I retake the toefl tomorrow. If I score a 90 or + overall including at least 24 in writing and 20 in speaking, I promise that I'll create an onlyfans account and give the money to this channel.
sorry to be off topic but does anyone know a way to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow forgot my password. I love any tips you can give me!
Hi Michael! I just got my scores and thanks to you I got way more than I was expecting. I have never attend English classes (I am from Brazil) I just learn by watching tv and talking with natives. This was my first attempt on Toefl and I was aiming 80, but got 107. TO be honest I saw your videos many times couple days before the test and I could not memorize the templates, but during the test your voice was in my head. I even used idiomatic expressions and I got 25. You are such a blessed person, please, keep doing this. I am sure you are helping more people than you could ever imagined. I really appreciate you, thanks again. ;)
I had the opportunity to spend time in the US. In the speaking session I was nervous and did ran out of time. But they were generous with my score, I got 26 for the speaking. I used Michael's template for the writing most of the time, but I could not remember everything. So, I suggest you to memorize the templates. You have time to study. If you follow his method, you will get a high score. Good luck.
@@anamariadealmeidabrito8727 Hello! I am from Colombia. I am preparing myself to take the toefl within two months. How long did you prepare for the test? How did you study? Thank you!
Guys, this is the best TOEFL preparation video! I got 30/30 in wiriting, just follow his steps! Additional hint: Learn some sophisticated words and how to use them _exactly_ , for example: "significantly, utterly, vast,..." This polishes some of the most common words like "very" or "a lot". Good luck to everyone 👍😉🍀
Hi Michael!!! :) I just got my scores today and I really wanted to thank you. I watched your videos on integrated essays and independent essays just 2 days before the exam. I also watched 4 of your speaking videos and these were the 2 parts I was worried about most. I followed your advices, the templates in particular and it worked out really well for me. I got 30 in writing and 29 in speaking (Total score: 115). It is safe to say that the templates are very effective. I also exceeded the suggested word count as advised by you. I wrote 300+ words for the integrated and 400+ words for the independent essay. Thank you so much, and to all those who are reading this, I would highly recommend his videos and tips. God bless u!
Hi ipeach0, so glad that you could pass the exam with such a great SCORE!!! would you please share with us what was the independent writing task question? that would be great if you could share anything you remember.
Hi Michael Here is my essay for evaluation. Thank you. - what is the best way to become more confident? A) read about it B) practice with people C) ask suggestions to experienced people Confidence is built with time, personally I believe that an ideal way to being more poise is to practice with other individuals. I feel this way for several reasons which I will be developing in subsequent part of the essay. First of all, exercising with a group of people will not only expose ones flaws and mistakes to correction but will as well tame nervousness and anxiety associated with lack of confidence. My personal experience is a compelling example to this. Few years ago as an undergraduate student in the college of medicine I was apprehensive about clerking and examining patient for proper routine checks. My professor noticed my timidity and decided to pair me with several other students. Our practice together as a team improved and built my self esteem to examine clients without feeling out of my element. Today I clerk and exam many hospital patients without being frightened and with full courage. Secondly, my brothers encounter also support my notion that practicing with people boost ones image. Haven migrated from Africa to the United States, my younger sibling used to be ashamed to speak in public because of his accent, fortunately he came across an English tutor who encouraged and advised him to mix and practice English language with some natives who resides in same apartment complex with him. Few months after execution of this task my brother has tremendously improved in his speaking and this have boosted his boldness to talk in public. In conclusion, from my point of view I would say that a good practice with persons can boost someone’s assertiveness.
Can anyone evaluate my essay! Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? When people succeed, it is entirely because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with their success. Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position. 444 words Hard work is an important aspect to accomplish any achievement. The other things that are related to gaining the necessary output are generally termed as secondary. I definitely agree that hard work is the only prominent factor to succeed in life whereas secondary factor such as luck does not really matter. I feel this way for two reasons, which I am going to explore in the following essay. To begin with, I believe every person gets an equal amount of time I.e. 24 hours a day. Now, what really matters is how to maximize the time we get. Using proper time management and implying tremendous hard work always results in the betterment of ones’ life. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. I and my friend use to study together for the final end semester exam. I prepared a schedule and started to imply accordingly, going to the depth of the subject and analyzing each and every area of the topic every day. However, on the other hand, had not much dedication towards the process and was much into the superstitious luck thing. He didn’t study the whole but depended on the only topics he referred, thinking that exams will comprise only those topics which he has referred, as he had much confidence in his destiny. Needless to say, the results were completely opposite to what he expected. However, I got the best grades in every subject. On top of that, humans have a tendency to change the behavior when they are around the people whom they admire, it's called Group reference. We try to imitate such a group in order to get fit in for the sake of ourselves. For instance, my older brother who used to work in a corporate firm where he had to give a presentation on recent sales figure of the company for the first time. My brother was a very hard-working person. Although analyzing the working patterns of his co-workers, he decided not to prepare much as none of his co-workers who presented in a meeting in the past had gone thoroughly the sales figure; still, they were appreciated and acknowledged every time for their presentation. Likewise, my brother followed the same path and depended on his destiny. After the presentation, the boss surprisingly had a Q&A session. My brother was not able to satisfy the boss during the Q&A session as he had not implied hard-work in figuring outing the sales numbers in detail. In conclusion, I strongly believe that it’s the hard work that really matters to succeed in life, whereas another factor such as luck is just secondary; and depending on such factor normally results in regret.
Some people like to travel with a companion. Other people prefer to travel alone. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. For many people, their best memories are of times they have been traveling while on vacation. Although some people prefer to travel alone, I personally find traveling with a friend to be the better option, if possible. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. To begin with, I think travelling with a companion is much more fun. It is exciting to discuss one’s plans with a friend and to experience things together. Afterwards, over dinner, one can recount everything that had occurred that day. In contrast, traveling alone often means doing things alone, particularly if one is somewhat shy. My own experience demonstrates this concept. Three years ago I flew to Cape Town for a holiday. I was alone for the first week, while a friend of mine joined me for the second week. Although I found many things to do on that first week alone, I had no one to share my excitement with. I quickly realized that half the joy of discovering something new was in being able to share it with somebody. When my friend joined me on the second week, I had a lot more fun. We would laugh and talk and share meals together. Consequently, it was a completely different experience and one I much preferred. Secondly, it is safer to travel together with a partner. As a woman, I would feel unsafe travelling to a foreign country alone. Being two, you are less vulnerable to crime and if anything were to go wrong with one, the other person could raise the alarm. For example, on a recent overseas trip, I went off hiking by myself as my friend wished to sleep late. Unfortunately, however, I underestimated the difficulty of the terrain, and stumbled over a rock, twisting my ankle. I was by myself and there was no mobile phone coverage. Luckily for me, my friend noticed I had been away for a long time and came looking for me. She found me on the trail and she was able to help me back to our hotel where a doctor treated my injury. If I was traveling on my own, I am not sure what I would have done in this situation. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that having a travelling companion is far superior to traveling alone. This is because, in my view, it is more entertaining and a lot safer.
Sir I never comment on anybody's videos but today could not stop myself from writing this. A Big THANK YOU for providing such great videos.. I used the templates you gave for my TOEFL exam and scored 110 with 25 in speaking and 29 in writing..all thanks to you sir
@@taniapal7169 Responses to all writing tasks also are sent to ETS. The responses are rated by two certified raters and the automated scoring system on a scale of 0 to 5. The average of the scores on the two writing tasks is converted to a scaled score of 0 to 30.
@@meriemmouissat5944 I wrote the session of the 24 August, and there are no changes to the writing part. If you follow Micheal video, you do not have to worry, in my case I was not even aware that there was a 2019 version of Micheal video for the writing sections, so I used the video for 2018 and it was great However, There are minor changes in the Speaking (4 questions now).and the listening sections. Good luck!
Hello. Thank you very much for your videos. I used your help to prepare for writing and speaking and got 27 and 28 points. I cannot express how grateful I am. Wish you all luck with your channel!!! Thank you one more time!
This is my first time i ever made a comment on a video, but i wanted to thank you for this wonderful video, i got the grade on TOEFL writing wich i needed. A biggggg thank youuu keep up the great work. .
I have made this essay before you explain how I should have done it. But I rather you correct this one than the improved one, because I can see how I would really score. Personally, I rather having an interaction with my professor and my classmates than just listen to the teacher speaking. I feel this way for several reasons. The vibe of the classroom, the openness to discuss the topic, the new ideas and questions that can come up in a debate, for instance, are very important things that a interact class can preserve. Students in a classroom listening to teacher speaking over and over about something can be extremely boring. The vibe of the classroom changes if it becomes a discussion, or if you can just talk to the lecturer and be sure that you understand the lesson. What was once boring is now interesting, because you can participate and engaged with the information. Furthermore, the debating and interaction can open space for new ideas and subjects that would come up only because of this dynamic. If it is just the professor speaking, the topic will remain strict into this subject, instead of expand and become a bigger knowledge. In conclusion, I believe that an open conversation in a classroom can bring more benefits than a normal, ordinary class with just the teachers word.
Question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer Whichever field one is working in, a basic understanding of the idea and the concept behind is critical to his or her survival and success in it. I personally believe that understanding concepts and ideas of a field or a topic much more vital than to learn the facts related to them. I feel this way for two reasons. First of all, remembering facts is an issue of the memory. We all know that memory is limited and not very reliable. Why put effort into rote learning facts and remembering them when we can just look them up in the internet or a book. No matter how many facts we manage to remember, without a proper understanding, we will be able to extend our knowledge to related topics or extrapolate the information we have to analyze other stuff. My personal experience during my research internship is a compelling example of this. I was someone who believed in understanding over cramming, while my co-intern was a high grader and a master at cramming. Our first task was to study a new concept and find out how it can be applied to analyze the current problem that we were supposed to work on. Within a few days, he mugged the entire paper up and was ready to regurgitate it to anyone who asked him about it. But when he was asked to formulate an approach to apply the knowledge to the problem, he was clueless. I, on the other hand, took more time to assimilate the information and understand the mechanism behind it, but once I got hold of what it was, I was fully equipped to solve the current problem and finally ended up finding an answer to it in a couple of days. Secondly, when we talk about exams, especially the ones where professors put effort into making the paper, cramming is never good. In a very theoretical subject, maybe, it might help one get a good grade, but if, at all, a question is asked from somewhere a little outside of what was taught, the person who learns by-hart will face a lot of difficulty in answering it. I have seen a similar situation in my history class in high school. The topper of my class was a boy who was proficient in rote learning. He scored more than ninety percentage in history tests most of the time. That year, however, we had a new teacher who taught history like a story and a play. We focused more on the thought processes of the rulers and kings rather than the events that took place. Naturally, the topper had a tough time following the class because he had not proper facts and dates to mug up. Everything was abstract, which he was very uncomfortable with. Consequently, he performed poorly in the test while many of the others aced it. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that leaning concepts and ideas upon which something is working is much more important than remembering the facts and details because understanding helps you to apply your knowledge and information to a new problem to solve it, whereas just facts only help in regurgitation. Another reason is that, in any exam that requires you to think a little outside the box, conceptual knowledge is what helps you, not information. It would be great if you could rate it. Thank you
I think that in your conclusion you should not add another reason.
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Hi Michael! Thank you for your awesome videos! With just 4 days of preparation I managed to get 107 points total, including 25 for speaking and 24 for writing. I used your templates all over the essays and spoken answers, without it I'm sure I would have gotten much less. Thanks again, keep up the good work!
Dear Michael, I was watching your videos and then reading students comments and essays, one thing cached my eyes which I believe is your nature, you born with it and it's your passion, your positive energy, your sense of caring , your Golden heart even when you picked one essay still you are guiding others and checking their essays. I believe you love your job and students even if you don't know them and money is not everything for you, the best example of human being. I'm a nurse and I have to get a good grades on Toefl to be able to get my RN license and work as a Nurse in America. I wish you all the best and I keep watching your videos and when I get to the point to write a perfect essay I'll post it here. Lots of love and I'll pray for you in my meditations.
