of the toeic

toefl i_b_t_ independent writing tasks

part one

the objectives for parking and falls

providing an overview for the tele canto for writing tests

on the telecast is referred to as question number eight

on the till full will be looking at

task referred to as the independent writing to ask

and there will be looking at the square herridge for both

who also engage in activity

helping us where that defied the types of topics we will see

on these assessments

and this activity is referred to as name that topic

on the telecom again referred to as question abrasion in his colby or

writing a penny n_s_a_

on this part of the tests it is

it comprises one task

take about thirty minutes to play n right and revise a personal essay at

about three hundred words

it must be tight

and the word processing feature that you'll be using us much more similar to

note pad if you have windows

uh... microsoft windows

instead of microsoft word

so he really can only cut n paste tax on this particular part of the test

the essay sort of follows a standard college essay format though it's

probably not as strict as you would see it

state university

you do need to include a brief introduction which is somewhat important

on this task

of course the body of the s_a_s_ probably most important

can usually this is where you would include the two reasons you're trying to

make to support surer her argument

and then give a conclusion which again is someone important numbers together to

ask

the essay itself is court holistic lee

holistic leanings sort of overall or overall evaluation

annie get they use a rubric to identified

the uh... areas that they're looking at what they consider to be most important

so yeah organization in content are things that in the most important

vocabulary any ability expression shelf as part of that and that's also a very

important idea on the status

however grammar and punctuation well it's not necessary to have perfect

grammar punctuation so we will consider these to be a little less important than

the others

in terms of the scoring

the scale of zero two five in which five is the highest score that you can

receive

so again if you will notice in writing an opinion essay

vitesse makers themselves

explained that the things they are looking for

or

are your opinions supported by reasons than examples

of course grammar is always something that will be looking for

but and really samples will be looking at a later videos you will see that

perfect grammar isn't always necessary

vocabulary of course

is one of the most important areas

because certainly

part of the idea is

will cavalier is linked to our ability a express ourselves

and most importantly

organizing our thoughts so that they resi to read in logical follow

on itself all you'll notice that the requirements look almost the same and

this shouldn't be a surprise since both sets sir

um... provided by the same company uh... educational testing service or ii two

yes

again the independent writing test for the still full

terrace one independent writing task

again thirty minutes and three hundred warrants

it must be tight

and again the word processing feature

very much like notepad

on the till full speaking section

you'll notice that the writings action is evaluated much the same way and again

that's holistic lee

as we said earlier holistic leah's

looking at overall evaluation of your writing style

so in general the ability to organize your thoughts and express your ideas

clearly and logically

those are the things that they look for

vocabulary appropriate length

uh... and of course that's more important than just a restraining

grammatical accuracy

certainly you can spend your time creating very dramatically accurate

sentences but not say anything very interesting so

especially my experience becomes more apparent

that the uh... tell full is much more about the ability to express yourself so

using their vocabulary so it's important

and again the evaluation criteria

are almost exactly the same as for the toeic

from zero to five five being the highest

content is more important in grammar

organization is generally more important than style

and fluency an expression are highly valued

because again against the test raters and nothing for mation to evaluate your

ability

you will find links

to veto for writing rubrics sample topics that sample responses available

at the bottom of this webpage

now in terms of just general advice to writing

writing is something that often give since difficulty

mainly because it's something that we don't necessarily do everyday

sure you might write an ad uh... an email once in awhile or maybe send texts

but those are definitely not the same things is writing an essay

so the first thing we're going to stress in this course

is to think about the idea that we need to practice and practice a lot

because again on the tests

you have to be a fluid tightness and you have to be fluid in your ability express

yourself in english

so i really want to think about and in much the same weather we improve our

speaking by speaking

the only way to be a better brighter history

and again the written responses on both of these tests followed a general

elements of a basic college essay format

those would involve introduction

abadi

again conclusions are important

of course you will see some examples in which the conclusions themselves

may not be the most important part of the asst

something we often forget mainly because there's a time element involved we often

