1 00:00:00,390 --> 00:00:03,570 Understanding the rubric is critical to your success. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,460 And in this lecture, I'm going to provide you rubric improvement advice. 3 00:00:09,030 --> 00:00:14,490 I'm going to walk you through every aspect on the rubric and tell you what you need to do to be able 4 00:00:14,490 --> 00:00:16,110 to be very, very successful. 5 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:19,620 First of all, let's go over the grading criteria. 6 00:00:19,980 --> 00:00:21,570 There are four aspects. 7 00:00:21,780 --> 00:00:23,940 Number one is task achievement. 8 00:00:24,060 --> 00:00:26,670 Second, coherence and cohesion. 9 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:28,960 Third, lexical ability. 10 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:30,420 And fourth, grammar. 11 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:32,250 Range and accuracy. 12 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:41,470 Now here's a little bit more information so that you understand exactly what each aspect means in regards 13 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:42,670 to task achievement. 14 00:00:42,940 --> 00:00:49,690 This really relates to your really doing a great job of providing an overview and highlighting the key 15 00:00:49,690 --> 00:00:53,860 points on the chart graph process or map. 16 00:00:54,310 --> 00:01:01,480 This involves your really discussing the data trends, similarities and differences you want to be able 17 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,720 to give a really fully developed response. 18 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:08,920 And I'm going to explain to you exactly what that means later on. 19 00:01:10,180 --> 00:01:13,120 Number two, coherence and cohesion. 20 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:19,480 Coherence refers to the flow, the organization of your report. 21 00:01:19,990 --> 00:01:25,780 Cohesion really, really relates to the linking words that you're going to use, being able to connect 22 00:01:25,780 --> 00:01:30,940 the ideas together, connect the sentences together, and connect the paragraphs together. 23 00:01:32,710 --> 00:01:35,170 Number three, lexical ability. 24 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:39,200 The word lexical is a fancy way of saying vocabulary. 25 00:01:39,220 --> 00:01:43,900 Basically, it considers the variety and use of your vocabulary. 26 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:48,910 They're looking at how often you repeat your words, copy words from the task. 27 00:01:49,330 --> 00:01:51,990 You want to avoid common and simple words. 28 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,230 And also keep in mind, spelling matters a lot. 29 00:01:56,710 --> 00:02:00,100 Number four Grammar Range and accuracy. 30 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:05,410 The grammar is probably the most difficult aspect for most students. 31 00:02:05,710 --> 00:02:07,090 The reason why? 32 00:02:08,130 --> 00:02:11,460 Is that most of you know the rules. 33 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:17,940 If I gave you a grammar test and you were choosing ABCD, most of you would score perfect perfectly 34 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:18,930 on that test. 35 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:27,480 However, when writing, you have to be able to apply the rules in real time, and that can be difficult. 36 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:35,100 But I'm going to really give you some advice and tips to be able to work on improving your grammar so 37 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:38,130 that you can do well on this aspect of the exam. 38 00:02:44,110 --> 00:02:46,990 Now, this is a question that I really get a lot. 39 00:02:47,470 --> 00:02:53,050 Everybody wants to know how do I move my score up the rubric scale. 40 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,350 Many students have been stuck on the six. 41 00:02:56,860 --> 00:02:58,030 For six months. 42 00:02:58,030 --> 00:03:02,500 They've taken the exam four times and they keep getting a six. 43 00:03:03,070 --> 00:03:05,230 They keep getting a 6.5. 44 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:13,060 If you want to be able to move your score up the rubric scale, these are some things you need to do. 45 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:16,930 Number one, write mistake free sentences. 46 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:21,010 The majority of your sentences should be mistake free. 47 00:03:21,340 --> 00:03:25,780 That means free of grammar mistakes, free of lexical mistakes. 48 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,430 If you do that, you're well on your way to going up to a seven, eight or nine. 49 00:03:33,170 --> 00:03:34,250 Number two. 50 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,810 Work on your grammar. 51 00:03:36,470 --> 00:03:37,850 Work on your grammar. 