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band scores in the writing test.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:35 am
by Mohammed
Hello Ryan and everyone,
My question is about calculating band scores in the writing test.If a task 1 gets a 7 and task 2 gets a 6.5,then what will the overall score for the writing test?
I know that a score of task 2 worths 2 times more than task 1,but I don't know how to calculate it.
Thanks
Re: band scores in the writing test.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:14 pm
by Ryan
Hi Mohammed,
As you know, the exact recipe for calculating the overall writing band is not made public. However, former examiner Chris Green from
http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/ has put together a wonderful chart to help shed some light (I am attaching a copy of the chart to this reply). Be sure to read the description he wrote to accompany this table
by clicking here.
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Re: band scores in the writing test.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:08 pm
by durai
hi Mohammed and Ryan,
I think below table gives you exact band score,
(task 1 + task multiply with 2)/3
if you have task 1 band 7 and task 2 band 6.5
(7 + 6.5 x 2 )/2
(7 + 13 )/2 = 20/3= 6.66, so band 6.5
if you get task 1 band 6.5 and task 2 7, then overall you get band 7. ( but it contradicts above table at some places)
Re: band scores in the writing test.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:28 pm
by OnlineEnglishTeacher
durai wrote:hi Mohammed and Ryan,
I think below table gives you exact band score,
(task 1 + task multiply with 2)/3
if you have task 1 band 7 and task 2 band 6.5
(7 + 6.5 x 2 )/2
(7 + 13 )/2 = 20/3= 6.66, so band 6.5
if you get task 1 band 6.5 and task 2 7, then overall you get band 7. ( but it contradicts above table at some places)
I would generally assume and also may have possibly read before that task 2 being longer would likely give a higher overall grade than task 1
.