Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers’ performance should be evaluated by students rather than by other teachers.
The quality of teachers determines the development of education of any country and the constructive evaluation of the performance of teachers will greatly contribute to the education betterment. Here comes a voice that their colleagues should have the last word on the achievement of teachers in their educational activities for co-workers know each other well and would offer sincere advice. I disagree. I believe that judgments from student will be of actual value.
To begin with, objective feedback from students can boost the improvement of teachers’ teaching activities. English classes serve as typical examples. Students in the classrooms are experiencing their teachers’ teaching activities and methodology, from text explanation and pronunciation to in-class exercise and daily assignment. However, whether the knowledge is effectively delivered and students’ academic ability is enhanced through all these teaching processes could be only assessed by students. With the audience’s comments, teachers can make re levant adjustment on their focus, like diverting time previously spent on vocabulary instructions to writing mechanism, and in this way, English classes will deliver better results.
What’s more, students’ evaluation can build up the bridge of understanding between teachers and students. It is because from their remarks, teachers could know the favorable communication method for students and locate the problems in their daily contact. For instance, students will all make various mistakes in their school years, such as, being late, failing to hand in assignment in time, or even cheating in exams. And teachers have to talk to them as the problems occur. If students could also give teachers evaluation periodically on their communication effectiveness, teachers will find out whether their students like their communication ways or not and make changes if necessary.
Admittedly, we could not ignore the benefits brought by fellows’ remark on teachers’ performance. The reason is that education co-workers always
p rovide many professional suggestions on teachers’ daily work in evaluation process. For instance, guidance on dealing with trouble-makers from senior teachers is always bliss for green hands and time allocation reminder could also help teachers to arrange their class activities properly. However, these abilities and methods do not have to be acquired through colleagues’judgment; they could be obtained through many other channels, such as seminar or reading pedagogical books.
In conclusion, though other teachers’ evaluation could generate some minor merits for teachers teaching activities, this benefit could be achieved by many better methods. On the contrary, the advantages of asking students’ comment on their teachers’ performance should not be replaced, for it can enhance the quality of teaching activities and promote the communication between teachers and students.
考托者应记住的几条公理 1，托福作文就是新八股文 2，托福作文只要练好了人人可以拿27+ 3，托福作文得高分不意味着你英语水平有多高 4，提高英语水平靠多听多读多背多说多写多练多译 首先让我们全面剖析新托福作文：（以下要求均为我自己的理解，非官方版本，官方要求请参照OG） integrated writing/综合写作:要求考生在3分钟内读一篇文章，然后听一个lecture，在20分 （注：文章内容和lecture 钟内根据文章和lecture内容写一篇250字左右文章比较两者的观点。 内容注定是对立的，如果你考的不是对立的，那只有一种可能，你的RP次到了人神共愤的地步了。） 综合写作的八股在于：第一段指出reading passage和lecture内容是对立的；第二、三、四段从三个方面/点来说明他们的内容是怎样对立的；第五段总结一下他们之间确实是对立关系。 independent writing/独立写作：给定一个题目，要求考生在30分钟内写出400字左右的文章，要求逻辑清晰，论述有力，无明显的语法和词法错误。 独立写作八股在于：第一段陈述你的观点，支持哪一方；第二、三、四段从三个方面论述你的观点；最后一段总结一下，综上所述，某某观点是正确的。