52 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,550 There are some really, really good grammar applications out there, like grammarly and white smoke. 53 00:03:43,580 --> 00:03:46,090 Personally, I use Grammarly. 54 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:48,050 I use the premium version of Grammarly. 55 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,020 I think it's a great grammar tool. 56 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:57,440 It can literally act as your grammar coach telling you what your mistakes are in your writing, and 57 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:02,180 also the application advises you of what you need to do to fix the mistakes. 58 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:09,920 That way you could write, check the mistakes, write it again, and see if those mistakes still exist. 59 00:04:10,370 --> 00:04:13,640 This is what really helps you to improve your grammar. 60 00:04:15,910 --> 00:04:24,190 I've seen some students write 20 essays, and literally they will have the same mistakes in every single 61 00:04:24,190 --> 00:04:26,620 essay, every single report. 62 00:04:26,860 --> 00:04:29,560 Writing more is does not fix the problem. 63 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:37,840 Number three, for task number one, you have to avoid some of these basic mistakes. 64 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,100 You must use correct descriptive language. 65 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:51,280 Don't say the bar graph is fluctuating and really all it's doing is increasing and then decreasing. 66 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:52,780 That's not a fluctuation. 67 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:59,290 Don't report every single detail that makes your writing to be very, very mechanical. 68 00:04:59,860 --> 00:05:03,130 You're not going to score a seven if you're doing mechanical writing. 69 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,330 And also you want to have an appropriate amount of information about the details. 70 00:05:10,980 --> 00:05:14,430 Number four make relevant comparisons. 71 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,650 Relevant comparisons. 72 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:18,150 Compare the data. 73 00:05:18,330 --> 00:05:20,070 Don't just state the obvious. 74 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:22,380 Don't just state exactly what the chart states. 75 00:05:22,410 --> 00:05:23,680 What the chart says. 76 00:05:23,730 --> 00:05:25,200 Compare the information. 77 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:26,310 Compare the data. 78 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:31,340 And finally, you heard me say this earlier. 79 00:05:31,350 --> 00:05:33,870 Don't sound mechanical. 80 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,080 Don't mechanically recount the details. 81 00:05:37,470 --> 00:05:41,160 So many students do this and it's a huge mistake. 82 00:05:41,940 --> 00:05:48,510 If you are being very mechanical in your reporting of the information, that is something that is probably 83 00:05:48,510 --> 00:05:52,170 keeping you at a score of a six or a 6.5. 84 00:05:56,130 --> 00:06:00,390 Now let's talk about helping you do much better when it comes to task achievement. 85 00:06:00,420 --> 00:06:03,270 Let's improve that task achievement score. 86 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,000 So when it comes to task achievement, there are some things I want you to keep in mind. 87 00:06:09,030 --> 00:06:11,790 Number one, do a great overview. 88 00:06:11,940 --> 00:06:17,940 A properly constructed overview really demonstrates that you can see the big picture for a grab chart 89 00:06:17,940 --> 00:06:18,990 or process. 90 00:06:19,950 --> 00:06:23,460 Number two, provide correct information. 91 00:06:23,490 --> 00:06:29,100 Very often, students are misstating details, misstating facts. 92 00:06:29,340 --> 00:06:31,590 When you're doing that, you're hurting your score. 93 00:06:31,620 --> 00:06:33,390 You're hurting your task achievement. 94 00:06:34,170 --> 00:06:36,900 Number three, stay factual. 95 00:06:37,260 --> 00:06:39,450 You cannot interpret the data. 96 00:06:39,810 --> 00:06:42,160 You don't know why it rises. 97 00:06:42,180 --> 00:06:45,090 You don't know why it fluctuates or falls. 98 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,260 Don't do that. 99 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:52,620 Number four, to improve your task achievement, make real comparisons. 100 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:58,410 This seems really, really obvious, but make real relatable comparisons. 101 00:06:59,010 --> 00:07:03,600 And number five, to make sure that you hit your mark with task achievement. 102 00:07:03,930 --> 00:07:05,970 Have the proper word count. 103 00:07:06,210 --> 00:07:09,270 You cannot write less than 150 words. 104 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:15,270 Every time you do that, you hurt your score, especially for a task achievement. 