I have been teaching TOEFL for 12 years. This is an excellent video. You make many excellent points and you break down the question and essays very well. Students will benefit hugely from following your template.
In this globalized world we should aim to meet new people and make new acquaintances, and it is even better if along the way you can learn about different costumes and cultures. I personally believe, that making new friends is more relevant than keeping your old ones. There are two main reasons for this: first, meeting new people can expand your network and business conections, and second, if you meet new people from other countries you can learn about their cultures and costumes which will enrich your experience and knowledge. To begin with, everyone that wants to succeed in the business world has to be able to meet new people because they might be your partners in the future. In contrast, people that fail to make new friends and only hang around people that they already know will not be successful in the long run because they will not be able to have new partners. I experienced the perfect example of success just recently. About two months ago, I met a person in a networking event, so we exchanged contact information and had dinner together a couple of weeks later. I had never connected so much with a person before (business wise at least), we talked and agreed in forming a new partnership for our new venture. Needless to say we now have a successful business with twenty employees and growing! This would have never happened if I didn’t decide to go out and meet new friends. Secondly, I think that learning about different cultures and costumes contribute inmensely in expanding my view of the world and my knowledge. For instance, I went to Madrid to study for a year and had the opportunity to meet dozens of people. I made very good friends and learned an awful lot about their culture and costumes. As time went by, we made sort of an alliance and got to know each so much about one another; each of us cooked food from our countries and told stories about how life is different from where we were at. I would not have had this type of experience if I didn’t meet this friends. In conclusion, I think that meeting new people and making new friends will enrich your life in unimaginable ways. While some people decide to stick with their old friends instead of making new ones, there are those such as myself that prefer to get out of the comfort zone and meet new people. Whether it is to meet your new business partner or to learn about different cultures and costumes, I think it is best to make new friends than to keep old friends.
When you face difficult problems in life, what do you feel is the best way to solve them? • Asking someone with more experience for advice about the problem • Finding information about the problem using the Internet • Taking a long time to think about the problem Throughout our lifetime we face all kinds of problems, whether it’s work, relationship, finance, health, problems are inevitable, and they are part of our lives. Personally, when I face hardships in life, I prefer to take time off and look for solutions for the problem. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, taking a time to solve the problem gives me opportunity to find the most accurate and correct solution. In other words, stepping back and looking at the bigger picture allows me to weigh the pros and cons of possible solutions and look at the problem from another point of view. it is important to look at the situation from all the different angles and weigh the possibilities before making a wrong decision, that will, possibly, affect the rest of my life. My own experience is a compelling example of this. Few years ago, before I had graduated high school, I had to decide what to do next in my life. The options were to continue studying, get a job or take a gap year. The graduation was coming closer, so I had to make my decision quickly, therefore I was constantly anxious. However, after thinking about it for a while, I just decided to relax, give myself the needed time to think about my future. I thought about all the consequences of each possibility, made pros and cons list and talked to my parents. Consequently, I decided to continue my education and go to college. If I didn’t allow myself to do so, I would’ve made wrong decision. Secondly, I believe that taking a time and relaxing instead of being anxious about the problem all the time, is good for my health. To put it in another way, nervously running around asking people about your problem or searching the Internet will make you more stressed. Consequently, it might make you physically sick. For instance, one of my close friends was not on a good terms with her family. Instead of taking a time to look at the problem from her parents’ point of view and talking to them, she let herself fall into depression. Besides that she was always talking about her problem with her friends, with us, and we couldn’t do anything to help her except calming her down. She really wanted to fix the situation but she didn’t know what to do and didn’t give herself time to search for solutions. In conclusion, relaxing and thinking through your problems is the best way to deal with them. This is because it helps us make right decisions and not let the problems affect our health.
Hello! I picked a different essay this week, but I just wanted to leave a few general comments. They are: 1. Just use "taking time." Don't use "taking a time." 2. Use "solutions TO xxx." 3. Just use "good terms." Don't use "a good terms." 4. Put a comma after "besides that" when it begins a sentence. If you still need a full check I encourage you to post a new essay as a NEW comment.
Well, given that I posted a practice essay here for correction, I figured I'd share my results here. I got 27 on the writing (108 overall) and I must say that this template was a huge help. I fully recommend it!
Hi Sir, My name is Mathieu. Below is my Toefl's independent task. Thank you in advance Today's century is often called the age of globalization. Customs and culture are spreading from countries to countries like never before thanks to media and other means of communication. These customs also include the way people live. In my opinion, I think that our conduct will negatively affect the generations* to come. I am of this opinion for three main reasons that I will develop in this essay. To begin with, I am convinced that the way we eat will have an impact on the health of the future generations. We live in a world where it is more and more difficult to eat bio food. People consume food which are full of genetically modified organism, added sugar, preservatives so on and so forth. This has already been a lot of generational diseases in today's society such as diabetes, short sightness and so. My example is a compelling illustration of this. We all wear glasses in my family and it all started with my mother and my father. Secondly, the future generation will have trouble socializing if we do not our behaviour. Our world is really technology oriented in such a way that screens and sign boards everuywhere especially in western countries. Children are educated by TV show presentators, cartoons in the place of their parents. Moreover, youth spend most of their time on their smartphones. Last year, I was with some friends at a graduation party. While were waiting to be served , I noticed that all of them focused on their smartphones to the extent that nobody wanted to start a discussion. Thirdly, today's atmosphere is highly polluted. As a result, our great grandchildren will hardly breath pure and fresh air. The numbers of industries keep on increasing in countries such a China. That's the reason why people often wear face mask there. Personally, I feel comfortable when I am in non rural areas because the air is fresh over there. In conclusion, future generation will be in danger if nothing is done today. This is because of the food we eat, technology addictions and the air we breath.
Prompt: agree/disagree: In the past it was easier to identify what type of career or job would lead to a secure, successful future. Nowadays, choosing a career path is one of the fundamental decisions that every person need to make to achieve a successful future. In this regard, some believe that in the past it was easier to choose the type of career or job that would lead to a fruitful life. I agree with this idea and will explicate my reasons in the following paragraphs. First, in the past, there were fewer options for people to chose their job and this caused the job selection process and predicting future success much easier. For instance, 500 years ago, there were many more people who lived in small villages. These people did not have many choices for their job, they either had to become a farmer or a smith or a related job. Therefore, everyone could think of their capabilities easily and found out which job suits them better. However, in the current age, there are many more options for every individual to choose their career path. This fact makes it harder to consider all the possible jobs and select the one which would lead to a more fruitful future. Second, today one needs to work so much harder to be successful in their life and career than those who lived in the past. The industrial and technological advances changed people lives and careers dramatically. There is much more to be done by a person for a business to be successful. For example, consider a high tech company like Google. In this company staff members, especially the researchers should work and think many days and months on a topic to find a better solution for a problem. This kind of work which needs a lot of concentration and hard thinking was not around in the old times. In those days most of the jobs were to do the same thing over and over again and therefore they did not need innovation and hard thinking. Hence, a lot of jobs these days need a high amount of dedication to work, this means that one needs to love their job to be a good employee, otherwise they can not make progress in their career path. In contrast, in the past, this was not the case and anybody who worked harder and for more time would be more successful than the others. To sum up, I assert that these days identifying the job which leads to success is much harder for the young because not only do they have so many options for choosing their job, but also they need to work harder to get a promote and be an impactful employee.
Where do you prefer to live? Countryside, city, suburbs Choosing where you want to live is a personal choice that has to be taken seriously based on your own priorities. If I had to choose, I would definitely prefer to live in the countryside and I plan to do so in the future. I feel this way for two reasons that I will explore in the subsequent paragraphs. First of all, a great way to make the countryside comfortable to live is to also make a living out of it. One of the ways you can do this is by owning a farm or a ranch. It doesn´t get more convenient than living at the same place you work; it saves you time in commuting, as well as you get to spend more time at home. Personally, I love animals and I am a veterinarian, therefore, my dream and goal ARE to purchase a piece of land in the countryside to build my house and a farm. Recently, my husband and I visited this family ranch in Merritt Island, FL. They have many activities incorporated in their own land, of which tourists and people, in general, can go and visit at any time they are open. Among the activities, there are horseback riding, petting zoo, AND barn and cabin rentals, etc. Going there helped us experience just a tiny bit of what living in the countryside is, but it sure convinced us that IT is what we want in the future. Secondly, living outside THE main cities is very quiet and allows you to enjoy and connect with the sounds of nature. Also, it allows you to experience beautiful sunsets and nights with thousands of visible stars that are normally hidden by the city lights. For instance, my husband and I went camping IN Okeechobee a few months ago. On the night we spent there, we saw so many stars that it looked like a city in the sky, and plenty of shooting stars. Also, it is so quiet that you can listen to the sounds of alligators, insects, and owls, which are my favorites. Personally, those moments bring me peace of mind and it is what I’m looking for when choosing where I want to settle. To sum up, I think living in the countryside is the best choice for me and my spouse. It provides us the opportunity to work from home, spend time with animals and to live in peace and quietness, in contact with nature.
Came here right after receiving my TOEFL scores, just to thank you for the wonderful resources you provide for free! I got a 119/120 (30 R 30 L 30 S 29 W). Your speaking templates are amazing, I was never confident in my speaking abilities until I came across this channel, your templates helped me a lot! You're a legend!
Your videos have helped me a lot to get a satisfactory score, but I want to share something I think others should know. I took TOEFL 2 times. In my first attempt (July 2019), I got 105 (L:28, R: 28, S:24, W:25). I needed to improve my speaking score, so I took the test 2nd time (December 2019) within four months of my 1st attempt and got 107 but this time I got 21 in writing. I am not sure why my writing score dropped so much. All I know that both my integrated and independent essays were of appropriate length and addressed the topics that were given. Although I followed writing templates both times, I think ETS is becoming strict day by day with templates and maybe that's the reason my writing score went down in 2nd attempt. I cannot say with full confidence that following template is the main reason behind my reduced writing score, but I am pretty sure I answered both the task as complete and relevant as possible. I honestly cannot think of other reasons.
Hello Michael, I watched your writing videos and they are really helpful. Actually I didn't memorize the template but I learnt the outline and useful words from your template. Finally I got 28 in writing, thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your help! I've just received my toefl scores 30/30/26/27. It was my second attemp and this time I managed to get my 'dream score'. Without your channel it wouldn't be possible. Have a good one!
It is more important to keep your old friends than it is to make new friends. "A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation", these words of Hector Hugh Munro perfectly describes that wrong friends are not always wrong sometimes they behave like a true friends because they introspected and felt some guilt. I personally believe that childhood friends are the best friends as compared to new friends. I will illustrate my position to discuss two major aspects of friendship through the positive outlook of my grandfather's friends during World War II and the compelling prospect of my friends with Modern Technology. First of all, friends are those who share their thoughts and help each other. My grandfather's friends were also like those friends. They helped each other to survive during World War II. For example, the effects of World War II, it was a devastating war which took millions of lives. The war began in September 1939 when Germany, under Chancellor Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. This war destroyed everything but not my grandfather's friendship. My grandfather's childhood friends were not good, they always bullied him. They treated him like animal but after sometime they realize their fault and apologize to my grandfather. From then they became best friends forever. During the World War, my grandfather and his friends helped each other to find a safe place for survival. Hence, my grandfather's friendship is a reasonable view that old friends are the best than others. In the second place, friendship helps people to feel safe and secure in this advanced society. I have lots of friends but technically my high school friends are best because they know me very well. Now we are connected to each other with social media like facebook. This modern technology connects people even when they are at a long distance. For instance, the principle of Modern Technology is the use of knowledge to create something to enhance life. It has gradually become a part of our everyday life. Now everyone is connected to each other through mobile. One day I lost myself in the forest and was frighten because I forgot path. Then I call to my old friend, met in high school, for the help. He immediately came for and start search in the forest without any fear. My friend detected through GPS of my mobile and retrieved me back to home. From then I realize that old friends are the best. Thus, my friendship is the good standpoint that rather making new friends, it is better to have old friends with you. In conclusion, I strongly agree that childhood friendship is the best friendship than new friendship. This is because of the affirmative perspective of my grandfather life and because of the constructive approach of my life with Modern Technology.
the prompt was: always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship between people. do you agree or disagree Maintaining a relationship is not an easy task, and it also depends on the person you are dealing with. For example, It is not difficult to keep a relationship with a friendly person, while it may be hard to keep a relationship with a stubborn and bossy person. Generally speaking, I believe that honesty and truthfulness are one of the important factors in any relationship. I feel this way due to some reasons which I am going to demonstrate in the following paragraphs. First of all, being honest with someone will make him feel that you are an important person in his life since it means that you always trust him and that you do not have a reason to lie. I am going to compel this with an example of my own experience. When I was in elementary school, I had a friend who always got along with me and we never lost touch. He always asks about me and my family affairs when my family experienced a tough time. Instead of ignoring him and saying that everything is alright, I told him about everything. I think that this was the reason why we were able to build a strong relationship. Secondly, being dishonest with someone can lead to breakups. I can recall an example when I was in secondary school, in which one of my classmates asked me to lend him my book and I lied to him by saying that I did not bring it that day. Eventually, when he figured out that I had the book that day, he stopped talking to me. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that truthfulness is a must when trying to build a relationship. Since it shows the person his importance and it does not lead to breakups.
