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TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication? #1 (permalink) Mon Jun 08, 2009 21:50 pm   TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication?
 

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Television has destroyed communications between friends and family.
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Nowadays, television has become a necessity of people' life, and it is seen in anyone's house. In my opinion, although television induces to disperse news all over the world, but there are obviously some disadvantages regarding watching television. I will try to explain below some disadvantages of watching television.

There is no doubt that TV has a lot of advantages. For example people can find the newest news from TV. Nowadays, each TV channel spread the news through news programs, so people will be aware what is happening in their country and even all over world. But from my point of view, TV cause people do not communicate among friend and families similar to the past time because they prefer filling their time by watching TV at home.

In addition to decreasing communication among people caused by TV, television induce people to be lazy and not do exercise because there are a lot of programs which people are very interested to watch those. People are always eager to sit in front of TV and waste their time. It cause that people always spend their time in home, neither play game, nor walk around with their friends. For instantly, when I was a child, my family did not have TV. I was always outside and playing football and other games with my friend. It prompted me to have a strong body.

In conclusion, although TV is needed for news and also documentary movie, but it has disadvantages that cause to people not have good communication with their friend than the past time. In my opinion, if people want to watch to TV they sure have to lay out a plan for watching TV whereby they will save their time and could have their communication with their friends.
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Has TV destroyed communication? #2 (permalink) Tue Jun 09, 2009 0:23 am   Has TV destroyed communication?
 

Hello,

I wrote this some months ago. It is the method I use when writing essays. I'd love to share it with you, and I hope it is going to be helpful. : o)

Quote:
How to write a paragraph?

What makes a paragraph?

1. Topic sentence
2. Supporting ideas
3. Concluding sentence




While writing, forget about what you learn in mathematics. 1-2-3 is not the case in writing; it is 2-1-3. In other words, you start with the supporting ideas, then the topic sentence, and finally the concluding sentence. You do not start by the topic sentence. Remember the aforesaid definition of the topic sentence (it is what the paragraph is about.) So, how can you write what the paragraph is about if you have not written the main ideas yet?

In the following, I am going to explain how to use the 2-1-3 method.

You must focus on 4 steps:

1. Observe
2. List
3. Select
4. Organize


Let me explain the steps one by one:

Observe:

Read the topic statement carefully and know exactly what you are asked to do.

List:

This step is called brainstorming or free writing. At this stage, you just jot down anything that comes to your mind about the topic.

Select:

Choose the relevant ideas that you have listed so far and get rid of the irrelevant ones.

Organize:

After choosing the ideas that are to the point, you organize them. To put it differently, you choose which one will come first, second, third, etc.

Let us practice.

Topic statement:

Write a paragraph about the importance of studying foreign languages for students.

Step 1 (Observation)

Observe the statement and highlight the key words. It is quite plain that you are asked to write:

A paragraph about the importance of studying foreign languages for students.

Although the statement is clear, the vast majority will, unintentionally, stray far from it and start writing about other things. That is why the second step is of paramount importance.

Step 2 (Listing)

Brainstorm some ideas:

1. Students will have the chance to communicate with different people from different cultures.
2. They will see the world from a new perspective.
3. They will have more job opportunities.
4. They will be able to continue their studies abroad.
5. Parents will be proud of their polyglots’ kids.

Step 3 (Selecting)

Let us check whether the ideas are relevant or not.

Ideas 1, 3 and 4 are to the point

1- Students will have the chance to communicate with different people from different cultures.
3- They will have more job opportunities.
4- They will be able to continue their studies abroad.
These sentences are about some of the advantages of learning foreign languages for students.

Idea 2 is to the point:

They will see the world from a new perspective.
When you learn a foreign language you also learn about the culture of the natives of that language. As a result, you see the world as they see it.

Idea 5 is not to the point

Parents will feel proud of their polyglots’ kids
The sentence is about kids, not about students.

