{"id":1279,"date":"2017-03-31T16:34:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T23:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2020-03-10T09:57:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T16:57:47","slug":"ielts-writing-lose-points-bad-handwriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-writing-lose-points-bad-handwriting\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Writing: Do You Lose Points for Bad Handwriting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/shutterstock_209259754.jpg\" alt=\"ielts writing lose points bad handwriting\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/shutterstock_209259754.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/shutterstock_209259754-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/shutterstock_209259754-30x20.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keyboards. Smart phones. Twitter. MS Word. With all that typing, who still writes by hand? You do, if you&#8217;re taking the paper-based IELTS. And while <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/possible-take-ielts-computer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the IELTS is also available on computer<\/a> for some test-takers, the majority of IELTS students will be taking the exam with good old-fashioned pencil and paper. <\/p>\n<h2>The new IELTS Handwriting Rules<\/h2>\n<p>The people who make the IELTS exam recently revised some of the rules for handwritten responses on the paper-based IELTS. Previously, it was acceptable to write both the IELTS short answers (IELTS Reading and IELTS Listening) and the IELTS essays (IELTS Writing) in all CAPITAL letters. However, <strong>you can no longer use all CAPS in your IELTS Writing essays<\/strong>. Also note that the IELTS only allows all capital letter responses in Reading and Listening so that handwriting can be as clear as possible. If you are taking the computer-delivered IELTS, you will need to use lowercase letters in your short answers and your essays alike, unless there is a specific reason to use a capital letter.<\/p>\n<p>The test makers are in the process of updating <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/use-four-official-ielts-websites\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">their various official IELTS websites<\/a>. As I write this, some parts of the IELTS official website network still list the old rules. But you can find the new rules in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idp.com\/australia\/ielts\/ielts-faq\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this official IELTS FAQ<\/a> under the question &#8220;Can I write in Capital Letters?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Does Your Handwriting Need to be Good on the Paper-Based IELTS? Yes, it Does!<\/h2>\n<p>This raises a question that you don&#8217;t need to think about on computerized exams or writing assignments: can your handwriting hurt your score? It absolutely can.<\/p>\n<p>This makes sense when you think about it. If your handwriting is bad enough, the IELTS examiners won&#8217;t understand what you&#8217;ve written. They&#8217;ll have no choice but to penalize you in that case. <\/p>\n<p>This is a very frustrating way to lose points on the exam. How awful would it be to write a well-thought out, well-organized essay, free of serious errors, and still get low marks just because of your handwriting?<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, this is also a very <em>avoidable<\/em> way to lose points. All you have to do is make sure your handwriting is easy to read.<\/p>\n<p>Simple, right? Well&#8230; maybe not so simple at first. You probably don&#8217;t write things by hand often. So you&#8217;ll need to practice some good old fashioned penmanship as you prep for the IELTS. <\/p>\n<p>But practice alone isn&#8217;t always enough. You also need some sort of guidance to make sure your handwriting is truly legible to other people. <\/p>\n<p>You can probably read your own handwriting more easily than other people can. So how can you know if you&#8217;re on the right track? How can you know that your handwriting will be understood by others, including the IELTS Writing scorers? To find out, keep reading!<\/p>\n<h2>IELTS Handwriting Tip # 1: Don&#8217;t Use Cursive <\/h2>\n<p>Cursive is a special style of writing where the letters &#8220;flow&#8221; into each other, and all letters are written with just one or two continuous curving lines. If you&#8217;re still not sure what I&#8217;m talking about, <a href=\"http:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/wvxu\/files\/201602\/Cursive.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here is a handwriting guide for cursive<\/a>. And here is <a href=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rIN1zjrrf_Y\/maxresdefault.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a page that is written in cursive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If this is the first time you&#8217;ve ever seen cursive, then your native language probably doesn&#8217;t use the English alphabet. In that case, don&#8217;t worry about cursive at all. It&#8217;s not something you&#8217;ll ever need to use. And clearly, you&#8217;ll be able to avoid using it on the IELTS.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves the rest of you. Those familiar with cursive may know that this style of writing is a time-saver&#8230; for you at least. Rapidly writing those flowing letters really can help you write more quickly. But it doesn&#8217;t save time for the poor people who have to read it. Cursive gets &#8220;messy&#8221; a lot easier than non-cursive&#8211;or &#8220;print&#8221;&#8211;handwriting. <\/p>\n<p>So don&#8217;t use cursive to save yourself time. Instead, learn to print more efficiently. That saves everyone time. And it can save you points on the IELTS Writing section.<\/p>\n<h2>IELTS Handwriting Tip # 2: Take a Look at a Handwriting Guide<\/h2>\n<p>Remember that cursive handwriting guide I showed you in the section above? Find a few other handwriting guides that are kind of like that one, but not cursive. You probably already know how to form printed words in English, but taking a quick look at a handwriting guide will remind you of the exact way each letter is formed. <\/p>\n<p>To find a handwriting guide, look for &#8220;English handwriting guide&#8221; in a search engine, or look for the font &#8220;Comics Sans&#8221; in the word processing program on your computer. (Comics Sans is basically a way to type letters that look like really good printed English handwriting.) <\/p>\n<p>Or just check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auburn.edu\/academic\/education\/reading_genie\/letters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this English handwriting guide from the Auburn University website<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.Or take a look at this image of all the letters from the Comics Sans font:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1280\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/Comic_sans_ms-1024x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"213\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/Comic_sans_ms-1024x213.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/Comic_sans_ms-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/Comic_sans_ms-768x160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/Comic_sans_ms-30x6.jpg 30w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2017\/03\/Comic_sans_ms.jpg 1133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Comic_sans_ms.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benutzer:Gaspard<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>IELTS Handwriting Tip # 3: Show Your Handwriting to Other People<\/h2>\n<p>Avoid cursive. Print and print well. These are the basic things you need to do, if you want your handwriting to be understandable to others. But once you&#8217;ve done those things, you want to know you&#8217;ve done them correctly. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where you give your handwriting the real test: actually show it to other people. Can your friends, classmates or colleagues read your English handwriting? If so, great! If not, keep working on it. You&#8217;ll get there. And as you work toward that goal, make sure you prepare for every aspect of IELTS Writing. <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-writing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magoosh&#8217;s complete guide to the IELTS Writing section<\/a> is a great place to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keyboards. Smart phones. Twitter. MS Word. With all that typing, who still writes by hand? 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Additionally, he's helped students with TOEIC, PET, FCE, BULATS, Eiken, SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT.\r\n\r\nDavid has a BS from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an MA from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His work at Magoosh has been cited in<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%2C50&amp;q=Recine+magoosh&amp;btnG=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> many scholarly articles<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/minds.wisconsin.edu\/handle\/1793\/65479\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> his Master's Thesis<\/a> is featured on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingwithpictures.org\/2013\/09\/research-highlight-teaching-english-language-learners-with-comics\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Reading with Pictures<\/a> website, and he's presented at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.witesol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-WITESOL-Program-FINAL-10-28-14.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> WITESOL (link to PDF)<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/interoff\/docs\/nafsaregionv_2014conference\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> NAFSA<\/a> conferences. David has taught K-12 ESL in South Korea as well as undergraduate English and MBA-level business English at American universities. He has also trained English teachers in America, Italy, and Peru.\r\n\r\nCome join David and the Magoosh team on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCra3KQoJlOP7RYwaCyH2qew\"> Youtube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MagooshEnglishLearning\"> Facebook<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/magooshenglish\/?hl=en\"> Instagram<\/a>, or connect with him via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-recine\/\"> LinkedIn<\/a>!"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}