TOEFL® essay sample: Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to...

[Mahdi]

Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I personaly prefer to study alone but I dont deny that with agroup of students has its own advantages.Now I want to explain the specifications of each method. When you study alone you can easily determine that what you want to read now. In the other hand there is no need for adjusting yourself with other students. but when you studty with a group of students you should adjust yourself with the opinion of the group. For example consider this situation : you want to study mathematics in the morning and chemistry in the afternoon but other members of group have reverse idea . if you were alone you could easily choose youe methods for studying but in the group you should accept the opinions of the group.

Meanwhile some students prefer to study with a group of students . They may believe thet studying with agroup of students has posotive effects on their incentive. When they study in a group they rival with each other implicitly. They also can help each other in learning. Some times you knoe one thing While your friend dont know it. In a group you can teach your friend the things that you know. Obviously it has some advantages for you . In fact you reapeat your lessons when you teach them for others . There is an important matter in studying with a group of students . students who study with each other should be in the same level. Otherwise weak students will desperate clevers will not have enough incentive for rivalry. All in all the method that is better for studing depends on youtrself. No body could say that one of them is better than other. Some successful students study alone while other successful students study with agroup of studens.

[Alan]

HI,

I personaly prefer to study alone but I dont deny that with a group of students has its own advantages.Now I want to explain the specifications of each method. When you study alone you can easily determine what you want to read now. On the other hand there is no need TO adjust yourself TO other students but when you study with a group of students you should adjust yourself TO the opinion of the group. For example consider this situation : you want to study mathematics in the morning and chemistry in the afternoon but other members of THE group have OTHER ideaS . If you were alone you could easily choose youR methods for studying but in the group you should accept the opinions of the group.

Meanwhile some students prefer to study with a group of students . They may believe thAt studying with a group of students has posItive effects on their incentive. When they study in a group they rival with each other implicitly???. They also can help each other in learning. Some times you knoW one thing while your friend DOESN'T know it. In a group you can teach your friend the things that you know. Obviously it has some advantages for you . In fact you reapeat your lessons when you teach them for others . There is an important matter in studying with a group of students . Students who study with each other should be AT the same level. Otherwise weak students will DESPAIR AND will not have enough incentive for COMPETITION. All in all the method that is better for studYing depends on yourself. Nobody could say that one of them is better than ANother. Some successful students study alone while other successful students study with a group of studenTs.

Alan
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