综合写作：模板，套模板，一定要套模板！ 理由：1，模板让你的思路更加清晰，这是ETS要求的。 2，20分钟！开玩笑，怎么凑到300字？当然要用模板！ 3，阅读听力我都不怕，就怕作文，写三句话错两句，我怎么得26+？当然还是用模板，既然是模板就意味着是你精挑细选的句子，保证了写作的质量！ 提醒：1，模板要富于变化，一篇只能用5句那你就要准备10句！ 2，模板不能一味照搬别人的，避免重复！ 3，保证模板里的句子没有语法和用词错误！ 一般来说，大家把一下几个句子稍微变形，即完成了综合写作第一步 1. The lecture discusses…which differs from the main idea in the reading that… （用于第一段） 2. The professor made the point that …The reading , in contrast, held a different v iew .（用于第一或第二三四段） 3. Another important point showed in the listening material is that …but the reading presents a conflicting idea that…（用于第三四段） 4. Finally, the professor stated that ...which challenges the standpoint made by the writer who said that...（用于第四段） 5. In general, the professor discussed the problem of …that the reading viewed in a contrary\opposing\different angle.（最后总结段） 6. According to the lecture… on the other hand \while the reading stated that … 7. The professor made the point that… on the contrary\ in contrast\ however, the writer demonstrated an ideathat… 8. The lecture supports\illustrates the idea that… 9. The lecture contradicts\refutes\ is contrary to\ is the opposite of the idea that… 10. Contrary to the belief in the passage that …the professor says that… 11. The professor refutes the viewpoint showed in the passage that… by saying that…（6-11均用于第二三四段） 大家可以把连接词变化一下，把动词变化一下或句式稍变，11句话灵活运用。 除了模板以外，综合写作我们还需要做什么？ 做笔记，做听力笔记！ 99．9%的情况下，综合写作的主体内容是三个对立的观点，所以大家只要把这个三个点记下来，然后把阅读里相应的三点抠出来放到模板里面去，你的综合写作就做完了，就是这么简单！
2013年北美地区托福考试写作真题及解析汇总完整版 前言 由于2012年ML大部分考题为2011年NA，故2013年ML只重考了1题2011年的NA题，结合往年经验和2013年中国大陆的考试情况，不难得出，2014年ML还将以重复2013年NA题为主。这份资料对于明年考托福的同学们含金量十分高。 2013年中国大陆地区（后称ML）的作文题目当中，北美考题（后称NA）比例： 2008-2010的NA题：共15题，占35.7% 2011年的NA题：共1题，占2.4% 2012年的NA题共19题，占45.2 1月12日 Parents learn more from their children than their children do from them nowadays. 此题disagree较容易 按照分类理由，从parents生活经验丰富，技能多，人脉广等角度展开，强调孩子可以从父母身上学到的东西即可。 如选择Agree，更挑战，更适合文笔发挥，拿到满分 1.Wide availability of internet—abundant resource on education—access for children to improve their ability and skills on their own—more capable in terms of life and work—close to parents—be the portal for parents to catch up with the fast-changing world 2.Fiercer competition—demand for advanced and latest technology and skills—relatively easier for children to embrace for their intellectual level and stage of life—also a missing part in parents’ education—parents learn from children to fit into the society 3.让步 2月2日 在经济危机时期（times of economy crisis)，你认为政府应该减少下面哪一方面少花钱？-Education -Health Care -Support for unemployed
【托福真题】2013年7-8月北美托福写作真题解析7月13日托福写作真题： When choosing living place, which factor is the most important one for you? living in an area that is not expensive living close to relatives living in an area with many shops and restaurants 此题重复2012年9月7日NA口语题，再次证明基本上口语第二题和独立写作在共用题库，大家平时准备口语第二题的时候遇到3选1或者比较抽象的命题，都应该留意下是否写作可以写的出来。 回头来讲3选1的题目，有一个比较讨巧的做法，从ABC三个选项当中选择A选项，然后解释为什么A选项可以既有自身的功能，也能实现BC选项各自的功能。 对应题目来说，三个选项的功能分别是：便宜；家人；方便。我选择家人，三段理由分别是： 1.Close to family—spend time with families—share with each other, chat—deepen the bond among families 2.Close to family—receive the care and help from families—cover some expense by eating at home and so on—save money—also not expensive 3.Close to family—homemade food, delicious, safe, better than restaurants; grocery and other stuff from home, save time, convenience—don’t have to live close to shops and restaurants 7月26日托福写作真题: If your teacher says something incorrect in a class, what will you do? interrupt your teacher right away keep silent correct your teacher after class 选correct after class 留学改变人生，教育改变中国！
2008年新托福独立写作北美考题 2008.1.12 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The government should focus on environmental problems instead of on economic development. 利弊型—拆分法 Agree—环境问题 Water pollution Resources deficiency Air pollution Disagree—经济发展 2008.1.18 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People are happier when they finish a challenging or difficult job than when they complete an essay task. 事实型，比较类—拆场景 Agree Disagree 2008.1.27 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Successful people accept new things and take risks rather than hold on to the things that they have done well. 成功类 2008.2.1 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Being creative is more important in finding the best solution to a problem than planning carefully. 2008.2.8 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Advertisements targeting children aged between 2 and 5 should be banned. 2008. 2.15 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It’s important for families to have meals together regularly. 2008.2.23 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology makes people’s lives simpler rather than makes people’s lives more complicated. 2008.3.1
