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托福写作题型结构分类介绍

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  托福写作考试的题型也不是单一的,其实也又很多分类,不同的题目结构,其答题的策略也是不一样的。对于考生而言,掌握这些题型特点,以及对应的写作方法,是我们提高托福写作分数的重要内容。具体的托福写作的题目结构有哪些呢?下面小编为大家整理了详细的内容,供大家参考!

  托福写作题型结构分类介绍

  一、应不应该题

  这类题目在题目中一般都会含有should一词,或者含有“应该做”或“不应该做”的意思,问你如此做应不应该。考生要根据这些“应该”和“不应该”来写作文章

  例如这个题目就是应不应该题:

  Do you agree or disagree with following statement: all school teachers should be required to take courses every five years to update their knowledge.(120114 CN)

  二、绝对题

  这类题目中常常会带有绝对的语气词,例如only,must,always等;通常这类命题的题目比较明确且语气比较强烈,就是来问你同不同意这种说法,按照这个思路去构思文章。

  下面这个题目就是托福独立写作绝对题:

  Do you agree or disagree with following statement: only movies that can teach us something about real life are worth.(110828 CN)

  三、现象证明题

  在这一类托福独立写作题目中,主要是在讨论一个现在可能存在的或者是将来可能会发生的现象,问你这个现象有没有或者是会不会出现,考生按照这个思路去拓展写作文章。

  例如下面这个题目就是一个现象证明题:

  Do you agree or disagree with following statement: in modern times, grandparents cannot give their grandchildren useful advice because the world of today are too different than it was in the past.(140112 CN)

  四、比较题

  这类题目在考试中也是比较常见的,题目中会含有2个或者3个选项来让你选择。这些选择当中可能是不同事物的横向对比,也有可能是同一事物的纵向对比,或者是今夕对比,这种情况出现的较多。如果出现这类题目时可能会同应不应该题或者是现象证明题进行混搭,这样效果会更好一些。

  例如下面的题目就是比较题型:

  Do you agree or disagree with following statement: nowadays advertisements are more honest than they were in the past.(121214 NA)

  托福写作备考之小心这些误区

  托福写作和口语虽没有标准答案,但并不意味着没有参考标准。写作部分的评分标准在官方OG中有明确的说明,包括从官方的出分报告来看,评分主要分为三个维度。

  文章结构(well-organized)

  文章发展(well-developed)

  语言表达(language use)

  本文将结合具体的例子分析每个维度如何评分以及如何提升。

  一.结构清晰(well-organized)

  误区一:不是分段落就叫结构清晰!

  在OGP611中有一部分关于organization的说明,通过几个问句提醒同学们一篇完整的文章应该要包含几个部分:开头段,主体段和结尾段,并且要分段,结构要清晰。

  同学们往往对于每部分要写什么毋庸置疑,但在准备的过程中,往往重视形式大过内容。原则上,在不影响主体段发挥的前提下,开头和结尾的方法以及长度随意(OG中介绍了6种开头方法以及5种结尾方法),保证关键的信息给出即可;但从大部分同学的实际考试情况来看,开头和结尾总倾向于事先准备好的模板句型;相反,最重要的主体段没有留足够的时间和精力。结果往往捡了芝麻丢了西瓜。所以除非能够灵活运用OG介绍的方法,否则建议同学简化开头和结尾。

  我们看一下OG书上的一个开头段例子:

  The importance of the issue raised by the posed statement, namely creating a new holiday for people, cannot be underestimated, as it concerns the very fabric of society. As it stands, the issue of creating a new holiday raises profound implications for the future. However, although the subject matter in general cannot be dismissed lightheartedly, the perspective of the issue as presented by the statement raises certain qualms regarding practical application.

  这个开头段的前两句都在强调话题(create a new holiday)的重要性,属于赘述(redundancy),第三句并没有很直接给出立场,不符合评分标准中的“有效回答问题”。为了获得一个高分,我们需要避免赘述(redundancy)和偏题(digression)。

  其次OG中有个2分的文章,截取每段的第一句话:

  In the following, I will illustrate my opinion by two reasons.

  First of all, honest make the trust stronger between friends or colleagues.

