How is Academic Writing different from General Training Writing?
The table shows that the first tasks in General Training Writing and Academic Writing are different. The differences in these tasks mean that candidates are required to produce different kinds of writing. The second tasks are quite similar in that they are both discursive and candidates may need to present a solution to a problem or present and justify an opinion or evaluate and challenge ideas, evidence or argument. However, the topics in General Training Writing are topics of general interest which tend to be more concrete and personal than those in Academic Writing. The topics and instructions in General Training Writing require candidates to provide general factual information and usually do not require the same degree of comparison and contrast of evidence, opinion or implication as Academic Writing does. The second task in Academic Writing also assumes an academic context and should therefore be formal in style. General Training Writing tasks Academic Writing tasksTask 1 Writing
