Integrated language use across skills
Integrated tasks combine reading or listening input with writing, or require transferring information between formats, such as a chart to a paragraph or an email to a reply. They test whether you can select, summarize, and reuse language accurately.
Core rules
- Identify the input's purpose and audience before writing.
- Extract only the information the task requires; omit extra examples.
- Paraphrase rather than copy long phrases, but keep key terms and exact data.
- Match register: informal for a friend, neutral for a school notice.
- For a summary, include the main idea and key support.
- For a reply, answer every question asked in the input.
Worked example
Read a notice: 'The library will hold a book sale on Friday, 3-5 p.m. in Room 201. Bring your own bag. All books are 100 yen.' Task: Write one sentence for a friend about the sale. Model: 'There is a book sale on Friday from 3 to 5 in Room 201; books are 100 yen, so bring a bag.' Reasoning: the sentence selects time, place, price, and the bag requirement, and combines them without copying the whole notice. The tone is suitable for a friend. For a formal notice, the same facts could begin 'The library will hold...'.
Traps
- Copying the whole input instead of answering the task.
- Missing one part of a multi-part task.
- Changing facts, numbers, or names.
- Using the wrong tone, such as slang in a formal email.
Exam habit
Underline task words such as 'write one sentence', 'include', and 'do not copy', then check that your answer satisfies each instruction.