TOEFL® essay: Working individually or working in groups

[Alex Anna]

Topic : working individually or working in groups

Answer:
When you have a project or an assignment, how do you want to solve it? Many choices you can choose such as doing it with your friends or your partners, or solving it by yourself. Each choices has its advantages. From my experiences, working alone is better for me because it gives me success and the chance to be more confidently on myself.

Admittedly, working in groups has many benefits. With your partners, the project can be finished faster. For example, when I studied in university, my group had a project in Wars of world. So we divided it into several parts such as wars in ancient, wars in modern,.. then each of us did one part. In that way, we could finish it sooner and also more efficiently. Additionally, when you work in a group, you also have a chance to express your ideas and have the comment from others. It’s the good way to improve your presentation skills and certainly your knowledge also.

Working individually also gives you many advantages. The first thing is that it makes you more independent. When you work alone, you have to solve your assignment by yourself and you can’t rely on anybody. The way you do , the method you use, or even the manner you present, these are all your work and you have to choose how better to do. This process gives you not only many experiences but also the confident to make your decisions in the future. Moreover, you can manage your time better when you work by yourself. You can do your work anytime that is best for you and you also don’t have to depend on others to have only an agreement. You can schedule your work includes your timetable and only follow your plan. That will save your time a lot.

From my experience, working individual always gave me success. I was an introverted person, so I sometimes had complex about myself, especially when I worked with others. But when I did my final project in university, I did many experiments in lab by myself and I realized that I could do my work much better than I had thought when I worked in groups. I also felt very confident about my knowledge. Working alone gave me a chance to discovery my own ability and many experiences to solve problems that are not only in research but also in my own life.

As I mentioned at the beginning, working alone or working in a group, each gives you its own advantages. You can choose which is better for you. But to me, working individually always the best choice. It is the way I improve my own ability and have more and more success.

TOEFL listening lectures: A lecture from a science class

[Alan]

When you have a project or an assignment, how do you want to solve it? Many choices you can choose such as doing it with your friends or your partners, or solving it by yourself. Each choice has its advantages. From my experiences, working alone is better for me because it gives me success and the chance to be more confident IN myself.

Admittedly, working in groups has many benefits. With your partners, the project can be finished faster. For example, when I studied in university, my group had a project in WORLD Wars . So we divided it into several parts such as wars in ancient TIMES, wars in modern TIMES,.. then each of us did one part. In that way, we could finish it sooner and also more efficiently. Additionally, when you work in a group, you also have a chance to express your ideas and have comment from others. It’s A good way to improve your presentation skills and certainly your knowledge also.

Working individually also gives you many advantages. The first thing is that it makes you more independent. When you work alone, you have to solve your assignment by yourself and you can’t rely on anybody. The way you PROCEED , the method you use, or even the manner you present, these are all your work and you have to choose how BEST to PROCEED. This process gives you not only many experiences but also the confidenCE to make your decisions in the future. Moreover, you can manage your time better when you work by yourself. You can do your work any time that is best for you and you also don’t have to depend on others to have only an agreement. You can schedule your work, include your timetable and only follow your plan. That will save your time a lot.

From my experience, working individualLY always gave me success. I was an introverted person, so I sometimes had complexES about myself, especially when I worked with others. But when I did my final project in university, I did many experiments in THE lab by myself and I realized that I could do my work much better than I had thought when I worked in groups. I also felt very confident about my knowledge. Working alone gave me a chance to discover my own ability and many experiences to solve problems that are not only in research but also in my own life.

As I mentioned at the beginning, working alone or working in a group, each gives you its own advantages. You can choose which is better for you. But to me, working individually always PROVIDES the best choice. It is the way I improve my own ability and have more and more success.



Alan
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