Self-Assessment Techniques

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 6 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: mark a sample answer with the examiner's checklist — quote, classify, fix — then turn the same checklist on your own writing.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Your second pair of eyes

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Self-Assessment Checklist

    Read a 163-word text about Self-Assessment Checklist

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Common Error Types

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: CARS Error-Checking

    CARS, 4 steps

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Error Identification

    Gap-fill exercise, 4 items

  5. Reading10 min

    Reading: Mark this sample

    Read a 257-word text about Mark this sample

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: You are the examiner

    Role-play: You are the IELTS examiner. Mark the sample answer from the previous slide using the self-assessment checklist. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: mark your own writing

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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subject-verb agreementarticle errorword form errorcollocation errorrun-on sentencefragment

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