Hi! I picked a different essay for evaluation this week, but I just wanted to leave a few general comments for you here. They are: 1. Your essay is, sadly, a bit too short. Aim for about 380 to 400 words in total. 2. Obviously your second body paragraph is really short. This will hurt you a lot. 3. No examples in the introduction! Just follow the template! 4. Use the templates for body paragraphs as well.
Question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. There are many types of knowledge: cultural, academic, movement and more. The truth is that a person never stops learning and science will never stop improving. Personally, I believe that it is a good idea to have a general knowledge about different academic subjects for three reasons, which will be explained below. First of all, to own broad knowledge about several topics helps a person to have a bigger picture and understand better an academic manner.That is the reason why several universities around the world have general courses in the first semester of their curricular plan. For example, in Peru is a well known law for high standards colleges to have a year of introductory courses in all their careers. In my experience, I have gone through a 2 year program of introductory courses at PUCP university in Lima and I could not be happier about it. This was a really helpful program that benefit students who came from different academic backgrounds and creates a standard from it in order to give the students a common and fair academic beginning. Secondly, while being aware about different subjects a student can be able to explore more about each of it and later decide what he or she likes most. Consequently, a variety of topics will come up and will create a curiosity for students. It is a common case that people enters university thinking they will study law, but later they change to sociology. Why is this happening? Well, psychologist explain that at certain age a person's mind is settle in a place where the decisions are made of by external opinions, later when this person investigates beyond his or her own barriers, some topics can come up to be more relevant and the decisions they make can now be support with facts. In third place, to know a little bit about every topic will help you to develop yourself. this statement applies for languages, it is good and very helpful to know a few worlds in every language, because it will help you to develop yourself not only academically, but socially. It also helps to believe that your abilities are not limitate and this will encourage your self esteem. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that, owning a broad knowledge of several manners, academically speaking, is a really good way to encourage ourselves. Because it gives us a bigger pictures; help us to realize what we like most and have plenty experiences and, finally, make us believe that our abilities are not limitate.
Hi Michael! I used your templates for my speaking and writing sections. I suppose I did paraphrase here and there but I used your templates as my base. I finally got my score today, and, I got 105. My sectional scores are: Reading: 30, Listening:24, Speaking:24 and Writing:27 Thank you so so much for creating such wonderfully helpful content for TOEFL. P.S: I did screw up my speaking section a bit. I struggle with focusing in the face of external distractions. So, that’s on me 😄😄
Awesome score. Congrats! Can you please share what you did for Reading and Listening? Michael has a lot of good stuff on Speaking and Writing but on Reading and Listening, I'm still looking for useful content. Appreciate your response.
TOPIC: A teacher's ability to relate well with students is more important than excellent knowledge of the subject being taught. ESSAY: Education is one of the most important element of modern society. What and how we study can completely change our lives and how with interact with others. For these reasons, tons of researchers have studied what is the best way to teach. While some people believe that professor should be only expert of their subject to educate well, I personally think that the relationships they can build with their students is much more important. To begin with, if you love your teacher, you will pay more attention to his or her classes. As a results, you will be more interested in the topic taught and you will learn more. I remember when I was a 16 years old and I could not get along with my literature professor at high school. I stopped to read essays and novels becaused I associated those works with the homeworks she gave me! As I decreased my reading, also my comprehension and writing skills worsened and the scores on all my assignments started to collapse. If only the professor would have been more friendly and encouraging with me, I could have kept reading as usual and maintained good skills. On top of that, lecturer do not need to know eveything about what they teach in order to make you master that subject. For instance, they can organize the class with debates or projects and make the students learn the topics needed by themselves before any explanation. Then, the professor may review the discussion among students or revise the projects just to point out areas in which they may be some mistakes of improvement to be made. In this way, students will develop more autonomy and critical reasoning. That is how lectures are organized at Harvard Business School where professors apply the famous case method. They do not teach directly any principle, but let the students discuss about the case and steer the debate towards the points they think are crucial. If this styles of teaching were implemented in many schools, I do believe that people would be better prepared to face everyday problems to find a solution. To sum up, I strongly support the idea that the connection between teachers and students is the most important factor for a successful education because not only students will be more interested in what the professor has to say, but also there is no need of perfect knowledge to teach others how to master a subject.
Q. People do many different things to stay healthy. What do you do for good healthy? Use specific reasons and example to support your answer. Health is wealth not the pieces of silver or gold. Even though everyone understand the importance of health in life, no one is doing anything for staying healthy due to a busy lifestyle. Personally, I believe that we should do our best efforts to stay healthy in this crowded life and for that, I always prefer to do exercises and to stay away from junk food. Regular exercises or any Physical activities is the best way to maintain physical health. It may be any outdoor games, yoga, running, dancing, work out in a gym or maybe walking also. The purpose of the physical activities should be to warm up the body, regulate blood circulation and to maintain the outlook of the body.in this busy world if anyone gives at least one hours for his own body it will be beneficial for whole life. Furthermore, Persons can feel more focused, energetic as well as mentally strong for any work. When I was in high school. I always fall ill during summer vacation due to my daily routine. So, when my mom brings me to the hospital, the doctor wants to know my daily activities. When I said my humdrum activities he suggests me that I should do any physical exercise during morning or evening. Because my daily routines include to watching television, playing video games and reading comics. Therefore, I was feeling more dull and tedious. When I apply doctor suggestion in my daily life I was feeling more physically and mentally strong. My mother also help me to come over from this situation by providing healthy foods. So, persons should take part in any physical exercise to stay healthy and fit. Indeed, Good Food is the key to good health. So, it is important to include the necessary food components each day in our meal. Components like protein, minerals, starch and carbohydrate which are significant for the human body. A person should also aware of the drawbacks of fast foods and the effect of low qualities food on health. it is good for everyone to consume homemade food as compared to junk and fried food. Many meals adversely affect our organs and make us seriously ill. When I was in college I had a chemistry class in the morning. So, I did not had enough time to prepare breakfast daily in home. I was always preferred to eat in cafeteria after class which include bread and fried Bhajiya which is a portion of Indian food. After two months I fall serious sick and hospitalized. Doctor suggest me that I should eat homemade food which are rich in nutrients because due to the bad quality of oil it affects my digestive system. I waste almost a month to recover from my sickness. So, it is important to consume a good meal for good health. To sum up, many people want to be a fit person in this world and they should pick up some time for their health in busy life. The body movement is good for the health and good food is keep our inner organs fit and fine.
This is a good start... but you didn't do anything I suggested in the video! You even did a few things I specifically said not to do! Just watch it one more time and try posting another essay.
@@Toeflresources Q. Agree or Disagree It is better to visit a foreign place in old age instead of young age. Trip of foreign country require a perfect plan, lots of money and a good physical strength to enjoy it. But often people face the dilemma to choice a perfect stage of life for an overseas trip. Personally, I believe that it is better to explore the foreign sites in young age instead of old age. I feel this way for the two reasons which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, International trips are requires lots of energy to avoid every problems during the trip. Often people plan a trip with a lots of good aim. Therefore, everyone wants to explore maximum places in limited time and money. So, it is obvious to travel continues without losing energy. Even though local government provide well facilities in tourist sites in every countries, many sites need lots of physical strength to visit and enjoy significant parts of place. Furthermore, Person cannot carry lots of homemade foods in trips. So, sometimes Lack of local facilities can damage person digestive system from nonstandard foods and water. Therefore, individuals need strong physical health so they can tolerant every bad situation which came during enjoyment of abroad trips. Indian trips, for instance, need lot of energy and physical strengths. When I was in college. I visited India for three days on my educational trip organized by the college. I had never imagined that it will be difficult for me. When I saw the plane of trip it was a quite simple and only five historical place I had to visit. but when the day was started I just lost my whole energy while visiting only one fort. It was massive fort with thousands of steps and big walls which we have to cross to see important places of fort. We spend whole day and even cannot explore every part of fort despite the trip was planned. We just lost one day and lots of energy. We were young age students but our body not supporting for next place. However, our educational tour was extended for one day and we adjusted in many things to cover the money for one extra day. Secondly, Young people are expert in adjustment which is significant for any international trips because well planned trip can also face certain problems which cannot be anticipated. Young people do not feel any social pressure in adjustment with anyone in any condition. On the other hand it is not possible every time for old people to manage in each condition during trip due to their social reputation and respect in society. My own experience is the compelling example of this. When I planned the trip of Nepal with my three friends it was quite good. But when we reached in Nepal I lost whole money. We decide to adjust in every condition because we was very exciting to visiting the places of Nepal. Instead of hotel we take a room on rent. It was a small room with no basic facilities. We save money on hotel and food also to visit the places that we had planned. But it was impossible to any old person to adjust in that condition because they have a respect in society. In conclusion, young stage of life is the perfect time to visit any foreign country. This is because people in the young age have lots of physical energy and adjusting nature which is perfect for any overseas trip.
@@ajitpandey623 Hey, I picked a different essay to check this week, but thought I would mention a few general thoughts: 1. Study grammar as much as possible. You need to grow in this area. 2. Try to avoid easy adjectives like "good." 3. Don't start sentences with "so." 4. Memorize the template a bit better. 5. Don't start sentences with "but." Feel free to post a new essay (in a separate comment) if you want to be considered for a full evaluation next week.
Would be taking my test on August 5th. Considering my self lucky that I found this channel. Will definitely be following all his instructions. Wish me luck guys !!!!
Hi Michael, I was really boring while studying for the toefl exam but at that time it is really enjoyable and effective for me after visiting your website and watching your videos. Thanks a lot.
Hi Michael! Please allow me to thank you for your kind support. With just following your templates I scored 24 points in writing, very helpful templates indeed. Without your templates it would have been difficult reach this level. Thank you very much!
