Write a Review That Gives a Balanced Evaluation
Balanced reviews help readers decide by combining description with evidence-based judgement, not by simply saying what you liked.
You will learn to evaluate strengths and weaknesses against clear criteria, support opinions with examples, qualify criticism, and recommend the work to a suitable audience.
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How to write
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B2 Pre-Advanced focus: Develop ideas with specific evidence, varied linking, precise vocabulary, and a register appropriate to the text type.
Write a Review That Gives a Balanced Evaluation
Read the model text closely. Analyse the exact grammar, vocabulary, linking, stance, and register choices.
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Write a Review That Gives a Balanced Evaluation
Read the model text closely. Analyse how its ideas are ordered, developed, connected, and concluded.
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Write a Review That Gives a Balanced Evaluation
Apply the writing skills you analysed in this lesson’s model text.
Evaluate strengths and weaknesses using evidence and finish with a recommendation suited to a particular audience. Use your own ideas and examples; do not copy the model text.
- Identify clearly what is being reviewed or compared
- Evaluate strengths and weaknesses using specific evidence
- Use comparison or contrast language accurately
- Apply consistent criteria rather than listing random features
- Give a recommendation or judgement suited to a user or audience
- Finish with a clear overall evaluation
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