TOEFL®/IELTS Essay Samples

[Englishuser]

Hi,

Alan is doing a good job helping people improve their English skills on this website. Not only is he eager to create most useful vocabulary tests and newsletters, which are sent out to subscribers free of charge via e-mail, but also spends some time each and every day amending essays submitted by learners of English.

In addition to getting helpful suggestions it would be of great benefit to future test-takers to get to know approximately what their English level is. Alan could for instance tell each poster which IELTS Band or TOEFL Writing Mark a particular essay corresponds to. Also, he could tell the writer what there is that the writer needs to work on in order to reach a higher Band Score such as turning a Band Score 6 Essay into a Band Score 7 Essay.

Let me know what you think,

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TOEFL listening lectures: Who are not included as members of the Underground Railroad?

[Englishuser]

Hi,

I think it is strange that no one has posted any comments regarding my interesting post.

EU

[Torsten]

Hi Englishuser,

Many thanks for your interesting suggestions. What about you, would you like to share your opinion on some of the essays on our forum too? Since you are familiar with the IELTS Band system it might be useful if you tell our essay writers what you think their band score could be.
Let me know what you think.
Regards,
Torsten

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture by a professor of Anthropology

[Konstantin]

The topic is over.
Unfortunately.

[Felixio84]

Hi all,

If someone will appear in this topic, Could you please to give the notice about the assey below? what mark will you give to this writing sample?

Modern societies need specialists in certain fields, but not in others.
Some people therefore think that governments should pay university fees for students who study subjects that are needed by society.

Nowadays government partly supports students who are studying at universities. The financial aid is provided for them who are attending scholarship programs, have excellent scores in various subjects etc. According some people’s opinions government should support the study programs which are the most important for the development of the country and not those that are less meaningful.

On the one hand, it will be beneficial to concentrate all the financial resources on several subjects’ support. It will be a huge contribution for the improvement of quality of education, renewing technical devises, increasing number of students. There will be much more opportunities for the people who would like to study useful disciplines such as adult education, economics, law, social sciences etc.

Besides, arises a question: who can choose the subjects and educational programs which should be financed? Or how can we give priority to one or several fields and all other ones put on outside position?
If we think that we have no good economists, lawyers or others and we should make our choice on those fields it does not mean that other disciplines such as music, drawing, philosophy etc. are not so important for the country development.

In summary I fully disagree with the stated opinion. Governments need to improve their professionals step by step, and at the same time. It does not matter who wants to become a musician or a businessman. All disciplines are important in the cultural, economical and social life of country. I think that the existed financial system for the students is the most appropriate. It gives chances to receive many types of support to all.