"C2 Paper 05 — Article: An international culture magazine is exploring the value of expertise in popular criticism" is a C2 Proficiency Writing practice task (Article). Cambridge assesses content, communicative achievement, organisation and language on a scale from 0 to 5 per criterion. Plan before you write: identify the target reader, the required register and the number of points you must address. At C2, examiners expect sophisticated vocabulary used accurately, varied sentence structures and clear paragraphing.
Plan the Article before writing, address every prompt point, keep the expected register, respect the word limit, and use feedback to improve content, organisation, grammar range, and vocabulary precision.
An international culture magazine is asking whether professional expertise still deserves special authority when everyone can publish reviews. Write an article explaining what trained critics can contribute, considering how specialist language or institutions may exclude valuable perspectives, and proposing a productive relationship between expert judgement and wider public response. Write your article.
Word limit: 320 words
C2 Paper 05 — Article: An international culture magazine is exploring the value of expertise in popular criticism
Exam Task
Draft the full response, stay inside the word range, then submit for AI feedback.
Prompt
"An international culture magazine is asking whether professional expertise still deserves special authority when everyone can publish reviews. Write an article explaining what trained critics can contribute, considering how specialist language or institutions may exclude valuable perspectives, and proposing a productive relationship between expert judgement and wider public response. Write your article."
Points to cover
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Part 2 · 280–320 words · Target 45 min