105 00:07:17,290 --> 00:07:24,100 Now I'm going to explain to you with more specifics about what I meant when I said don't do mechanical 106 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:25,120 descriptions. 107 00:07:25,150 --> 00:07:29,200 Mechanical descriptions really, really hurt your task achievement score. 108 00:07:30,730 --> 00:07:32,740 So this is what I want you to avoid. 109 00:07:34,420 --> 00:07:35,830 Look at this writing here. 110 00:07:36,190 --> 00:07:38,110 It's very, very mechanical. 111 00:07:38,710 --> 00:07:43,540 In 2005, 50 million students participated in postgraduate programs. 112 00:07:43,540 --> 00:07:44,890 In 2010. 113 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:50,060 This number of students jumped to 75 million by 2015. 114 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,510 The number of students increase to 95 million. 115 00:07:52,690 --> 00:07:58,070 Finally, in 2020, the number of students in polls graduate programs decreased slightly to 80 million. 116 00:08:01,030 --> 00:08:03,340 Yes, that information is correct. 117 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:06,040 The sentences are correct. 118 00:08:06,850 --> 00:08:12,520 But the style the style is very, very mechanical. 119 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:16,600 I can look at the graph and see that information. 120 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,480 You're just telling me what I obviously see. 121 00:08:20,930 --> 00:08:22,880 I don't need you to tell me this. 122 00:08:23,210 --> 00:08:24,260 Says that. 123 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:26,960 And then this doc says this. 124 00:08:27,230 --> 00:08:29,420 And then the next dot says this. 125 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:30,910 That is what that's. 126 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,640 That's what we mean when we say mechanical descriptions. 127 00:08:35,030 --> 00:08:37,430 No examiner wants to see that. 128 00:08:38,090 --> 00:08:39,290 I don't want to see that. 129 00:08:39,290 --> 00:08:39,920 Right. 130 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,790 So this is what you're supposed to do. 131 00:08:45,420 --> 00:08:47,070 Highlight a difference. 132 00:08:47,190 --> 00:08:47,970 Highlight. 133 00:08:48,210 --> 00:08:49,950 Highlight a similarity. 134 00:08:50,970 --> 00:08:52,680 Highlight what's relatable. 135 00:08:53,370 --> 00:09:01,590 Interestingly, over a ten year period, 2005 to 2015, the number of post-graduate students nearly 136 00:09:01,590 --> 00:09:02,250 doubled. 137 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:11,180 Now I want you to be able to give some band seven structured sentences. 138 00:09:11,750 --> 00:09:15,850 So this is an example of a band 5 to 6 student. 139 00:09:16,370 --> 00:09:18,470 100,000 men went to university. 140 00:09:18,470 --> 00:09:19,700 In 2002. 141 00:09:20,150 --> 00:09:22,820 200,000 men went to university. 142 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:25,610 200,000 women went to university. 143 00:09:25,610 --> 00:09:26,840 In 2000 to. 144 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:32,570 This is really, really this is probably like a level five, to be honest with you. 145 00:09:32,660 --> 00:09:34,310 This is not even level six. 146 00:09:35,870 --> 00:09:41,390 But those are correct sentences, but they're very, very weak. 147 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:44,180 And that's what's important here. 148 00:09:44,570 --> 00:09:46,550 They're grading your English ability. 149 00:09:46,550 --> 00:09:47,330 Everybody. 150 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,240 It doesn't matter if it's a correct sentence. 151 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,340 At what level of English. 152 00:09:52,340 --> 00:09:53,540 Where you writing? 153 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:05,010 If you're talking about a band, seven 200,000 women matriculate at the university in 2002, surpassing 154 00:10:05,010 --> 00:10:10,140 the number of men attending in the same year by exactly 100,000. 155 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:12,430 Do you see that? 156 00:10:14,330 --> 00:10:16,910 You related the information together? 157 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,280 You constructed a high level sentence. 158 00:10:22,410 --> 00:10:24,900 Both examples are correct information. 159 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,230 Except one is written out of five or six. 160 00:10:29,230 --> 00:10:31,000 The other is written at a seven or eight. 161 00:10:36,090 --> 00:10:40,110 You also for your task achievement, have to make your analysis correct. 162 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:43,920 So for example, which of the following sentences is inaccurate? 163 00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:46,080 Clearly the answer is C. 164 00:10:46,590 --> 00:10:51,840 C says the local fixed line usage fluctuated over the period. 165 00:10:52,470 --> 00:10:54,210 It did not fluctuate. 