  Secondly, telling a lie always makes things worse not only in work but also in family life.

  On the contrary, sometimes it is better to tell a lie to others, such as telling a lie to a patient.

  作者想给出2个理由,从正反论证说实话在人际关系中的重要性。而第三段的on the contrary, 看似是对比论证,然而并非是描述”撒谎的弊端“,所以结构上会引起困惑。

  关于结构清晰,一方面建议大家不要大片背诵模板句式然后进行堆砌。今年的两场考试中,已经有明确要求Do not use memorized examples.如果不能将模板句式巧妙结合所写文章熟练混迹在自己的语言表达之下,那么建议踏踏实实审题。另一方面,平时可以结合历年真题,多训练开门见山的思维方式,然后根据不同的话题补充相应的词汇短语等语料表达,不至于无话可说。

  二.展开有条理(well-developed)

  误区二:不是有逻辑连接词就叫有逻辑!

  首先我们来看一下OG是如何要求well-developed的:

  _ave I done my best to support and develop my ideas?

  (有没有支持立场的分论点?)

  _o I include enough details in each paragraph so that the main idea and topic sentence are explained fully?

  (每段是否有很充分的细节支持分论点?)

  _o I use words and phrases that help the reader think about relationships between different ideas in the essay?

  (句与句之间是否有用逻辑连接词/短语?)

  每个段落要做到很好的展开,就要注意句与句之间的逻辑性。OGP618介绍了很多种展开的方法,包括讲故事、举例子、说道理等等,同时补充了大量的逻辑连接词。同学们习惯于把逻辑连接词/短语事先准备好,平时练习或者考试时都先打出来再往里面僵硬地填充内容,以为可以骗过e-rater和考官。但在这些逻辑词下,我们往往会看到同学写出这样的内容:因为独生子女,所以自私;因为科技和经济发展,所以压力大。

  其实第二句和第一句之间并没有直接的因果关系,第二句并不是对第一句的进一步论述,所以即便有暗示逻辑关系的连接词/短语,内容上并非如此。也就是不符合评分标准中的渐进性(progression)。

  在第一个“因为独生子女,所以自私”的例子中,我们可以这样推理:独生子女(only-child)→得到更多家人的关注(limelight)→缺少付出的意识(less give, more take)→自私(egoism);此外,独生子女→缺少和兄弟姐妹的相处(interact with siblings)→缺少分享的意识(share)→自私。

  这样的两条简单逻辑链就可以推出“自私”的结果。

  所以针对这一问题,建议同学们结合咱们点题班或者老师整理的机经中的主题句,在草稿纸上用中文关键词罗列因果链,训练演绎推理的方法,反复追问因果关系(causality)是否成立。

  三.语言运用(language use)

  误区三:不是辞藻华丽就叫好句子!

  语言部分OG对于我们的要求是consistent facility in the use of language,给我们的具体建议是:句式结构丰富(a variety of sentence structures)和恰当的措辞( appropriate word choice),评分者会从以下四个角度去审查

  语法错误(grammar)

  词汇使用(usage)

  技术层面(mechanics)

  语言风格(style)

  词汇

  词汇层面是同学们最纠结的痛点,背的往往用不上,写出来的都是简单词。其实词汇并没有高低贵贱之说,只有恰当地道与否。但很多时候,“恰当”“地道”更难把握。

  比如“不利于教学进程”的表达,大部分同学会用“exert negative effects on the process of education”;但在一定的语境下,stagnate(停滞)这个词要比exert negative effects更有画面感,更能吸引读者的阅读兴趣。同样,想表达“不利于彼此的关系”,用“undermine mutual relationship”比“do harm to relationship between each other”更简洁。想表达“越来越多”的时候并不总是“more and more”,形容词“increasing/gradual”也可以。还有“according to how urge and important the task is”可以用priority这个词来表达,即“according to the priority of different tasks”。

  想做到熟练恰当运用这些词汇的话,和平时大量的精读以及课外英文小说阅读习惯的养成密不可分。读写不分家,所以为了实实在在能提高写作部分的词汇量,一方面建议同学们平时做阅读不要仅仅为了检测老师讲的方法论的可行性,可以选择喜欢的文章进行精读;同时笔记本上及时记下那些用得恰当的动词、形容词。另一方面,通过写作部分范文的精读,积累词汇和短语甚至句型。

