did in the whole test). The other is the assessor, who only listens. The assessor uses four assessment criteria: Grammar and Vocabulary, Discourse Management, Pronunciation and Interactive Communication.
You can’t fail a paper; your grade is based on how you perform in the whole exam.
grade A: level C2
grade B: level C1
grade C: Level B2
The scores reported for each exam range from:
• 122 to 190 for Cambridge English: First
• 142 to 210 for Cambridge English: Advanced
• 162 to 230 for Cambridge English: Proficiency.