In Panama, kids are first introduced to formal education at the age of three. Subjects such as math, language and science are introduced to their lives, however, less attention is paid to the development of their social skills. Because of this, I believe that a teaching style that is focused in encouraging social interaction, is the best oriented. I feel this way because of two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, every child has a different personality, peculiar tastes and abilities. In order for kids to be able to accurately develop each of their skills, they must be encouraged to explore their environment and surroundings. In many cases, a restrictive school schedule may result in a decrease of the amount of time a student can dedicate to socialize and explore. In fact, I can personally relate to this situation. When I was nine years old, I remember I loved to talk with my neighbor classmate and because of that I was being constantly scolded by my teacher. When my mother asked me about the situation, I responded that the reason I spoke so much in class, was because we were always busy with homework and were never able to play. Consequently, my mom spoke with the parent´s club in order to request that recess time be extended. As a result, I stopped being scolded, got higher grades and even enjoyed going to school. Secondly, being able to make mistakes and correcting them, is the best way to ensure long lasting knowledge. In order for students to be confident enough to voice their opinions, it is necessary that the environment in which classes are being developed, invites them to interact with each other and their teachers. I can recall a story my niece once told me, it was around nine months ago. During one of her math lectures, the professor kept mentioning the word ¨factorize¨, my niece just couldn’t understand what it meant, but didn’t feel confident enough to ask, as she felt everyone else understood. Finally, after giving it a lot of thought, she raised her hand and asked her teacher. At the end, it resulted that no one else in the class actually understood the term either, so this is a perfect example of how being brave enough to admit one´s ignorance, can actually be a way of becoming even wiser. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that allowing students to interact with each other, can ultimately boost their academic performance and maximize their social relationships. This is because of our natural instinct of widening our understanding of human understanding.
hi, Michael! Here is my recent essay. In order to be successful, people have two choices 1) To take risks 2) To keep cautious and careful Which one do you think is the better way to succeed? Give reason to explain your choice. In this day and age, it is common that people desire to be successful by reading books on self-promotion, listening to relevant lectures, and meeting powerful persons. However, the more crucial factor to be successful is individuals’ characters. From my perspective, taking risks is the proper approach to succeed because opportunities surrounding risks and chances usual being in the Blue Ocean. There is a motto existing in Wall Street that find the opportunities among risks. It is human’s nature of avoiding risks and dangers, so the brave person will obtain chances that are not found. Taylor Swift, for example, one of top pop singers globally, is trying to protect artists’ intellectual property. Six years ago, she sued the Apple Music company which was extremely powerful in music because the big firm did not pay her and other artists copyright payments, even all of her songs are free in mainland of China. She definitely knew that suing Apple Music company was a risky decision and I quote “I was so scared when I decided to do this because I have nothing if I failed suing”. She won, however, for all of musicians’ copyrights. Yes, she seized her opportunities - protecting her intellectual property - from the risk of losing everything. Another angle is that Blue Ocean Strategy is the vital part to be successful. As we all know, Blue Ocean Strategy is exploring the new areas to achieve succeed. It is widely shared that to explore new areas enables explorers to be advantageous in competition. To take Elon Musk as an example, he was a dreamer and dreaming about exploring the Mars when he was very young. Many years passes, he announced that he was going to build rockets in order to find human beings’ future planet when he owned a large amount of capital. At that time, every one of his friends, partners, even strangers thought Musk being insane and insensible because it was a huge risk that he would lose his everything if rocket plan did not work. Nonetheless, Musk insisted outer space was Blue Ocean Strategy. As everyone knows, he has become the first person who has capability of exploring Mars and building rockets. Undoubtedly, he is one of the most successful and powerful entrepreneurs. Conclusively, to take risks is a better channel to succeed owing to offering individuals’ more chances and exploring new areas. Admittedly, being cautious and careful is necessary sometime because such attitudes would decrease faults. Nevertheless, do not being wrong is not the best way to succeed, but seizing opportunities or aiming higher is.
Hi there, just came by to say thanks for these videos. I literally got a 30/30 in the writing section. My final scores where 29,30,24,30 which ads up to 113/120. Make sure you guys practice the speaking section (I didn't). Thank you and good luck to y'all
"Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grades encourage students to learn. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion." Education it`s an important part of our lives, in this century we have a multiple ways in learning and how to be more educated. it`s extensively valuable to know which method it`s efficient to have a power full generation of education.personally,i believe that grades encourage student to learn.i feel this way for tow main reasons,which i will explore in the following assay. first of all,grades make student working hard, and be more productive,usually as a human being we need something to motivate us,so when we know that there something is going to evaluate us as a grades, we will put more effort on it and all what you have to be rewarded as a high grades,this encouragement made a better students.my personal experience is a compelling example of this.about 5 years ago when i was in the pharmacy school, my biology professor used to give us a graded quiz every week,as result he made me study for this class every 2-3 days to keep my self up to date,and be ready for the quiz,which is all included in my GPA.in a contrast, in my history lecture the professor used to give us a quizzes each 2 weeks foe his own survey,for this reason i had to study just for the exam.as u can see with grading put me in the right track as a pharmacy student. secondly,when you experience the grading, this give you the sense of competition with your colleague, in this struggling life we need the competition,to reach your goals,even faster and that`s what you need in the real life .for instance,i remember my sister when she was at the medical-rip field, most of her salary depends on the competition with other company for the same ingredient of the medicine. since she graded all the time while she was at pharmacy school,which give her to motivation to be number one among her colleague, that`s help her also in the field and hit her target. In conclusion,i am of the opinion that grades encourage students to learn, this is because make them more active and productive so they feel smart, and because they become more successful in their life and career.
hey i just wanted to say thank you for this super duper informative vid!! i went from a 99 to a 111 in just a month, gladly because i was able to discover your video for writing!! i went from 22 to 29. you’re amazing !! :)
I made my TOEFL exam last Saturday. I've just received my score: 104! I came directly here because I used your templates for the writing section and I scored 25/30 :) The other results are: Reading 27/30 Listening 29/30 Speaking 23/30 I have to say that it's all about practice. In fact, the speaking section is where I practiced the less. Anyway, thank you a lot for your videos!
Which of the following jobs would you prefer to have? - A job at a company that offers challenging and interesting projects but few vacation days. - A job at a company that does not challenge you, but offers a lot of vacation days. Uses details and examples to support your choice. An effective essay is usually at least 300 words long. Every individual has attribute of his/her own working in an environment, and it is still important that we choose the one which suits best our character. Personally, I believe that working in a challenging environment is extremely beneficial; besides, there are less days for vacation. I feel this way for two reasons which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, working in challenging environment makes opportunities to our further promotion in our professions. Our long-term success depends on challenging events we meet, thus it is critically important to get involved in. If we do not develop this skill we will never experience a better professional future. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About five years ago, when I started working as a civil engineer, was a conservative personal who could not meet challenges pretty well. However, after taking responsibility of a challenging public sector project and supervising the project in a pretty good manner with extraordinary results I came out of my shell and changed to accept challenges. As a result, when I started my own business I overcame every single challenge very well and became a natural leader. For this reason, I promoted my business and now I am a prosperous businessman of my town. I have been very successful in my career and I owe it all for that challenging project. Secondly, working with challenging projects are interesting than going on vacations, so we enjoy more as we get much involved in. When we start working on a project instead of leaving for vacations we get more interested to the career. In contrast, if we leave for the vacation then projects are delayed that makes them more hating and difficult. For instance, when a brother of mine was hired as construction manager for a private company he took challenging projects. He could not leave for any vacation for more than three years as he was too busy. Moreover, he was getting more enthusiastic any time I was meeting him in his office, and it was all due to his heavy busyness. It has been the fourth mega project he successfully fulfilled using this way and it is still very useful. In conclusion, I ma of the opinion that it is a great idea taking challenging projects instead of going on lots of vacations. This is because they help us getting more insight into our career, and because they help us being involved and enjoy difficult projects.
Movies and television strongly influence the way people behave 21st century appears to be the age of technological development and ,naturally, mass-media has a strong influence on society. In my opinion, credits to one of the strongest influence on people goes to TV and movie industry. I feel this way for two main reasons, that I will explore in the following essay. First of all, famous figures have a great impact on society for the following reason - they are idols for regular people with big dreams as celebrities achieved big success out of nothing, but only with hard work. Consequently, every single of their behaviors is copied by us and we develop trust towards our idols inattentively. My own experience is a compelling example of this, just a year ago I found out about a blogger who had her TV show - Leandra Medine and almost fell in love with her work. Her devotion and openness towards public made me admire this iconic woman. Accordingly every single product she shared via social media or her talk-show had a great marketing influence on me ,she pushed me to develop style and taste just like her. I unconsciously started to feel myself under the pressure of mass-media. Secondly, one of the most popular ways of advertising products nowadays is ads in the TVs and appearance of products in the movie. Psychologists and experienced marketing specialists focused on studies of society and apparently came up with the most influential field for the society. Even if people don't pay attention at the advertisement in the tv still our brains memorize them and have impact on consumers while making choice. For instance, my grandmother had zero knowledge about gadgets, once she had to buy her first laptop in the technique store so she eventually ended up buying one advertised in the TV and one she saw in lots of movies, the reason was simple other brands were pretty much unknown for her so she made her choice on the brand she developed trust towards. All things considered, I personally think cinema and television industry affect way people think and behave, i feel this way for two main reasons, first impact celebrities have on us is tremendous, and way advertisements influence our brains is too obvious.
Agree/Disagree question: Overall, the widespread use of the internet has a mostly positive effect on life in today’s world. The main theme of this essay is the usage of internet and how it affects person’s life. Personally, I believe that internet has overall positive effect on the manhood. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, with the use of internet you can search and find much more online jobs. Thirty years ago, when the internet usage was not an option, there were very few jobs where you can work from home and earn money. Now when all the important stuff is organized through the internet, there are a lot of online job offers. Not only for working online, you can use the internet for participating for a standard job, you just need to send your CV to the company. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. Before four years, when I started my studies and I started to live alone, I needed more money than usual. Because I was going to the university campus in the morning and I stayed there till 4 o’clock, I couldn’t get a standard job. I started seeking on the Internet what can I do to make my own money and I found a lot of job offers. My job was organizing and designing different internet pages from local stores. This was a great opportunity for me to make my own money and stay flexible about the working hours. Secondly, if you use internet you can communicate with people even if you are far away from them. With the new technology of smartphones and cameras, you can easily communicate with everyone and it doesn’t matter if they are at the other end of the world. Not just for communication with your family, this type of communication is often used to organize different working meetings. For instance, when I was in Germany to work as a student during the summer, I used to call my parents all the time so they don’t feel that I am not around them. When my friends were gathered together and played some game, they used to video call me and we would play that game together. With the use of this technology you can feel less lonely and you can feel like you are closer to your loved ones. In conclusion, I am of that opinion that internet can be used to improve life of today’s people. This is because you can work from the comfort of your own home and you can communicate with the people you love wherever you are. [426 words]
Q53: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for governments to spend money to improve Internet access than to improve public transportation. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer? Answer: Internet is an important parameter for any nation that is planning to cope with evolution in the world of technology. The quote say: “the world becomes like a small village”. Personally I believe that internet is a momentous issue for any country and its population. I feel this way for two reasons where I will explore in the following essay. First of all, nowadays, a lot of jobs are offered through online, not only inside the border of the country but also vacancies in any place worldwide. My life is a compelling example. About ten years ago, after my graduation, I failed to find a job. As I do not know from where I should begin or where I should send my curriculum vitae, then I begin searching on line and I found a lot of corporations that I contacted them from my home. Surely, I awe the start of my career to the internet. Secondly, through online people can reach to their doctors easily from their home for any medical council or ask for prescription in emergency. For instance, my old friend David faces health problem while his doctor is travelling abroad, it is difficult to meet him, moreover, any further assistance need the history of the patient. However, the internet makes it easy to contact him and through e-mail, he sends the medication and recommendation that we need to deal with the case. Thanks for the internet which make people so close to each other even there are in a further distance. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that internet is critically important. This because it helps lots of people to initiate their career, and because it helps patient to contact their doctors without moving.(288)
@@Toeflresources I want to make an upgrade. I got 81. my aim was 80 and above so I am happy for that. My reading and listening parts were very low but thanks to you Micheal, writing and speaking sections were 24 and 22. I couldn't believe it. I have a tips for everyone, I took my break 5 min and come back early so that I could prepare my speaking and writing templates. By this way, I was ready for filling the blanks. It helped me a lot. I advised to everyone.
Hey Michael! I just got my scores recently and very thankful for you. I was struggling with my writing part, after watching your videos I get confidence but still, doubted it. At last, I got a decent score in TOEFL thanks for you. For the aspirants go follow the video you will get your dream score.
