托福考试的英文作文

托福考试的英文作文范文

　　SpeakingResponses:FormalorInformal?

　　ATOEFLTIGERVISITORWROTE:

　　DearToefltiger,

　　HimynameisSamarthandIhavejustrecentlystartedreadingyour blogandfinditveryhelpfulinmypreparationforthetoefl.WhatI wantedtoknowwas:onthespeakingsectionisitokayifour responsesarefilledwithsomecolloquialtermssuchasuhmean.

　　youknowandyouwouldntwantto..Orshouldwesticktoa slightlymoreacademicwayofspeaking?

　　Secondly,shouldwerestateourpositionacoupleoftimesduringthe 45secondstoremindthelistener,ornotriskdoingthatatall?

　　Thankyouforyourhelp.Sorryfortheinconvenience.

　　Thanks,

　　Samarth.

　　TOEFLTIGERRESPONSE:

　　ImpleasedthatwerehelpingyouonyourTOEFLquest!Thisisanimportantquestion.SpeakingresponsesneedtobegiveninwhatETScallsanaturalspeakingvoice.Whilethismightseemtomeanthatyoucansayuhwheneveryouwant,Iadviseyoutotakeadifferentapproach.

　　Ifyougettocomfortable,Ithinktheresponsewillsufferinmanycategories.Firstly,itwillseemtooinformal,thisisatestafterall.Secondly,itmightencourageyoutomakemoremistakesbecauseyourenotonguard(formal).

　　Thirdly,itsaneasywaytowastetimeandgradersknowthis.Mostimportantly,itwillnotresultinthemostspecificresponsepossible.Myopinionisthatifyouwantatopscorethenyouneedtoseparateyourselffromthecrowd.

　　Onewaytodothisistoperfectyourspeech.Youdonthavetospeakwithouterror.Thatsimpossible.However,itshouldbeclearthatyourespeakingaswellasyoucan.Anybeginnercanusethesephrases,butnotanyonecanelevatetheirspeech.Remember,

　　whenyouregivingaresponse,youreprovingyourselftothegrader.

　　Ifthisischallenging,recordyourresponseandthenwritedowneverysinglewordandsoundthatyousaid.Theneditthatresponseandtrytosayitagainwithinthetimelimit.Thiswillhelpreduceanybadhabits.

　　Now,thesecondquestionwantstoknowifweshouldrestateinquestiononeandtwo.Whenthetimelimitisforty-fiveseconds,thistimeistooshorttobotherwithrestatingunlessifyouranoutofthingstosay.

　　Ideally,statethetopicwithinfivesecondsandspendtheremainingfortyonreasonsandexamples.Thanksfortheinsightfulquestionsandfeedback!

　　POSTEDBYTOEFLTIGERAT5:07AMLINKSTOTHISPOST

　　LABELS:REALIBTTOEFLTOPICSANDQUESTIONS

　　TUESDAY,OCTOBER9,2007