166 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:56,490 Look at the local fixed line. 167 00:10:56,910 --> 00:10:58,530 It did not fluctuate. 168 00:10:59,490 --> 00:11:02,850 It rises to a point. 169 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,350 Then it falls. 170 00:11:04,710 --> 00:11:07,620 That is not fluctuation OC. 171 00:11:08,630 --> 00:11:10,310 That is not fluctuation. 172 00:11:11,690 --> 00:11:18,740 Now, let's go ahead and talk about coherence and cohesion when it comes to coherence and cohesion. 173 00:11:19,340 --> 00:11:19,780 Right. 174 00:11:19,790 --> 00:11:23,060 Number one, do four body paragraphs. 175 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:27,830 This will go a long way towards you having a coherent score of seven plus. 176 00:11:28,340 --> 00:11:30,950 Number two have a plan. 177 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:37,970 You should already know in advance what information you're going to put in your overview, what information 178 00:11:37,970 --> 00:11:41,120 you're going to put in your specific paragraph. 179 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,990 Number one, what information you're going to put in your specific paragraph. 180 00:11:44,990 --> 00:11:47,330 Number two, have a plan. 181 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,740 Number three, have really great sequencing. 182 00:11:52,250 --> 00:11:55,580 Make sure that everything is logically connected together. 183 00:11:56,270 --> 00:12:00,320 Make sure you're sequencing in the correct direction. 184 00:12:00,410 --> 00:12:06,440 For example, if you're dealing with a situation, if you're dealing with a situation where you're dealing 185 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:17,210 with dates and you have the years 2020 and 2030, and before that you have 2010 and the year 2000. 186 00:12:17,810 --> 00:12:22,190 Don't talk about the years 20, 20 and 2030. 187 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:28,610 Before you talk about the years 2002 thousand and 2010. 188 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:32,000 That will be an example of improper sequencing. 189 00:12:35,270 --> 00:12:37,850 Now let's move on to lexical ability. 190 00:12:40,310 --> 00:12:45,740 With your lexical ability is really important that you utilize a range of vocabulary. 191 00:12:46,340 --> 00:12:52,310 What really helps you do this is being able to use synonyms, not repeating the same words over and 192 00:12:52,310 --> 00:12:53,480 over and over again. 193 00:12:53,510 --> 00:12:54,980 And paraphrasing. 194 00:12:55,550 --> 00:12:56,390 Paraphrasing. 195 00:12:56,390 --> 00:12:58,030 Paraphrasing, paraphrasing. 196 00:12:58,550 --> 00:13:01,400 Also utilize a lot of task. 197 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:06,110 One collocations some examples of their for you proposed changes. 198 00:13:06,110 --> 00:13:15,470 Central Area Principal Change main main road plan destination five Product Categories. 199 00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:24,860 Collocations really, really help students to score scores of seven plus collocations. 200 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:32,480 Most students think I'll just use this really complicated word that nobody's ever heard of that actually 201 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:42,140 hurts your score because nine times out of ten students use the language wrong or it does not fit the 202 00:13:42,140 --> 00:13:45,140 context of what they're talking about. 203 00:13:45,470 --> 00:13:53,390 So when they say when they say in terms of vocabulary range, they're not really talking about using 204 00:13:53,390 --> 00:13:58,520 ridiculous words that are very rarely used. 205 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:07,310 What they really are talking about are the word combinations, collocations using synonyms, paraphrasing 206 00:14:07,310 --> 00:14:08,390 appropriately. 207 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,730 Some other ways to help out your lexical score. 208 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:21,970 I said earlier, use uncommon lexical items and phrases. 209 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,270 It does not mean difficult words. 210 00:14:25,630 --> 00:14:29,560 Number two have proper adverb placement. 211 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:35,860 If you say market share tumble, clearly that's incorrectly stated. 212 00:14:36,730 --> 00:14:43,990 A lot of students mess up their score and are not able to get a seven because of poor adverb placement. 213 00:14:45,230 --> 00:14:46,220 Number three. 214 00:14:46,250 --> 00:14:48,080 Change a word forms. 215 00:14:48,470 --> 00:14:53,240 Changing your word forms really helps show your range of vocabulary. 216 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:57,380 It shows your talent and that's what they're grading. 217 00:15:00,790 --> 00:15:04,750 Now finally as go ahead and get into the grammar range and accuracy. 