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The Academic Essay

CPE discursive writing · 180–220 words · formal register · argumentation

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Two language exercises (10 points) followed by a full writing task.
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Exercise 1
Summary and evaluation
6 points
Tap the correct answer.
1
What must a C2 Part 1 essay do?
2
How should you report the texts' ideas?
3
Which verb best reports a writer's argument?
4
_____ the first writer welcomes technology, the second is wary of it.
5
Which is an evaluation, not a summary?
6
How long is the C2 essay?
Exercise 2
Complete the phrase
6 points
Write the missing word or words.
1
The first writer that digital tools have democratised learning.
2
The second text, contrast, warns about concentration.
3
This claim is persuasive.
4
It would be difficult to the significance of this shift.
5
The conclusion seems pessimistic. (= too, formal)
6
On , I would argue that both positions have merit.

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Read two short texts about technology in education (your teacher will give them to you, or use two articles you have read). Write an essay summarising and evaluating the key points from both texts, and give your own view. Write 240–280 words.

Write 180–220 words. Fully formal or semi-formal register as appropriate.

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