Step 3 (Organizing)

If you examine those ideas carefully, you will find out that two of them (3 and 4) are about students’ professional life, while ideas 1 and 2 are about the personal life thereof.

Now you have 2 key words for your topic sentence: professional and personal.
Let’s try to write the paragraph now!

Studying foreign languages will certainly help students personally and professionally. As far as the personal side is concerned, students will have the chance to communicate with people of different set of minds (Idea 1). Also, they will be able to see the world and their own culture from a new perspective (Idea 2). As far as the professional side is concerned, students with knowledge of foreign languages will certainly have more job opportunities (Idea 3). Besides that, they will have more chances to proceed their studies abroad (Idea 4). To sup up, learning foreign languages has substantial benefits.

Following the foregoing steps will certainly help you organize your writing.


All the best,

Mouhcine : o)
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TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication? #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:44 am   TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication?
 

Thank you very much for your tips.
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TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication? #4 (permalink) Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:26 am   TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication?
 

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TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication? #5 (permalink) Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:08 am   TOEFL essay sample: Has TV destroyed communication?
 

Hi bro
Really I've benefited a lot from your method .
I would like to show me how to write an atractive introduction and thesis statement of an argumentative essay
Please bro I m looking forward to seeing your answer sooner
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Should university students be required to attend classes? #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:29 am   Should university students be required to attend classes?
 

Hi
My essay about attending class is below. Glad to hear comments from you.
Thanks in advance
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Should university students be required to attend classes?
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The past time, student were obliged to attend classes, if they were absent or even they occasionally did not go to classes, their courses were dropped due to not attending classes regularly. Whereas these days university and high education has evolved widely throughout the world and new type of education has emerged progressively; some of them admit students provided on they surely attend classes, while some university train students via internet and books that they offer to their student. In my opinion, both of them have some advantages.

If students be allowed to not attend classes, they will have more time to study in their home because they will not waste their time to go university. In addition, learning out of class means self control, for example, some student prefer to drink or maybe to eat something while they are studying, in this case they are capable to do what they want during studying.

From my point of view, attending classes has also advantages that some students prefer to join in classes. One reason is that students will benefit from seminar that their classmate or maybe a guest from another university will present in their class and the opportunity is provided for student to ask the vague parts of courses and improving the conception of topics. Another advantage is that sometimes teacher , depend on type of course, will divide classes to small group for discussing that is concession for student because they learn group working.

All in all, from what I have been discussed above, I suggest student should be given the opportunity for the rights of making their own decisions for attending classes. In my opinion, attending to the class as optional brings more advantages for student.
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Should university students be required to attend classes? #7 (permalink) Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:09 pm   Should university students be required to attend classes?
 

In the past students were obliged to attend classes. If they were absent or even if they occasionally did not go to classes, their courses were dropped due to their not attending, whereas these days university and higher education has evolved widely throughout the world, and a new type of education system has progressively emerged . Some of the universities admit students with the proviso that they regularly attend classes, while some universities train students via the internet and with books that they offer to their students. In my opinion, both of these arrangements have advantages.

If students be allowed to not attend classes, they will have more time to study in their homes because they will not be wasting time in travelling to the university.
In addition, learning out of class means self control, for example, some students prefer to drink or maybe to eat something whilst they are studying, and in this case they are able to do what they want whilst studying at home.

From my point of view, attending classes offers advantages that some students prefer. One reason is that many students will benefit from seminars that their classmates or maybe a guest from another university will present in their class, and the opportunity is provided for students to ask questions about the vague parts of courses, and in doing so they improve their conception of the topics under discussion.

Another advantage is that sometimes the teacher, depending on the type of course, will divide classes into smaller groups. That is a concession for students, because they learn more working as a group.

All in all, from what I have outlined above, I suggest students should be given the right to make their own decisions regarding attending classes. In my opinion, whether to attend class is an option which brings more advantages for the students.
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