Q: Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what type of neighbor is the best to have? -someone who is quiet -someone who we are similar to -someone who is supportive Use specific details and examples in your answer. A: Quietness always contains peace inside. In my opinion, neighbor who is quiet is better than similar or supportive neighbors. I believe in this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First, I need silence to study well because I’m undergraduate student. It’s important to have quiet people around me, it is key point to focus on my studies. I make presentations every week, I have papers to do, and I have to pass exams each month as well. My concentration may distract too easily, so I must be in silent room to ready for studying for all these stuff. I think most of people need silence to concentrate on something. My own experience is quite compelling example of this. Two years ago, I was living in an apartment in İzmir and some of my neighbors are too noisy. I had to study for university exam at that time, however it was impossible to do. After weeks I could not handle this situation on my own and I asked for a meeting with people from all apartments in building. In this meeting, we got new rules and after 8 p.m. every apartment would be quiet. I could study thanks to this rule and I passed the exam which I studied for. Second, if the neighbors are not quiet, it means you know lots of things about their lives. I think it’s really annoying knowing private lives of people who you don’t care about. Moreover, their behavior is too inappropriate, they don’t care about this issue, so they are bothering other people doing this. For instance, I moved in a new apartment last month and I met my new neighbors without talking them. They were chatting so loudly and I learned about their university life without wanting. Sometimes they are arguing, shouting each other, and swearing. In my point of view, as a new neighbor, meeting someone like this is quite bad. It made me think they are not people who I want to meet and chat. People should be respectful and realize they are living in society which requires living as community. Some of people are not be able to understand that there are other people around them, and it might go back them in a negative way. In conclusion, I strongly believe that quiet neighbors are the best. I believe in this way because I’m student so I need silence, and noisy neighbors may be quite annoying by letting you know about their private lives.
I picked a different essay to check this week, but I wanted to just give you a few general tips. They are: 1. You should try a bit harder to memorize the template (word for word). You made some changes, and they all hurt you. 2. Write about "we" in the topic sentences, not "I." 3. Indeed, don't talk about "I" until the example. Never before.
Please evaluate this! Thank you! Childhood is the period from which an individual learns the basic education and how to behave in real world. Since the beginning of childhood we are taught to be honest as much as possible. But in my opinion, sometimes it is better to be dishonest and I will try to explore my views in the subsequent paragraphs To begin with, everyone believes that honesty is best trait and should be acquired by all individuals of the society. However, sometimes honesty can make things more convoluted. It can increase the misunderstanding between employees working in same company. When I was working in my previous company, we were grouped into teams and were assigned a project. The project completion requires some confidentiality between groups as well as our manager. Whereas, one of our team member, due to his over honest trait in his personality uttered the basic idea required for completion of the process to higher authorities and they started causing hindrance in our work. Consequently, we were not able to finish the process. Moreover, too much honesty can cause distance among family members also. Sometimes, sensitive matters need not to be addressed but when an individual in a family tries to disclose the tiny matters among different people of family, that can lead raise major issues in their life. When I was child, we used to live in joint family. At some point of life, some minor happenings occur in our business due to my uncle and he tries to explain the things that were gone wrong to my father that leads to unnecessary issues among them and they got separated. If my uncle sorts out that matter on his own by being slight dishonest, that issues can be avoided. Thus, being dishonest can be sometimes beneficial in a long run. In conclusion, I believe, sometimes it is better to dishonest as it can prevent things to become complicated among colleagues or different groups of peoples and can prevent misunderstanding between family members over small matters of their life.
Q: You have enough money to purchase either a house or a business. Which would you choose to buy? Give specific reasons to explain your choice. A lot of things attract peoples’ attention when they can afford expensive items, including such as a new house or even a business. Each of the alternatives has self-explanatory advantages and drawbacks; however, in my opinion, I agree that a business is a better option. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. To begin with, owning a business you can earn much more money than you had initially. It is reasonable to invest money in order to gain higher revenue later. An experience of a friend of mine is a compelling example of this. He had a good job and after a while saved money to buy a new accommodation. Having ruminated and estimated all pros and cons, he postponed the house trade deal and, despite this, invested money into a consortium dealing with the novel research center investigating cancer diseases. It was a profitable joint-stock company, and, in two years, he earned more than put in. He was able to buy not only a new house but also a car, and to continue to earn money. Accordingly, as you can see, he could not have afforded all this unless he decided to buy a business share. Another point to consider is that permanent income is essential for life’s stability and free. When your business is successful, you do not need to think about the salary and can do things you really want rather than that you need. To illustrate, a person is able to consider his job as a hobby once he does not need to build a career and compete with others. Purchasing a flourishing business that will bring additional stable earnings, in other words, opens opportunities for self-realization and helps to tear the restrictions imposed by the pecuniary aspect of life. This exemplifies that choosing the participation in a corporation instead of momentary obsession, an immediate desire for a new house, can lead to a more comfortable life in the future. In conclusion, for the above-mentioned reasons, I firmly believe I would choose to buy a business rather than a house. Not only will it bring addendum profit that can highly overlap the house’s price, but also will enhance the life’s quality by opening new opportunities and allowing more freedom. People ought to choose rationally with perspective for a future. Thank you for your videos!
This is not a proper TOEFL essay question. I urge you to find a question that matches the three patterns described in this video. After you do that please post your essay as a new comment and I will consider it for evaluation next week!
Hi Michael!!! There is no shortage of debate about the effects of the Internet on people. Personally, I believe that as long as web search is used properly, it can be an invaluable assistant in every sphere of our life. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, in terms of academic content, there are abundant lectures and articles to carry out researches. Students do not waste their time to look for data, because the cloud makes it easy. Their tasks are only discriminate sources and sift information to marshal facts. My own experience is a compelling example of this. On one occasion, my professor gave me an assignment on nuclear physics for the final exam, which is the most complex part of this subject. I found a lot of books related to the topic, but the information in these books was limited. Added to this deadline were no much to read them find useful facts. Therefore, I started using web search, especially, I looked for lectures and articles, which were no long but enough to me. Before two days from the deadline, I absorbed so much information on nuclear physics in little time with the help of the Internet, in other words, I finished my task and was ready to examination. In the day of the exam, I was very confident, because I had already learned almost all concepts of this topic. Secondly, we can use cloud storage to get informed of the news. Although there are competitors of the Internet in this field, such as TV, radio, newspaper, it is the fastest and cheapest way of stay current. Furthermore, there may be misleading facts, but renowned companies for news are reliable. Because they struggle for consumers as well as fame. Therefore, we can get true information from Online searching. For example, three months ago, a false fact about the decease of governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was released in every media ranging from radio to newspaper. In addition, some web sites published this information, but the famous site, Guardian proved that was not reliable and true data. According to the evidence of the Guardian, Arnold was ill, but not serious. After that many people changed their beliefs about news publishers, and they began to rely on primarily the online cloud. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that the Internet is a great and useful tool in our life. This is because there are many sources to conduct researches and because we can use it to stay current.
""Some people spend their entire lives in one place. Others move a number of times throughout their lives, looking for a better job, house, community, or even climate. Which do you prefer: staying in one place or moving in search of another place? Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion."" Many people spend their lives searching for a place to settle down and build their career and grow a family, on the other hand, others are looking for adventure and experiences in different countries. Personally, I believe that people should invest their time and money to construct a good structure life which makes it/them possible to afford travel and foreign experiences. I fell this way for two reasons, which I will explore them in the following essay. First of all, we grow up with our families, which gives us support when we are in the studying process until we receive the first job opportunity. Besides that, friendships and relationships come up naturally. When we become workers, we are concerned about buying a house and acquire goods. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About ten years ago, I have started working in a multinational audit company as a trainee. Since that time, I had a life target of buying an apartment and a car. During this period, I finished my graduation and I was promoted as a manager, so, it allowed me to achieve my target. In addition, my work rewarded me with a trip to Italia and it allowed me to taking my mother with me. Secondly, a solid career plan gives us the possibility to include our dreams and hobbies. For instance, the director of my department had spent two years in New York throughout an intern exchange program. She is an example of workaholic and effort influence for the team, as a result, she was recognized and could accomplish her personal goal by traveling abroad. In conclusion, establishing a strong and healthy life's pattern may offer you alternatives ways to keep your expectations. This Is because familiar bases help to insist on your targets and because it will allow you to continue doing what you like to do.
Your essay is filled with great detail and transtions are on ponit but there are some few grammaar errors ,besides that its a good one .You just need to work on your grammar to turn this into a superb essay.👍😊
Hey Michael, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your speaking and writing templates! They were very helpful for me to reach the grades that I needed!
Thanks for these great explanations! I had an overall band 7 in ielts academic a couple of years ago, and now I'm panicking for my coming TOEFL test, i don't know i think after deep analysis, the ielts was much easier than this, meaning especially the speaking and maybe the writing sections
Hello Michael, Thank you so much for your videos, I used your advice to do the independent essay from my guide to the TOEFL, I couldn't finish in time. It's definitely too long and it has some error (dept instead of debt for exemple), but I decided to let it like that to have your idea of my score and to have your feedback. Hopefully, you will take my essay this week (fingers crossed) :) Some young people chose to leave the parents house early to be more independent, other's feel the need to stay longer, what is your opinion on the subject (not exactly this, but it was mostly that) Becoming an adult usually rimes with leaving the parents house. Personally, I believe we should not feel the need to leave our childhood home too fast. Independency can be gain in a different way. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, to become independent in a secure way, we need to feel financially secure which is extremely difficult if we leave our home too early. As we usually have to continue post-graduate school while becoming adult, we live out on loans and we only accumulate depts. If we leave our parents house, we will have to allocate a budget for food and rent while having to pay for school. My personal exemple is a compelling exemple of this. When I was a teenager, my mother couldn’t afford to pay for my education and she made me promise that I would not leave the house before finishing my degree. She wanted to help me in the only way possible which was by giving me a place to live for free. I still felt independent during my university years. I was implicated in the apartment chores and I was helping as much as I could with dinner and lunches. Today, at 31 years old, I still have 20 000$ of university dept. If I had left my mother’s house, I would have had so much more money to reimburse and I would not feel free at all. Secondly, staying longer with our parents is a great way to become a house owner and thus, feel independent faster. It gives us the opportunity to accumulate money and directly start our life with our own house instead of renting an appartment. For instance, I have a friend that stayed home three years after starting to work full time. She gave a small amount to her parents every month as rent, but was mostly putting money aside. These three years helped her accumulate enough money to buy a house all by herself at 27 years old with little paiements every month. She is now fully independent and pays the same price as my appartment rent because of the money she was able to give as a first paiement on the house. If she had left earlier, who knows how much money she would have given to an appartment that would never come back to her. We can see how much of an investment it is to own a house instead of paying rent to someone else. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that it’s preferable to live a little longer with our parents if it is a possibility. This is because it gives us a better chance to start our adult life with less dept and much more independency and security.
Thank you, Michael! Hope my essay will be chosen! The question and response are below. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?In the past, young people depended too much on their parents to make decisions for them; today young people are better able to make decisions about their own lives.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Without doubt, young people are becoming more independent today. Many factors have led to their self-independence. The patterns of interactions with parents changed through the years, resulting in young people's making decision for themselves more and more. And with the help of information revolution, young people are able to tackle any problems they meet in life. Instead of depending on parents to decide for them, which is usually the case in the past, contemporary young people are good at making their own decisions. In the first place, children nowadays tend to live on campus at a rather early age due to the heavy workload of parents, and this forces children to learn to depend on themselves. Interactions between young people and their parents have changed so much that parents often don't have enough time to spend time with their children. Driven by tight work schedule, some parents will send their children to schools that accomodate students of very young age. Those bording schools are where children learn to become self-disiplined and acquire basic skills of life such as washing clothes, interacting with people, conquering difficulities, all by themselves. Gradually, they could make decisions by themselves. Furthermore, the Internet provides young people whatever they are curious about, from which they can easily find guidance in life. It's so convenient for young people to access any information needed to make decisions by themselves. Whether it's to learn to deal with love affairs or to choose a career, young people will get strageties and knowledge online. Most of the time, what they get from the Internet is more practical and useful than from parents, since the Internet bind humans' experience and intelligence together. Having acquired the methods of self-learning, young people are able to make whatever decisions facing them. For instance, when a young man breaks up with his girlfriend and doesn't know what to do, it's embarrassing for him to get suggestions from parents. Instead, the internet is where they tend to turn to for solutions. He will make his own decisions on whether to pursue the girl or just give up. To sum up, young people are more and more making their own decisions today than in the past. Though decision making by themselves, they are learning to be responsible for themselves at the same time. With mature value judgement, young people would benefit more from the decicions made by themselves.