2011年新托福写作北美机经 2011.1.15 Some people think university professors should spend more time doing research while others think they should spend more time educating students.What is your view? (Education) 2010年新托福写作北美机经 2010.1.15 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:In order to become financially responsible adults,children should manage their own money at the young age. (Money) 2010.1.22 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People who go outside are more successful and happier than people who stay in villages. (Success) 2010.1.30 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The government should support scientific research that does not have any practical use. (Government) 2010.2.13 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People holding different views cannot achieve success as a team. (Success) 2010.2.27 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: All high-school students should take basic economic courses. (Education) 2010.3.6 Which is better,challenging plans about one's future or practical plans about one's future? (Success) 2010.3.12 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:If parents want their children to do well at school,they should limit the time their children spend on watching TV. (Education&Media) 2010.3.20
iBT-TOEFL 新托福阅读讲义 （ Mark ） 一、新托福阅读简介 1、每篇文章700词； 2、40道题左右； 3、原始分45分左右、标准分30分； 4、如果阅读部分是3篇文章，则时间为60分钟（时间限定为：第一篇必须在20分钟完成；第二、第三篇在剩下的40分钟完成；在限定的时间段内考生可返回检查、更改）； 如果阅读部分是5篇文章，则时间为100分钟（其中的3篇为计分考题，时间限定60分钟，另外两篇为加试题，时间为40分钟。） 加试题一般为： 第四篇"Mesopotamia & Egypt culture"； 第五篇"Natural Selection of Darwin" 5、阅读考试题型共分10种（另表详示）； 6、文章选材一般为研究类、学术人文类以及科普类；一般文中会出现大量的专有名词。 7、每篇最后一题的评分：8 1）答案为3项，总分为2分：答对2项给1分，答对3项给2分； 2）答案为5项，总分为3分：答对3项给1分，答对4项给2分，答对5项给3分。 三、新托福阅读方法论： 1、狂背单词 2、狂练题型 3、狂做题目 4、狂看机经 四、考场经验： 1. 关于考场:!建议考试之前一定要去踩下点, 不要怕耽误那几个小时的时间,如果因为当天找不到考场而影响自己正常发挥,那实在是一件得不偿失的事情 ! l* j+ ~9 `4 Q) f2.关于到场时间:. I0 v$ j* Y: o; G4 v: z建议提前一小时到场早去以防万一5 3.关于证件:& I9 W% J$ }4 _; h; y记住带上护照和身份证即可缺一不可，检查证件比想象的要严格 g) T) ^* j4 x* q, R* ^- Y4.关于进场:*不要太早进否则写作会受做口语的人干扰，' E% i# o3 q# P& {' r. a也不要太晚进，否则听力会受做口语的人干扰，所以最好排中间进场因为对于抗干扰能利较弱的托友第一种干扰可能不可避免，但是第二种干扰却是可以避免的只要在听力时把声音调大些即可 ) C% @, N* L p L i2 f5. 关于阅读:没有看整篇文章的时间建议不要看全文直接看题&，
2014北美托福写作机经真题 20140111 Is it a good idea for professional athletes and well-known entertainers to pursue a career in politics? 20140125 家长往往会不赞成孩子的老师的教育方式，这很正常，也许家长不把意见表达出来会比较好 Most of the parents at sometimes find disapproval of the ways teachers are teaching their children. It's not suggested for the parents to express their disapproval to the teachers. Do you agree? 20140222 有人认为在city生活比在乡村生活更满意 20140228 Agree or disagree: Nowadays people are more willing to help the people who they don’t know (For example, giving food and clothes to the people who need them) than they were in the past. 20140322 In the past young people are more depended on their parents in making decision. Today, young people are better able to make decisions in their own lives. (20121027NA)(2014.03.22ML) 20140329 Do you agree or disagree: people should use new technologies such as social media and text messaging to communicate with each Other. 20140405 In the past, people were more interested in improving their neighborhood than they do now. 20140412 名人，比如娱乐明星或体育明星，他们的观点对年轻人来说，要比对成年或老年人来说，更加重要。The opinions of the celebrities, like the entertainers,or the famous athletes,are more important to the younger people than to the older people.
I strongly disagree that it is more important for the government to spend money to build art museums and music performance center than do build recreational facilities. I think such recreational facilities as swimming pool, playground, are crucial to people as mass consumption. Therefore they are more important than art museums and music performance.
