#2 (permalink) Mon Jan 23, 2012 21:31 pm Re: could you rate my toefl essay? thanks a lot! |
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Hi, your writing is ok, but please remember to capitalize the first word of each sentence - this error made your essay quite hard for me to read. I also felt you did not really address the essay prompt properly. Your first paragraph states that citizens should be able to choose WHEN to do service, not WHETHER to do it. Then your second paragraph says that international service should be allowed instead of national service. To me, the whole question is whether service of any kind should be mandatory. Because of this, as well as your grammar and punctuation mistakes, I would give this essay a 3/6 based on these grading criteria: http://www.ets.org/toefl/pbt/scores/writing_score_guide/. I think your writing is good enough for a 4/6 if you can address the question properly and correct your punctuation. Keep in mind, I am not an official TOEFL grader, this is just my opinion.
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all young adult should be require to do some sort of nation service for their country- for example service or community service. in{capitalize} our country, as a major[adult] male , the military service is obligatory and we are all encourage[d] to [become] involve[d ] [in] the community service. in my experience, the[working in] social service not only influence[s ] us during the activities , but also make[s ] a significant impact in our life[lives]. however{cap} , attending[participating] in nation[al] service for the country should not become a[n ] obligatory requirement including all the young adult[s ]. First of all , the government should let the young adults chose [for] themselves. this{cap} liberty is necessary, because each person have[has] their own plan for life and study: one could attend the national service in[at] any time when he/she want[s ], .we can possess different schedule to involve this service. {this sentence is too long and difficult to understand} For instance, when I was [a] young adult in[at the] age of 18 , I preferred to continue my study in university. when {cap}I got my bachelor['s degree] last year, I decided to [become] involve[d ] [in] the community service in one[the] year before my undergraduate study . {I don't understand the time here. You get your bachelor's degree after your undergraduate study} during this time , as a volunteer, I teacher the[taught] music and mathematic[s ] in the poorest region of my country. with{cap} my bachelor degree, the wide knowledge make[made] me able to accomplish this vocation. after{cap} that, {this is not a good transition phrase for this paragraph, try "In addition, the activity ..."} the activity should not limited as the[to] national service. there are a large number{"amount - misery is uncountable} of misery in our country . however, our vision should be placed world wildly[wide]. there are[is] also a big part of the world suffer[ing] famine[s ], the epidemic[s ] and the climate disaster[s ]. in[On] my country’s television, I can hardly find the international association’s charity advertisement , such as : unicef , the red cross etc. one can not only take his or her own land as the first{"primary" is better here} consideration. although , this behavior can not be determine[d] as selfish or nationalism[nationalistic], we lose our sprite[sense] of fraternity. the nation and the world are both our duty. in conclusion, the national service demonstrate[s ] obviously its advantages to improve{"in improving" sounds better} our community and to establish[in establishing] a common sense of nation, but the government should not only take concern of particular circumstance and different cases , but also generalize the idea of a social service , because we are all members of global village. {This sentence is too long and hard to understand}
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