218 00:15:12,350 --> 00:15:12,800 Okay. 219 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,740 So here are some ways to improve your grammatical range. 220 00:15:16,070 --> 00:15:23,570 Master the sentence types simple compound complex compound complex conditional adjective clauses. 221 00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:27,140 Master the proper verb tense. 222 00:15:27,650 --> 00:15:32,420 If the chart or graph is taking place in the past, use the past tense. 223 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,230 If it's taking place in the future, use the future tense. 224 00:15:36,950 --> 00:15:40,730 If there are no dates present, use the present tense. 225 00:15:41,420 --> 00:15:45,710 Also, be able to break your bad habits. 226 00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:49,700 This is something I really, really want to stress. 227 00:15:50,180 --> 00:15:53,720 You have to be able to break your bad habits. 228 00:15:54,740 --> 00:16:04,490 Many, many students that I've seen in terms of their work, I see them do the same mistake over and 229 00:16:04,490 --> 00:16:06,290 over and over again. 230 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,810 You can't do that. 231 00:16:12,030 --> 00:16:20,760 In the past, when I've acted as a private tutor in the past, I would see the same mistakes over and 232 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,710 over and over again. 233 00:16:23,220 --> 00:16:28,830 And what I would have to do would help be able to help that person break their bad habits. 234 00:16:29,430 --> 00:16:37,260 Earlier you heard me talking about the grammar application Grammarly, which I think is a really good 235 00:16:37,260 --> 00:16:42,150 tool for you to use to help you break your bad habits. 236 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,550 If you do that, your grammar score is going to improve. 237 00:16:52,830 --> 00:16:54,150 On this slide here. 238 00:16:54,150 --> 00:16:57,680 You're just looking at the four sentence types, right? 239 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,020 I want you to be able to do each one of these types of sentences. 240 00:17:06,170 --> 00:17:08,030 To help out your grammar score. 241 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:10,130 Do mistake free sentences. 242 00:17:10,610 --> 00:17:13,520 Avoid the run on and fragment sentences. 243 00:17:13,850 --> 00:17:20,300 Those usually happen when you're not writing a compound sentence correctly or not writing a complex 244 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:21,440 sentence correctly. 245 00:17:21,620 --> 00:17:25,910 You must be able to avoid run on and fragment sentences. 246 00:17:25,910 --> 00:17:27,200 They lower your score. 247 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:37,160 And finally, you have to be mindful a lot of the mistakes you make, you can very easily avoid them. 248 00:17:37,910 --> 00:17:39,140 Don't be careless. 249 00:17:39,140 --> 00:17:42,620 Being careless often drops your score by one or two points. 250 00:17:46,100 --> 00:17:51,110 Make sure that you always try to change your parts of speech when appropriate. 251 00:17:51,110 --> 00:17:55,040 So for example, here we can see an example of what I mean. 252 00:17:57,310 --> 00:18:02,950 Worker salaries will fluctuate slightly between 10% and 15% over the next decade. 253 00:18:03,430 --> 00:18:11,830 This slight fluctuation in salary continued until 2005, where we can see a surge ultimately reaching 254 00:18:11,830 --> 00:18:20,620 a higher mark of 50,000 per year fluctuate slightly changing the slight fluctuation that shows talent. 255 00:18:26,660 --> 00:18:33,890 Of course, if the occasion presents itself and sometimes it will in task number one, much more intense 256 00:18:33,890 --> 00:18:38,330 than the two, sometimes in task number one, you have to use parallelism. 257 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:45,170 And so I want you to be able to just just take a look at these two sentences here. 258 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:50,240 So you can have an idea of what I'm talking about in terms of correct parallelism. 259 00:18:55,240 --> 00:19:01,720 Using proper prepositional phrases is also really, really helpful in terms of your grammar range. 260 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:10,440 Since the beginning of the 2000, cell phone technology has advanced by 15% after the next decade. 261 00:19:11,490 --> 00:19:20,490 With regards to these are all properly utilized prepositional phrases that again shows more talent. 262 00:19:22,270 --> 00:19:22,750 All right. 263 00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:29,380 So coming up next, we're going to go over the question types and we're going to go ahead and discuss 264 00:19:29,380 --> 00:19:32,260 specific strategy application. 265 00:19:32,860 --> 00:19:33,970 Thanks a lot. 266 00:19:33,970 --> 00:19:35,440 I'll talk to you soon. 267 00:19:35,470 --> 00:19:38,890 It's wonderful helping you on your journey. 268 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:39,700 Take care.