Although art museums and music performance provide us one opportunity to escape the daily pressure and enter an aesthetic world of sensual pleasure, and also purify people’s spirits by striking their heart, art museums and music performance generally need certain appreciative ability to enjoy. For example, when you see the celebrated painting, Mona Lisa, you probably just consider the woman as a beauty rather than knowing how she is beautiful and why the painting is quite well-known. In contrast, everyone can enjoy in playground and most people can go to swimming pool. Hence, the government should gratify most people’s wish. I think recreational facilities are also fine means of relaxation and decompression despite your age, educational background and so on. They are more closely linked to our daily life. For example, when I feel depressed, I usually like to walk on the playground instead of appreciating masterpieces in an art museum; when I want to do entertainment, I probably prefer seeing a movie rather than watching a music performance. So the mass consumption for relaxation and decompression is recreational facilities. Art museums and music performance center are less important. In addition, we have the opportunity to play sports by a recreational facility, further helping us keep healthy. For instance, Swimming pools are essential in summer. People usually do not prefer playing sports such as running, playing basketball in a hot day. Therefore, they generally like to stay at home and open air-conditions. If things go on like this, they will inevitably get sick. But a swimming pool offers us a good facility to take exercise. Also, most swimming pools now are built indoor, so people could enjoy this sport all year around and keep healthy. On the other hand, swimming is so basic a skill that all people should master it in case. Hence the government should spend money on such a recreational facility first. As far as I am concerned, although there is no denying that art museums and art performance are beneficial to people to some extent, I think spending money on recreational facilities is more important.
托福写作与美国学术写作的区别 笔者到美帝以后专门修了Acdemic Writing这节课，而我们的导师曾是ETS的出题官。这个学期的写作可谓飞跃了了，就因为这门课所有paper都是A+。非常有感触，之前写作是硬伤，所有要跟大家好好分享一下! 不罗嗦，为大家总结一下导师提到的与托福相关的美国学术写作要求。 亚洲学生多数对北美的写作要求不太熟悉，对于托福写作也是了解到写作模式和手法但比较少考虑到其实在ETS的考官眼中托福写作是属于学术写作的范畴。 写作的规范思维模式： Audience—–Purpose—-Organization—–Style—–Flow—–Presentation 首先考虑自己写作的读者群，也就是Audience，托福写作当然就是机改和评卷者，托福的阅卷人员基本为Lingustic，ES0L( English for Speakers of Other Languages), Literature 等关联学术背景的PHD学者。知道他们对于考生的要求对我们来说是十分有利的。 1. 学术化的语言，请大家尽量不要沉陷在优美华丽的句子中，这其实并不是托福写作的要求。学术化的语言严谨，精炼，用词恰当。比如：and so on 和etc. 这样的用法是不规范的，如果要列举要么适可而止要不就全部列举完整不可以用and so on来结尾，这样会被认为是不严谨。在表达得到用―get‖这个词也是非常不严谨，因为get这个词不仅口语化而且本身比较抽象，在写作中用的形容词和动词要越具象越细致越好，用―obtain‖来替换就比较合适。当时我们导师的原话是：The verb and adjective you use should be specific and precise. 下一篇帖子中会对北美学术语言进行具体介绍。 2. 例子的运用。不仅是托福写作，北美教育机构在写作的评定中对于例子十分看重。例子与你观点句的贴合度尤其重要。会有同学先背好不少例子，然后对题套用。这是可以的毕竟临时想到好例子也很难。但是一定要把背好的例子做调整让它更加符合你自己的观点句。ETS对于例子的要求是：As specific as you can. 那么怎么specific，也就是尽量结合你自己特有的生活经历来描述。比如：Once，I went to a cafe, it gave customer discount if they bring their own cup or use mug instead of plastic cup. 这个是在写一个关于商业能否环保的例子。那么这句话可以修改为：Last week, I went to a famous cafe in New York named Spot Cafe. One of its popular marketing strategy is that it provides customer discount, if they bring their own protable cup or use mug in store instead of using plastic cup.