forget i had a plan and revise for these types of activities

the planning in revising are very important parts of the writing process

so don't skip these two areas even if you're trying to save time span

uh... artist to spend more of your time writing the asst

of course the best place to begin is talking about what what kind of essays

are we going to say

that would involve looking at the types of topics we're going to say

my first piece of advice like us are approaching the writing tasks is to be

very familiar with the types of topics they will ask you on both tests and

again there's a considerable amount

overlap between the teller canto form these and this case

the essays generally revolve around things soon for your personal opinion

about daily life or on the tail for especially about

university or campus life

the topics themselves are definitely not controversial

you won't see any topics about sex violence gun ownership uh... any of

those things are certainly with or

certainly not be included on the test

don't be surprised if you find uh... question types that are

referred to as hypothetical began hypothetical

means imaginary or not real

so you might see situations that i ask you what would you do in this particular

case

uh... again these are fairly comment on both the tell rick and the toefl

now in general there are three types of essays that you will see

those types involve defense essays or sometimes referred to is argumentative

comparison essays in which you have to compare ka different ideas

an explanatory essays in which you have to give uh... an explanation or your

opinion about some

specific topic

so let's begin with the defense are argumentative essays first

always remember that for all of the questions on of the total inter-league

involving writing

there your personal opinion

in terms of the body of the essay

as we said before two reasons are always uh... the minimum to begin with

so we need these two reasons to support the opinion or trying to give and these

reasons need to be logical

and they also need to be consistent

and of course this is something that we will continue to return to as we develop

are writing skills and english

now when we look at the topics themselves

we're going to be paying attention to a concerts

i like to refer to as signal words

and easily concerts that will discuss more and class

but for example in the defense essary

common signal worth it you will see

to help tell us what kind of s areas

involve words such as do you agree or disagree

or do you prefer one viewpoint over another viewpoint

and at least judging from the

literature that eighty s has provided for us

the defense essay seems to be the most common

topic tied

even if you take the test and find uh... comparison or explain tori

if you were to take a test several times

you might notice that the defense essay

might be the one you see the most

let's take a look at a couple of examples

so he had noticed n the light blue

identifying the signal wars that help tell us that this is a defense essay

so do you agree or disagree with the following statement

people should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing

you specific reasons and examples to support your answer

so notice in the first one

it's asking us to state a position and defend it

take a look at it

do you agree or disagree with that statement

should people sometimes do things they do not enjoy

course one of the difficulties and deconstructing this essay topic is to

think about

what if i disagree

what exactly i my disagreeing too

this is made that i think people

should do things that they uh... enjoy all the time

if i disagree

this is one of the trickier aspects of of looking at the topics in trying to

figure out what exactly i'm trying to say

look at the second example

is it better to enjoy your money when you earn it

or is it better to save your money for some time in the future

now you might think that this is looking like i'm stating a particular opinion

and that's true

but still you have a choice and you have to defend one of those choices over the

other

which one would you choose

has a better to enjoy the money now

or to save it for the future

both have very legitimate answers and both

could be argued

now let's look at the comparison essay

once again remember it's your personal opinion here not someone else's

in terms of the requirements i'd find the comparison essay to be a little less

straight for the defense uh... site

first off you get to kind of state uh... advantages and disadvantages of

different sides of an argument

which often times you don't get to the defense essay

so when the body

generally which you have to do is give an advantage of one point

and then given advantage perhaps of the opposite point of view

finally

the topic does usually want to know what you which give appoint you you prefer

so even though it incorporates a little bit more than a defense essay

here you have a little more freedom to kind of look at

both sides or many sides of an argument

i do find it's important though to remember that if you're going to compare

you have to give equal balance

many times did spend too much time on the first point

and not enough time on the second

because they don't manage their time well

when you give a response oftentimes we will use what we call contrasting

discourse markers

so in your response you might want to use words such as however

on the other hand

or on the contrary

these help the established

a difference between one point of view over another