  词汇的用法一定要结合具体的语境,“do sb. good”中的每个词汇都很简单,但是并非不如conducive/beneficial。

  句式

  句子多样性并非是指大量的长难句、倒装句等各种,往往我们中国考生在追求长难的时候,评分者更希望考生的句子可读性强(legible)。何为可读?并不是词汇句式简单到小学生都能看懂,而是在内容丰富且逻辑渐进的基础上,长短结合,会灵活使用简单句、并列句和从句。

  OG中有这样一个片段:

  Baseball is the great American sport. And, it is thought of as a summer pastime. So as soon as the weather turns warm, all the neighborhood kids find a field to toss a ball around. And soon they form teams and play each other. But all summer, they always find time to listen to pro games on the radio. And they watch them on TV.

  对这样一个以大量并列连接词前置句首的片段进行了细微地修改,变成如下版本:

  Baseball, the great American sport, is thought of as a summer pastime. As soon as the weather turns warm, the neighborhood kids find a field to toss a ball around. Soon, they form teams and play each other, but all summer, they always find time to listen to pro games on the radio and watch them on TV.

  词汇本身并没有变化,句式丰富性增强了,语言风格更恰当地道。

  语法

  语法也是语言部分考察的重点,少量的语法错误不影响得分。这部分同学们可以认真阅读OG中的Unit9language use部分,解释清晰例子详细,非常完整介绍了语法部分的评分角度。大家往往容易错的比如并列结构错误、词性不清楚(副词当连接词使用)、句子成分残缺等,一定要在平时的练习中改正过来。否则考场上,即便认真检查,多半也是检查不出问题,觉得自己的文章简直完美。

  作文的前期注重积累,后期注重练习。先有输入才有输出。托福不考智商,没有作文是同学们不会写或者说想不到任何理由的,最关键的是,如何用英文准确表达才是关键。所以一定要踏实备考,结合OG中的讲解,以及老师补充的词汇、短语和范文,打好基础。

  托福写作范文:大学应加强设施建设还是招聘好老师

  托福独立写作题目:

  Do you agree or disagree: the universities should spend more money in improving facilities (libraries, computer labs) than hiring famous teachers.

  托福写作模板及参考答案:

  托福写作范文参考一:

  2016年7月16日托福独立写作范文

  宁波新东方 李瑾老师

  Cradles of cultivating talents, universities are supposed to provide most high-caliber education. Responding to the expectation, universities have to think the issue over. Compared with hiring more teachers, from my own perspective, keeping facilities and resources in the universities most advanced and updated is more essential not only for students but also for renowned professors.

  First of all, students are able to enjoy a better study environment if their schools utilize advanced equipment. With the assistance of exquisite inventions such as electronic screen and projectors, as well as laboratory equipment, like microscopes and chemical reactors, studying would no longer be a tedious and repetitious information engrafting process, but a way everyone would like to get involved in. Similarly, definitions and formulas of physics and chemistry will graven in students’ minds deeply if they are aided by the equipment when experimenting. However, hardly can professors crystalize abstract concepts into definite ideas without advanced teaching devices.

  What is more, as for famous teachers themselves, a university that does not invest in its facilities would be appealing. To be constantly enthusiastic on researching their respective academic fields, teachers have a great demand for exquisite facilities to maintain progressing on their own fields. The most sophisticated technological devices offered in universities enable these teachers to conduct successful researches and remain at the top, which is really attractive to those renowned professors. By contrast, old and obsolete teaching and studying facilities will certainly not inspire teachers to keep further academic researching. Also, practically impossible will teachers have interest in making progress.

  Granted, it is conceded that hiring more teachers in universities means guaranteeing education quality in some sense because every student will be concerned and cared about. Even slightest and most subtle academic performance changes of students will be noticed; therefore, teachers can encourage and guide frustrated and upsetting students in time. However, while weighing the benefits brought by investing in facilities and hiring more teachers, we can conclude that facilities are more worthwhile.