Thanks for your great video. I take TOEFL to enter PhD program of a top school in the US, and hopefully, want to get 27/30 in writing. Here is my essay for the question I found on your site. I would appreciate if you pick this one! Q. "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to use printed materials such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the Internet. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. " Online technology has caused a major impact on how to conduct research. In my opinion, it is better to utilize the Internet. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. To begin with, I can access much more information via the Inernet than via books. It is said that the amount of information that is existing online is far much larger than in books. If you rely only on hard materials to do reseach, then you may not be able to find useful sources that help you, but if you use the Internet you can always find what you want. For example, when I was in a college, I took a history class. I had to write a term paper on World War I to obtain the credit, so I seached the university library at first. However, soon I realized that there was no books containing information I want, and I consulted the professor. He suggested using the Internet, and I could immidiately find a ton of reliable sources. This example demonstrates how useful the Intert is in gaining a vast amount of information. Secondly, materials on the Internet are more reliable than books because they can be corrected easily. Sometimes, even famous professors make mistakes in writing articles or books. It is difficult to correct the printed materials since they are already phisically distributed to university libraries, while the online information can be replaced by just uploadin new version. My own experience demonstrates this point. Last year, I downloaded an academic article from a prestigious journal. Although it did have printed version, I used the electoric one. Then, about 3 months later, I got an email from the journal, and it said that there was a mistake in the article and corrected versions were uploaded. This notification was made possible becase I used the Internet and thus my log and contact information had kept by the journal. If I had used the hard copies, I would not had got this correction information. In conclusion, I strongly believe that online materials are more preferrable in reseach. This is because the Internet widen the range of information that I can obtain, and the online sources are more likely to be correct.
Hey, I took a look at your essay! You can download it over here: www.toeflresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Research_checked-4.docx I think this one would score 21-23 points, but take a look at the document for specific comments. Please come back and let me know that you have seen this comment!
@@Toeflresources Hi, thanks a lot! Your comment is so helpful to me. I didn't know that I should use "we" instead of "you" or "I". I noticed that I make many mistakes on spelling and verb tenses, which would be reduced if I had time to proofread my essay. Are there any tips to complete writing essays faster?
i am so thankful i stumbled upon this video. tomorrow i will be taking my exam and your videos have been huge help for me. hopefully,it all goes well. thank you for your hard work!
Michael, thank you so much. Your videos were very helpful to me. For those who are interested in samples of the independent essay, Michael has several on his website, I highly recommend them.
Thanks a lot for your video! Question prompt: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In today's world, it is more important to work quickly and risk making mistakes than to work slowly and make sure that everything is correct. Nowadays, there is a big tradeoff between speed and correctness of a specific task. Personally, I believe that the first priority should be soundness and reliability of your work. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, I think that we should break our assignment into seperate parts and check each part before starting the next part. If someone does something wrong right at the start and do not recognize it, this can have many severe consequences in the final outcome. As a result, the basis of your work is the most important and you should make sure you put the first building blocks very presicely. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About three years ago, when I was studying for the university entrance exam, I was reluctant to see the solutions of the problems before solving them all. Once when I was studying physics, I understood the main method for a kind of problem completely wrong. I went there and solved all the problems based on that misunderstanding. After I saw the solutions, I was surprised to see that all my solutions were wrong. Consequently, I was forced to read the concepts again and solve all the problems for the second time. By doing this, I wasted a lot of valuable time, and besides, I got upset when I saw that I solved all the problems incorrectly for the first time. Learning from this experience, I decided to solve a small set of problems and then see their solutions. This method helped me to conceive my mistakes and not repeating them again in the next problems. Secondly, I think that the reliability of the work is much more important than how fast you finish it. A product that is ready sooner but nobody is sure that it works in a suitable way, is obviously not promising. On the contrary, the product that comes later, but everybody is completely sure that it has the best performance and never crashes in important occasions, may attract so many people. For instance, when I was a child, I always used to finish the exams sooner than anybody else. I was satisfied with the fact that other students admired me for solving difficult problems that fast. In fact, my grades were also excellent as well. However, after some exams, I saw that there are numerous little mistakes in my exam papers. These small mistakes, mostly caused by immense speed and lack of concentration, resulted in some bad results as well. As a result, I understood that I should check every part of the paper before handing it out to my teacher to recognize and correct these small mistakes. By doing that, my grades were enhanced considerably. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that working slowly but without mistakes is more important than finishing the task very quickly. This is because some works involve stages that depend on each other and you should make sure that each stage is finished without any defect before moving on to the next stages, and because in the final product, soundness and reliability are much more valuable than how fast you finish and hand out the work. I will be happy to see you correct the essay line by line and know your suggestions, and if not possible I will also be very happy to only know which score I will get in the actual test with this essay. I used everything stated in the video for this essay, except I wrote around 500 words. I also checked it with grammarly and there were some small mistakes on grammar, punctuation and dictation. Thanks in advance!
Hello! I picked a different student's essay this week, but I just wanted to mention that this IS very excellent work. I think you will probably do pretty well on the test. Just write less so you can focus more on grammar. You are a bit weak when it comes to articles, and I bet slowing down will help you to spot mistakes on your own. If you want to be considered for a full evaluation just post your next essay as a NEW comment. I might take a look next week.
@@Toeflresources I submit one of my essays which is a bit weaker than the last one in a new comment. I will be happy to see it corrected line by line and know your suggestions, but if it is not possible, I really like to know which score I will get with this essay on the real test. Thanks in advance!
Hey, I missed your essay when you posted it. As I said above, if you want to have your essay checked, post it as a NEW comment rather than as a reply. Replies get buried deep down where I can't see 'em and the notification system ain't so good. :(
Today, education techniques and tools are becoming so much variant yet available than ever before. In a world where education is an authentic right for all human beings. Further development and sustainability of education became more challenging and competitive in order to make this process as efficient as possible. Hence we spend a vast portion of our lives at school , this time should be a worthy investment and an enriching experience. My personal experience is a compelling example for this. First of all, when I look back, I realize how much it shaped my personality . In my preparatory school, where I always loved and enjoyed chemistry class, I still remember how if felt when chemical material interacted with each other, as it kept boiling inside those tubes , changing their colors and evaporating into fumes . This was exciting ,enthusiastic , interactive. This took my whole attention, made the scientific material easier, made the laboratory a nice place to gather, communicate with my classmates, learn and have fun. Actually I think I needed to see that happening just once in the laboratory in order to memorize the scientific details and the experiment the whole semester . This was merely enchanting. Secondly, linguistics class was a burden on my chest, as the teacher kept saying new vocabulary sometimes, while other times we kept just repeating it or including the new words in some sentences. It took me a long time to breakthrough that psychological barrier in order to get out of my shell and have courage to express myself using any new language. Actually this teaching methods affected my whole life, as learning a new language became a joyful hobby rather than being a formal heavy task. Languages has never been a barrier to travel to a new country or to communicate a new friend. Finally, I owe a lot to the my professor who made teaching active, vital and worth experiencing. I myself will be keen on the maintaining a high quality education if I get into academia one day.
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The content of advertisements in a particular country can tell you a lot about that country. Nowadays, people watch and hear a lot of commercials on TV, radio, the Internet and social media; moreover people travel a lot and can compare the content of the advertisements in different countries. Personally, I am of opinion that the gist of commercials can tell important information about the country. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, if the country has a strong economy and people earn decent money, the advertisers will promote expensive and luxury goods, because as a rule the rich already possess the thing of the first necessity and daily bread. My own experience is a compelling example of this. For the recent ten years I have been to Germany for several times and having been living in the hotels. Usually in the evenings, when I was having rest from the busy work days, I have been watching TV and as you can guess there were tons of promotions every five minutes. Thus, I have noticed that advertisers promote expensive cars, jewelry, real estate, cruise voyages, etc. This proves that population of Germany can afford this stuff. Secondly, the content of commercials reflects the national customs and priorities of the country. People will not be interested in the products they are not used to. To be more specific, I like to go to Italy for my vacations. I love the climate, food and people of this land. Italians, as it is widely known, are foodies, the talk about the food all the time and snack, eat and drink wine and coffee whenever they have the possibility and time. So, guess what have I concluded about the commercials in this country? Yes, pizza, ham, cheese, wine, coffee and much more food and drink. In conclusion, I believe that commercials can provide much information about the country. This is because it indicates the financial level of the country and its traditions and customs.
Hello! I picked a different essay for evaluation this week, but I just wanted to mention a few general comments anyways. They are: 1. Your essay is a bit short. Aim for about 380 to 400 words in total. That might seem impossible now, but make it your ultimate goal. 2. Your grammar is pretty good. 3. Note the pattern: "for the past ten years." 4. Use "as a result" instead of "thus." 5. Don't start sentences with "so." 6. Don't ask questions. 7. Follow the templates in the video! Meanwhile, if you want to be considered for a full evaluation next week just post your next essay in a new comment!
The prompt is asking whether media and games affect young people’s behavior. well, in my opinion it definitely has a huge impact on teens and kids. I think this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, teenagers and young children are really impressionable. Their thought can easily be directed and media is one of the most influential means to do that. For instance, my 6 years old nephew used to be fascinated by super hero movies and games and he specifically loved a character named The Hulk, which apparently was really strong and smashed stuff. He eventually began to imitate The Hulk’s behavior and started to punch people and smash things. His parents were really irritated by his unusual behavior, but they couldn’t do any thing to get him to stop it. Finally they were forced to get help from a psychologist. This was one of the bad impact of the media on young people that I myself witnessed. Secondly, there are some TV programs that are aimed for a certain age and therefore they attract young people by using colorful scenes and music. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. As a child, I used to be addicted to a children series called “creativity time”. On that show, children built interesting structures and drew fascinating paintings along with playing and dancing to a music. The joyful activities on the show was so intriguing for me that I had to watch the show every evening and I certainly was so influenced by the music and dancing that I came up with a dancing style of my own with the show’s theme song. I even began to use my own imagination and create handcrafts and build small structures and personally believe that this was all my first step towards my current career as an architect. As I illustrated in the examples above, I strongly believe that television programs and video games can immensely influence young people’s behavior. It is just the matter of the way that they shape kids’ conduct. This is because children are so easily influenced and because programs aimed for kids use different ways to look appealing to children.
first, I would like to thank you again for this video and the comments written by you and by other students as they are really beneficial. Reading this number of essays is helpful and gives me many ideas.
I am glad to have helped. You can find even more essays right here: www.toeflresources.com/sample-toefl-essays For now, focus on the first 20, as they have been "upgraded" to modern standards.
It cannot be denied that Movies are a big part of the entertainment industry. Movies have been means of entertainment for many individuals and there are a variety of reasons why they are popular around the world. These reasons ranges from personal, social and economic reasons and the subsequent paragraphs will shed more lights on these reasons. To start with, Movies are popular because of the content they portray. A lover of war movies will find movies in that genre fascinating and will go to any length to see a movie that has that content. Many time movies are able to depict past historical events, allowing people to have picture ideas of what the situation was at that time. From my personal experience, the movie TITANIC is my greatest movie of all time, I would not have fully understood what really occurred on the Titanic ship if I had not seen the movie. The movie like many others aided my understanding of the events that led to the sinking to the ship. Furthermore, movie stars have become idols to a lot of movie watchers. If a person’s favorite actor is starred in a certain movie, this can make the individual go to see this movie. This however does not matter whether the particular movie is a ones favourite genre, but the fact that a certain actor is in the movie would promote the popularity of the movie. Lastly, movies are a great influence on the economic stability of a country. This is due to the amount of funds grossed from the movie industry annually. Take Bollywood for example, it was recorded that it grossed about 5 billion dollas in 2013, making it a great factor in India’s growing economy. While there are no monopoly of reasons why movies are popular around the world, the reasons detailed above expresses my opinion on the matter.
