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AshWINNER:
Okay.........Heres my situation
I am a student of EFL extended......and I have not problems with paper 2 or question 1 in paper 3...just Question 2 in paper 3 is what can decide my grade

I write satisfactory argumentative pieces according to my teacher but i have a better style and fluency when writing descriptive pieces.......

However, many people write good descriptive pieces and I feel that the examiners there at Cambridge would be more pleased with my argumentative pieces.....because I have a good GK and plenty of points come to my mind on a particular topic PLUS i can organise them well. Despite all this, my teacher gives me more marks for descriptive than argumentative.

Please help.....which writing piece should I attempt...Argumentative/discursive or Descriptive

Deadly_king:

--- Quote from: AshWINNER on September 05, 2010, 07:45:32 am ---Okay.........Heres my situation
I am a student of EFL extended......and I have not problems with paper 2 or question 1 in paper 3...just Question 2 in paper 3 is what can decide my grade

I write satisfactory argumentative pieces according to my teacher but i have a better style and fluency when writing descriptive pieces.......

However, many people write good descriptive pieces and I feel that the examiners there at Cambridge would be more pleased with my argumentative pieces.....because I have a good GK and plenty of points come to my mind on a particular topic PLUS i can organise them well. Despite all this, my teacher gives me more marks for descriptive than argumentative.

Please help.....which writing piece should I attempt...Argumentative/discursive or Descriptive

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It seems you like argumentative essays more that descriptive ones.

Descriptive has always been easier..........and more scoring but if you feel that you have performed better in you argumentative essay.....then keep on the good work.

Forget about cambridge............just do the one you feel more at ease.

Try to impress your teacher with some argumentative essays..............i mean try to add some recent facts. Ask him what you are missing in your essay for it to be of best quality and heeding his advice try to improve your essays :)

Arthur Bon Zavi:

--- Quote from: AshWINNER on September 05, 2010, 07:45:32 am ---Okay.........Heres my situation
I am a student of EFL extended......and I have not problems with paper 2 or question 1 in paper 3...just Question 2 in paper 3 is what can decide my grade

I write satisfactory argumentative pieces according to my teacher but i have a better style and fluency when writing descriptive pieces.......

However, many people write good descriptive pieces and I feel that the examiners there at Cambridge would be more pleased with my argumentative pieces.....because I have a good GK and plenty of points come to my mind on a particular topic PLUS i can organise them well. Despite all this, my teacher gives me more marks for descriptive than argumentative.

Please help.....which writing piece should I attempt...Argumentative/discursive or Descriptive

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Don't think that your teacher's gonna check the paper, think what can be done to please and engage the reader and in what criteareas will the examiner work on!!

the next thing........u can't decide the choice from first.....but u can only do that when the question paper's in your hands because u never know the topics.......u might write excellently, the narrative one too that time!!

Dibss:

--- Quote from: AshWINNER on September 05, 2010, 07:45:32 am ---i have a better style and fluency when writing descriptive pieces.......

my teacher gives me more marks for descriptive than argumentative.

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Go for descriptive!


--- Quote from: theonlyone on September 05, 2010, 09:15:47 am ---u can't decide the choice from first.....but u can only do that when the question paper's in your hands because u never know the topics.......u might write excellently, the narrative one too that time!!

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^Point to be noted. (:

elemis:
CIE did carried out some research and found that students who wrote Argumentative/Discursive essays got LOWER marks than those who chose Descriptive or Narrative Essays.

In my opinon Descriptive or Narrative Essays are the best because you can really show off your vocabulary and you have a degree of freedom.

With Argumentative/Discursive essays you MUST use some data to get the best grades.

I find that ludicrous since you dont know/have the chance to carry out research on the topic - after all you wont know what they are prior to the exam.

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