2010年新托福写作北美机经 2010.1.15 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: In order to become financially responsible adults, children should manage their own money at the young age. (Money) 2010.1.22 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People who go outside are more successful and happier than people who stay in villages. (Success) 2010．1.30 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The government should support scientific research that does not have any practical use. (Government) 2010.2.13 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People holding different views cannot achieve success as a team. (Success) 2010.2.27 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: All high-school students should take basic economic courses. (Education)
090919na The government bears the obligation to support the public culture development, as well as public facility construction. So, there is a general discussion about the issue that whether it is more important for the government to spend money on art museums and concert halls than on recreational facilities such as swimming pools and playgrounds. Different people have different views. As far as I am concerned, it is more important for the government to spend money on art museums and concert halls than on recreational facilities. First and foremost, art museums and concert halls are important for the society since people need them to release their art feelings. Artists and audiences also need them to enjoy the catharsis of life and feeling. If you are unhappy, you can go to the museums and concert halls to relaxes yourself. That is why government, as the servant of public service, should guarantee the existence and welling of necessary art facilities. Another point worth mention, art museum and concert halls are vital places. And because it can improve people’s art knowledge. It is a direct and thrilling to learn experienced in a museum where they can go the concert or go to the art museum on weekends. It is a very convenient way to learn art knowledge. Museum can make otherwise distant and
7月26日北美托福考试真题（回忆版） 2014年7月26日北美托福考试真题回忆 2014年7月26日北美地区托福考试都考了哪些题目?阅读 第一篇忘记了，不好意思。 第二篇是一个关于indus writtenartifact. 恰巧的是这个也出现在之后的听力里。 第三篇是关于地球探索的。 第四篇(估计是加试) 关于美国糖果的发展。 听力 第一篇conversation，一个交换生reserve了一个place，then finding that the place isapartment rather than dorm. the student wants to live in a dorm.She didn’t realize there is any difference between them inapplication. then balala... sorry I forget. 听力passage记不起来了，但是记得最清楚的是把arid看出acid直接大致略过此项，其实这个就是答案。哎，两道题都是这个。单元真的是acid, 因为这个是将澳大利亚reintroducegrass which has two advantages over native weep, one is havingdeeper root, the othe is surviving in the drought weather. sodrought and arid are synonyms. I hope there is a typo in thelistening material rather than a miscatch. 口语 1. whichone you will learn: play a pinao, swim, and repair acar. 2.technology devices distance people far more now than before.lz 本来准备的是shorten，原以为题目也是shorten，最后发现是想法的，但是都已经表达了观点。所以就即兴发挥了。希望不要太差。 3.university should sponsor organized a bus trips for 1st yearstudents. 1. 1st year students don’t have a car, 2. senors can bemore familiar with the city.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All university students should be required to take basic science courses even if it is not the field of their study. [重复2008.8.9 ML] 1月11日 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important characteristic to a successful politician or leader is good communication skills. 1月25日 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better for colleagues or classmates to communicate in person than through emails in order to do a project. [重复2014.1.17NA] 1月31日 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The rules that the whole societies today expect to young people to follow and obey are too strict. 2月1日 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on behaviors of young people. [重复2011.3.19 NA] 3月7日A卷 Some people think that it is an important part of a child's education to go on a field trip (for example, museums), other people think a child's time is better spent learning in a classroom at school. Which do you prefer? B卷 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People will spend less time cooking and preparing food in twenty years than they do today. [重复2009.5.31CN] 3月14日 More and more people spend money on their pets, even though there can be other god was to spend money. 3yue 28日 Do you agree or disagree with the statement: It is better to finish a project completely and then do another project than do two or more projects at the same time.
2009-2010年北美新托福写作 2009.1.10 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country. (Education) 2009 .1.17 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Advertising is the most important cause of unhealthy eating habits. (Media) 2009.2.14 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: In order to become well-informed, one has to get information from different news resources. (Media) 2009.2.21 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Newspapers and magazines are the best ways to learn about a foreign country. (Media) 2009.2.27 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: A job with more vacation time but a low salary is better than a job with a high salary but less vacation time. (Work) 2009.3.7 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: It is better to use one’s own knowledge and experience to solve problems than to get advice from others. (Success) 2009.3.14 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: It is better to spend money on traveling and vacation than to save money for the future. (Money) 2009.3.21 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: To remain happy and optimistic when you fail is more important than achieving success. (Success) 2009.3.29 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Twenty years from now on, students will not use printed books anymore. (Education) 2009.4.3 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The best way to improve education is to raise teachers’ salaries. (Money) 2009.5.9 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: To become financially responsible individuals, people should be taught how to manage money at a young age. (Money) 2009.5.15 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement：Professional athletes who receive high salaries, such as football or basketball players, deserve what they get. (Work) 2009．5．30 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Younger school children (aged five to ten) should be required to study art and music in addition to math, language, science and history.（Education） 2009 .6.5 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Solving environmental problems is the best way for the government to improve public health. (Government)