Q: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Because people are busy doing so many different things, they do very few things well. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Accuracy is one of the most important characteristics of any achieved task. It determines the quality of the achievement. Some people believe that they can accomplish many jobs at the same time because they are confident about themselves. Whereas, others think that it is hard to do chores well when they have so many to do. Personally, I totally agree with the statement that says because people are busy doing many different jobs, they can not do all of them well and this is because of the following reasons. To begin with, having a lot of different errands prevents people from focusing on completing many of them. People are distracted by the quantity of the work that they are doing so they cannot do them in a perfect way. A good example to illustrate this is what happened to me when I was in the last year of university. At the second semester of this year, I was required to do three paper research projects in physics, biology, and analytical chemistry and study for my mid-term exam of organic chemistry. These tasks were due within only one week. Because I was overwhelmed and busy with all the work that I had to accomplish, I did the paper researches on a rush in order to study well for my exam. As a result, I got low grades on my projects but a high grade only in the exam. As you can see, putting so many tasks to do, inhibits the concentration and decreases the chances of success. On top of that, if people engage themselves in a lot of activities, they will take extra time in achieving any of them. The job that requires one day would take two since we have to switch to do some work in the other tasks. For instance, I remember last year when my husband was doing some renovations in our house. He was supposed to paint the whole walls of the house and replace the water heater and the AC units. Because he used to do some painting for two days and one of the other jobs in the following two days. He took two months to accomplish them. However, my friend has done the same work in her house but in separate periods. This took only one week for each job to be done. This experience taught me that, focusing on one task saves time. To conclude, I utterly agree with the statement that being busy with many tasks decreases the quality of your work. Because running many errands at the same time causes a distraction and wastes time.
Hello! I picked a different essay this week, but I just wanted to write a few general tips for you. They are: 1. Follow the template. You aren't doing that now. 2. If you are using "whereas" to make a comparison, but both things in the same sentence. As in: "Whereas some people like cats, I like dogs." 3. "During" the second semester of this school year... 4. "THIS IS BECAUSE...." Indeed, every change you made to the template hurt you. Go figure!
some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do you think this is a good idea? Being encouraged and applauded by the parent can have great positive impacts on children at any age. Personally, I believe that receiving prize from parent for educational success is a good idea. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, getting rewarded by father and mother makes a great impetus and enthusiasm in children for doing better school duties. So they know that if they acquire high grades in school they will receive money and this is would be a great stimulus for them to do their own best effort. My own experience is a compelling example of this. I was a good student in high school and always got higher grades. I never can forget the time that I received my first money from my father for the math grade. I was so happy because I could buy stuff that I liked. So I thought if I get more good grades I will receive more money, as a result I can collect and save them for buying bigger stuff such as bicycle that I loved so much. Secondly, considering some prizes for children's school high grades from parents conveying this message to the kids that, they and their efforts are very important and valuable for parents and they are grateful for their endeavors. This kind of behavior from parents improves the intimacy and sincerity between them and helps to build a good mutual trust and relationship and eventually a stronger family. Besides this, parent appreciative attitudes toward children's successes enhance the gratitude spirit in them and makes them learn about how they should be thankful for good things that happen for them. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that the idea of a parent being thankful for children's high grades in school by paying money can have some positive influences on kids. This is because makes great motivation and passion in young children and expresses that their diligent efforts are precious for them and they are content about that.
Some people like to communicate by email and voice mail. Other people like to communicate by telephone or face-to-face. Which type of communication do you prefer, and why? The communication is the most important factor that can help everyone understand each other for more than decades. Some people prefer to connect by sending email. Writing email can be checked and revised before sending to recipient. Moreover, this communication is clearly to comprehend because the letter can be proved. However, some groups favor to connect by using voice or talking face to face. This can help people understand the real situation and can get closer as well. The advantage to write the email before sending is correction. Connection by email is able to review, revise, and adjust before forwarding to others. Moreover, communication by letter can help people understand the meaning clearly and can be an evidence. For instance, my friend was commanded to do some works by his manager. She sent the email and identified deep information to him. But he told the manager that he did not receive any email. His manager showed him the evidence that she sent out. Thus, sending the letter may help people comprehend and also be the verification. On the other hand, talking by face to face may assist people visualize the real expression and perceive the emotion. This communication is able to build a relationship because people can see the eyes and also open mind to talk each other. Furthermore, when people feel guilty and would like to say apologize to another by face to face. This connection demonstrates sincerity and honesty. In conclusion, it can be seen clearly that sending email can be evidence to proof. Moreover, this may help everyone understand the same way. In contrast, talking by face to face might let everyone see the real expression and feel the real emotion. I strongly believe that connection from both are able to help people communicate with the others.
Hello! As I said in the video, I won't check essays that don't follow the advice in the video! I think you haven't actually watched the video. You really ought to... since it will improve your results! I promise!
Certainly there are many different learning styles at schools or universities. Some students may prefer interacting with their peers discussing the topic that are listing too, other student may only be interested in listing to their instructor. In my opinion it is beneficial to take part of discussing the topic with our classmates. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, may students have a lot of experience or knowledge about a vast number of subjects. Also there are many peers that come prepare to the class and thus they read about that day topic. So it is essential for us to debate and talk about the scheduled topic. This way gives us the opportunity to share our knowledge with our schoolmates. As a result, we will extract more from our lessons and we will gain more valuable information. To be more specific, when I was studying psychology at high school we often changed our experience and ideas with other students, consequently we learned more about the topic. Furthermore, something worth mentioning is that teachers are prone to do mistakes. For instance, my chemistry professor at university made many errors during the lecture. Fortunately, we were allowed to debate his answers when solving problems and come up with the right answer. So it is important to have the chance to discuss the topic during the lesson. Doing this, students do get correct information during the lesson. Secondly, interacting with our peers is critical for improving our communications skills. We need to speak clearly and persuasively to win other over. For example, when I was studying at university we had a less about moral issues when dealing with patients after graduation. This topic does not have many written rules, so we were required to debate certain situation that may occur during treatment of a patient. Thus, after engaging in so many discussions our communications skills do improved noticeably. In conclusion, open classes for discussion are critical because it increases our awareness and improved our communication skills. Michael you are a great teacher! Thanks in advance!
Hello! I picked a different essay to check this week, but I wanted to mention a few general things: 1. Your essay is a bit too short. Try to write between 380 and 400 words. This might seem impossible right now, but make it your ultimate goal. 2. Use "moreover" or "in addition" at the beginning of a sentence instead of "also." 3. It is better to introduce your examples like the template shows. 4. I need a personal example in the second body paragraph! 5. Follow the template for conclusions. If you want to have your next essay considered for evaluation next week feel free to post it as a new comment.
As you said, I am posting a new essay in a new comment. I have a TOEFL exam in 10 days, so it will be helpful to see this corrected before the exam. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on the way young people behave. Nowadays, many teenagers devote a lot of time to watching television. Personally, I believe that spending a great amount of time to watch movies on television has remarkable drawbacks and severe consequences. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. First of all, investing free time on watching television programs will prevent teenagers from communicating with their family members. In fact, it is necessary for a person to interact with his parents to learn from their experiences. Besides, it is nice for someone to spend time with his siblings in order to have better relationships. We know that each person has a fixed amount of free time, and if he spends a lot of this time watching television, he will not be able to have sufficient interaction with his family. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About three years ago, I was watching an interesting movie on television. Suddenly, my father called me and told me that he has left his keys at home, and asked me to bring them to his company. Since I was so interested in that movie, I was reluctant to go outside at that time. Therefore, I refused to bring the keys, and instead asked my mother to do so. As a result, both of my parents got a little bit angry with me. This example illustrates that watching movies on television can prevent teenagers from having positive communication with their family, and might ruin the relationship between the family members. Secondly, being so interested in some of the television programs, might distract you from your work and education. Actually, many people might want to see a program in the time of their work, and many people may be interested in a movie which is played during the time of their classes. Accordingly, these people are likely to lose concentration during that time, and the quality of their work is likely to be decreased. For instance, About two years ago, I was sitting in one of my university classes. At the same time, television was showing my favorite football team's match. As I was so intrigued about the football match, I decided to change my place and go to the farthest point from the teacher, and use my cell phone to see that match. As a result, I lost my focus and did not managed to learn anything on that day. Therefore, I was not able to answer the corresponding question on the final exam. This example taught me that I should know which work has more priority. Consequently, I decided to pay attention to my classes, even though there is an interesting program on television. In conclusion, I believe that watching a lot of television programs can be harmful to young people. This is because their interaction with their family members might decline, and because they are likely to lose their focus on their main goals such as education or company works due to enthusiasm of watching television programs.
Greetings from Colombia, I passed the TOEFL thanks in part to your advise for the writing and speaking section. The way you recommend to organize the essays and the variety of expressions you provide us are very valuable mainly taking into account the short time and the pressure in the test. I hope one day meet you and invite you a beer! THANKS FOR YOUR JOB!
What do you think the best way to deal with a problem that is difficult to solve 1- asking someone who is more experience for help. 2- finding information about the problem using the internet. 3-discussing the issue with a close friend. 4- taking a long time to think about the problem. People always face serious problems and challenges in their lives and they have to resolve them in order to live the life they want. In fact, everyone has their own way to overcome their hard times. Personally, I believe that the best way to solve our problems is to ask our close friends for help. I feel this way because close friends are trustworthy and help us in applying the solution. To begin with, discussing our life challenges with a reliable friend is very beneficial. These people are honest and could not mislead us to wrong ways. Our close friends keep our secrets and always give us efficient pieces of advice when we ask them. A perfect example to illustrate that is from my own life. I remember when I was in college, I had a hard time dealing with a problem with my parents. They did not want me to get engaged to the person whom I loved. I did not like such these family issues to be known by public because I knew very well that it would be solved. Therefore, I went to my best friend Mary and told her about the conflict and as usual, she kept every word I had told her between us. She advised me to go and talk to my father and try to convince him with my decision. As a result, after some discussions, my parents were convinced by my boyfriend and they blessed our engagement. As you can see, the suggestion of my close friend was right on point and no one has ever heard with the conflict. On top of that, close friends are not only good listeners but also excellent helpers. Although you can find solutions to your troubles in many sources like internet, others experiences, or your own thinking, but I can say with the utmost confidence that your friends will be the ones who actually willing to spend time, efforts, and even money to solve your problems. For instance, I remember when I worked for a computer company after graduation. I was required to talk in front of the company’s staff about a new plan as apart of my job. I was a shy person, so every time I was trying to talk in public, I felt nervous and forgot most of my words, which was very problematic. When I told my friend Mary that I had to leave this job as I was not able to speak freely between a group of people, she encouraged me and helped me to overcome my shyness. She spent with me two hours every day after her work-hours in order to teach me how to organize my speech and breathe. Consequently, I have learned the skill of speaking between people without being shyed or stresses and continued in my job. However, if I had not told my friend, I would have quitted my position. To conclude, the most effective way to deal with our serious problems is seeking trustful friends. Because they do not tell people about our problems and they work with us to overcome our hard times.
Hey, I picked a different essay for evaluation this week, but I just wanted to mention that this is really excellent work. I think you will do really well on the test. That said, if you want to be considered for a full evaluation just post your next essay as NEW COMMENT and I will consider it!
@@Toeflresources thanks for your comment, it really encouraged me this morning, my exam is within two days on April 13th, sure I will post another essay and I am so thankful for your great videos.