  In conclusion, I should reiterate that universities should update their facilities, making a top priority. Without advanced facilities, a university will not be helped further improved.

  托福写作写作参考二:

  2016年7月16日托福独立写作范文(新东方孟炎)

  Advanced facilities, like libraries, research center, university hospital are indispensible parts of a good university while famous teachers are also a big component of a prestigious higher institution. Personally, I think it is better for universities to spend more money in hiring famous professors.

  Admittedly, research centers can be a place where advanced technology is incubated, a library that incorporates state-of-the-art technology can also be conducive to students' study, however, I still believe that famous professors play a more significant role in assessing the reputation of a university.

  First off, well-respected professors in a specific field can bring lots of benefits not only to the whole community but also to the university. To more specific, prestigious professors can come up with theories and solutions to the most intriguing problems faced by human beings, like treatment of cancers, diabetes and even heart attack. Economists can use data and economic models in their empirical study to predict the economy, and it can provide lots of information for the authority to make timely adjustment to their policies. Electronic engineers can design some micro-chips that can sustain large-scale computation. The benefits that professors bring to the school can be also enormous. For instance, a Novel Prize laureate can attract countless research foundations and donations from both the private and public sectors, with this large sum of money, the university can in turn renovate labs, research centers and even libraries.

  Additionally, well-established professors and researchers can educate and enlighten brilliant young students and cultivate future scientists. Famous professors are usually expert in education, they might have been teaching and researching in their field for more than a few decades, thus have accumulated lots of rich teaching experience and developed the most effective teaching approach. Together with their superb charisma, lots of bright young adults will be motivated and inspired and therefore embark on the road of scientific endeavor and exploration. Such inspirations and motivations cannot be brought by improved facilities. Indeed, it is the expertise and charisma of these famous professors that attract thousands of brilliant young students to enroll in a college.

  To conclude, hiring more famous professors are more advisable than renovating facilities since the scientific discoveries brought by professors can bring colossal benefits to both the community and the university, and also the expertise and charisma of well-established professors can attract, enlighten and cultivate future scientists.

  托福写作范文:想要高薪但是工作时间长的工作吗

  托福写作真题重现

  Would you prefer a higher pay job with longer work time or an average pay job with normal work time.

  托福写作模板及参考答案:

  托福写作范文参考:

  2016年7月9日托福独立写作范文

  In the current society full of fierce competition, we can readily observe that landing an ideal job has become increasingly difficult, which forces us to a concession in the requirement of the job we want. When it comes to which is more appealing, a higher pay job with longer work time or an average pay job with normal work time, people varying in backgrounds and personalities may view the same issue from different angles. From my perspective, towards such a long-running tug-of-war, my choice will depends on what age I am.

  On the one hand, during my twenties and thirties, my preference will be a higher pay job with longer work time. For one thing, as for young adults wrestling with various bills in daily life, the high salary will help them to relieve their financial pressure and thus meet their basic need of life. To be specific, the extremely high price of house in China has been beyond the affordable range of most people. In order to pay the rents or afford a house, young people needs desperately a large sum of money which can be earned in a decent job. For another, longer work time is not a big deal for the young, because they are so energetic and vigorous that a sound sleep can help them to restore their vitality. A good case in point is the experience my friend, Andy. As a broker in an Stock Exchange Company in Beijing, he has to deal with large quantities of data and keep close track of any events which may cause the fluctuation of stock price. Although the heavy pressure brought by his job often require him to work overtime and even around the clock, he never makes complaints because the exciting and adventurous experience from selling or buying stocks appeals him a lot.

  On the other hand, n the other hand, when I am at the middle age or old age, an average pay job with normal work time will be much better. After accumulating fortunes in the early years of life, old-age people do not suffer from huge financial pressure so that low income will not affect their life greatly. As we know, the old have owned their own houses and are not interested in pursuing the latest electronic devices or fashionable clothes, thus decresing their living cost to a large extent. As a result, they can lead a relatively high-quality life without high wage. Also, older people are usually those who have got married or even have children, so spending more time accompanying their family members is of great significance. Undoubtedly, the job with normal work time can better satisfy the need of staying longer with their kids or spouse. During the stay, the emotional bond between them will become closer and more intimate.

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