Question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All university students should be required to take history courses no matter what their field of study is. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. In all modern societies, history is considered an essential part of each nation that represents its culture. Personally, I believe that taking history courses in university should not be mandatory. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will further explore in the following essay. First of all, I think that making history courses mandatory is a complete waste of time if you are not interested in the subject. There is only four years in university, which is relatively short in our life span, spending them on fields that are not of importance to our major and future career does not sound like a wise choice to make. Besides, forcing someone to obtain knowledge they do not want demolishes their learning attitude, resulting in one’s poor performance on that specific subject. My own experience is a compelling example of this. I was majoring in medicine, although the required course of our university was not history but Chinese literature, you get the similar idea. I was forced to spend an amount of time on Chinese literature, which I have zero-interest in, thus I never really paid attention in the class and barely made myself pass. I honestly cannot recall anything from that course and I would rather allocate my time to my main courses or extracurricular activities, which I could actually benefit from. Secondly, we had already taken history classes way before university so there is no point of doing it all over again unless you are majoring in related fields. We have gained enough knowledge to understand our national traditions, heritages and identities just by taking history classes throughout high school. These are the basics that we should always bear in mind, anything more just makes it too complicated. For instance, people in our country had taken history courses since elementary school so we have the basic knowledges seared into our brains. Since it is not our job to dig any deeper into the facts of history, we can fully dive into improving the work that we are better at in university and eventually contribute more to the society when we graduate. In conclusion, I am of opinion that university students should not be required to take history courses, unless their field of study is related to it. This is because making history courses mandatory is a waste of time for those who are not into it, and we should devote our energy and time to subjects that benefits oneself. Tks for posting this vid. I'll be taking my toefl test in two weeks and this really helps. Best regards!
I retake the toefl tomorrow. If I score a 90 or + overall including at least 24 in writing and 20 in speaking, I promise that I'll create an onlyfans account and give the money to this channel.
Noice.
How did it go??
What's news about your score ?
It's funny because he might be upset for not getting the grade but might be just as well just be not eager to share his only fans here 🌚
sorry to be off topic but does anyone know a way to log back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow forgot my password. I love any tips you can give me!
Hi Michael! I just got my scores and thanks to you I got way more than I was expecting. I have never attend English classes (I am from Brazil) I just learn by watching tv and talking with natives. This was my first attempt on Toefl and I was aiming 80, but got 107. TO be honest I saw your videos many times couple days before the test and I could not memorize the templates, but during the test your voice was in my head. I even used idiomatic expressions and I got 25. You are such a blessed person, please, keep doing this. I am sure you are helping more people than you could ever imagined. I really appreciate you, thanks again. ;)
I had the opportunity to spend time in the US. In the speaking session I was nervous and did ran out of time. But they were generous with my score, I got 26 for the speaking. I used Michael's template for the writing most of the time, but I could not remember everything. So, I suggest you to memorize the templates. You have time to study. If you follow his method, you will get a high score. Good luck.
@@anamariadealmeidabrito8727 Thanks a lot Ana.
Wow, what a sweet comment. Thanks for sharing it. I am so happy to have helped you. Helping people is my goal with this channel.
Congratulations for your result. How long did prepare for the test intensively?
@@anamariadealmeidabrito8727 Hello! I am from Colombia. I am preparing myself to take the toefl within two months. How long did you prepare for the test? How did you study? Thank you!
Guys, this is the best TOEFL preparation video!
I got 30/30 in wiriting, just follow his steps!
Additional hint:
Learn some sophisticated words and how to use them _exactly_ , for example: "significantly, utterly, vast,..."
This polishes some of the most common words like "very" or "a lot".
Good luck to everyone 👍😉🍀
Nice work! I'm proud of ya.
Hi Michael!!! :) I just got my scores today and I really wanted to thank you. I watched your videos on integrated essays and independent essays just 2 days before the exam. I also watched 4 of your speaking videos and these were the 2 parts I was worried about most. I followed your advices, the templates in particular and it worked out really well for me. I got 30 in writing and 29 in speaking (Total score: 115). It is safe to say that the templates are very effective. I also exceeded the suggested word count as advised by you. I wrote 300+ words for the integrated and 400+ words for the independent essay. Thank you so much, and to all those who are reading this, I would highly recommend his videos and tips. God bless u!
Hi ipeach0, so glad that you could pass the exam with such a great SCORE!!! would you please share with us what was the independent writing task question? that would be great if you could share anything you remember.
Great work! What is next for you?
Hey Michael! I got a 30 in my Writing by watching your videos last minute and I'm overwhelmed! Thanks a ton!
Fantastic! That is an amazing score. What's next for you?
Hi Michael
Here is my essay for evaluation.
Thank you.
- what is the best way to become more confident?
A) read about it
B) practice with people
C) ask suggestions to experienced people
Confidence is built with time, personally I believe that an ideal way to being more poise is to practice with other individuals. I feel this way for several reasons which I will be developing in subsequent part of the essay.
First of all, exercising with a group of people will not only expose ones flaws and mistakes to correction but will as well tame nervousness and anxiety associated with lack of confidence. My personal experience is a compelling example to this. Few years ago as an undergraduate student in the college of medicine I was apprehensive about clerking and examining patient for proper routine checks. My professor noticed my timidity and decided to pair me with several other students. Our practice together as a team improved and built my self esteem to examine clients without feeling out of my element. Today I clerk and exam many hospital patients without being frightened and with full courage.
Secondly, my brothers encounter also support my notion that practicing with people boost ones image. Haven migrated from Africa to the United States, my younger sibling used to be ashamed to speak in public because of his accent, fortunately he came across an English tutor who encouraged and advised him to mix and practice English language with some natives who resides in same apartment complex with him. Few months after execution of this task my brother has tremendously improved in his speaking and this have boosted his boldness to talk in public.
In conclusion, from my point of view I would say that a good practice with persons can boost someone’s assertiveness.
Can anyone evaluate my essay!
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? When people succeed, it is entirely because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with their success. Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position.
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Hard work is an important aspect to accomplish any achievement. The other things that are related to gaining the necessary output are generally termed as secondary. I definitely agree that hard work is the only prominent factor to succeed in life whereas secondary factor such as luck does not really matter. I feel this way for two reasons, which I am going to explore in the following essay.
To begin with, I believe every person gets an equal amount of time I.e. 24 hours a day. Now, what really matters is how to maximize the time we get. Using proper time management and implying tremendous hard work always results in the betterment of ones’ life. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. I and my friend use to study together for the final end semester exam. I prepared a schedule and started to imply accordingly, going to the depth of the subject and analyzing each and every area of the topic every day. However, on the other hand, had not much dedication towards the process and was much into the superstitious luck thing. He didn’t study the whole but depended on the only topics he referred, thinking that exams will comprise only those topics which he has referred, as he had much confidence in his destiny. Needless to say, the results were completely opposite to what he expected. However, I got the best grades in every subject.
On top of that, humans have a tendency to change the behavior when they are around the people whom they admire, it's called Group reference. We try to imitate such a group in order to get fit in for the sake of ourselves. For instance, my older brother who used to work in a corporate firm where he had to give a presentation on recent sales figure of the company for the first time. My brother was a very hard-working person. Although analyzing the working patterns of his co-workers, he decided not to prepare much as none of his co-workers who presented in a meeting in the past had gone thoroughly the sales figure; still, they were appreciated and acknowledged every time for their presentation. Likewise, my brother followed the same path and depended on his destiny. After the presentation, the boss surprisingly had a Q&A session. My brother was not able to satisfy the boss during the Q&A session as he had not implied hard-work in figuring outing the sales numbers in detail.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that it’s the hard work that really matters to succeed in life, whereas another factor such as luck is just secondary; and depending on such factor normally results in regret.
Some people like to travel with a companion. Other people prefer to travel alone. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
For many people, their best memories are of times they have been traveling while on vacation. Although some people prefer to travel alone, I personally find traveling with a friend to be the better option, if possible. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
To begin with, I think travelling with a companion is much more fun. It is exciting to discuss one’s plans with a friend and to experience things together. Afterwards, over dinner, one can recount everything that had occurred that day. In contrast, traveling alone often means doing things alone, particularly if one is somewhat shy. My own experience demonstrates this concept. Three years ago I flew to Cape Town for a holiday. I was alone for the first week, while a friend of mine joined me for the second week. Although I found many things to do on that first week alone, I had no one to share my excitement with. I quickly realized that half the joy of discovering something new was in being able to share it with somebody. When my friend joined me on the second week, I had a lot more fun. We would laugh and talk and share meals together. Consequently, it was a completely different experience and one I much preferred.
Secondly, it is safer to travel together with a partner. As a woman, I would feel unsafe travelling to a foreign country alone. Being two, you are less vulnerable to crime and if anything were to go wrong with one, the other person could raise the alarm. For example, on a recent overseas trip, I went off hiking by myself as my friend wished to sleep late. Unfortunately, however, I underestimated the difficulty of the terrain, and stumbled over a rock, twisting my ankle. I was by myself and there was no mobile phone coverage. Luckily for me, my friend noticed I had been away for a long time and came looking for me. She found me on the trail and she was able to help me back to our hotel where a doctor treated my injury. If I was traveling on my own, I am not sure what I would have done in this situation.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that having a travelling companion is far superior to traveling alone. This is because, in my view, it is more entertaining and a lot safer.
Sir I never comment on anybody's videos but today could not stop myself from writing this.
A Big THANK YOU for providing such great videos.. I used the templates you gave for my TOEFL exam and scored 110 with 25 in speaking and 29 in writing..all thanks to you sir
Nice work! I am proud of you. What's next?
@@Toeflresources I'm planning to apply for PhD.
how is it possible to score 29 in writing, according to the official guide to TOEFL?
@@Денис-ж3ф5р can you elaborate please?
@@taniapal7169 Responses to all writing tasks also are sent to ETS. The responses are rated by two certified raters and the automated scoring system on a scale of 0 to 5. The average of the scores on the two writing tasks is converted to a scaled score of 0 to 30.
I'm gonna take toefl for the first time this coming Saturday...! Wish me luck!! hehehe and thank you so much for helpful videos, Michael!
me too)
@@bokhodirrakhimjonov2250 I wish u the best of luck!
Good luck!!
@@Toeflresources Thank you! I got 87 in total thanks to u;)
Your content is incredible! Keep going! You saved TOEFL students all over the world.
Thanks for your kind words. They mean a lot to me.
I watched your video 2 days before my test, and I got 26 on writing, Thanks a lot. I am from Cameroon, Central Africa.
when did you pass it ? are there any changes afte august !
@@meriemmouissat5944 I wrote the session of the 24 August, and there are no changes to the writing part. If you follow Micheal video, you do not have to worry, in my case I was not even aware that there was a 2019 version of Micheal video for the writing sections, so I used the video for 2018 and it was great
However, There are minor changes in the Speaking (4 questions now).and the listening sections. Good luck!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!! God bless the hardworking person!
My pleasure! When will you take the test?
Hello. Thank you very much for your videos. I used your help to prepare for writing and speaking and got 27 and 28 points. I cannot express how grateful I am. Wish you all luck with your channel!!! Thank you one more time!
I'm happy to have helped! What's next for you?
@@Toeflresources Getting ready to my PhD. Wish me luck!
Awesome! Stop by in 2020 and let me know how that is going!
This is my first time i ever made a comment on a video, but i wanted to thank you for this wonderful video, i got the grade on TOEFL writing wich i needed. A biggggg thank youuu keep up the great work. .
Glad it helped! What's next for you?
I have made this essay before you explain how I should have done it. But I rather you correct this one than the improved one, because I can see how I would really score.
Personally, I rather having an interaction with my professor and my classmates than just listen to the teacher speaking. I feel this way for several reasons. The vibe of the classroom, the openness to discuss the topic, the new ideas and questions that can come up in a debate, for instance, are very important things that a interact class can preserve.
Students in a classroom listening to teacher speaking over and over about something can be extremely boring. The vibe of the classroom changes if it becomes a discussion, or if you can just talk to the lecturer and be sure that you understand the lesson. What was once boring is now interesting, because you can participate and engaged with the information.
Furthermore, the debating and interaction can open space for new ideas and subjects that would come up only because of this dynamic. If it is just the professor speaking, the topic will remain strict into this subject, instead of expand and become a bigger knowledge.
In conclusion, I believe that an open conversation in a classroom can bring more benefits than a normal, ordinary class with just the teachers word.
Question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
Whichever field one is working in, a basic understanding of the idea and the concept behind is critical to his or her survival and success in it. I personally believe that understanding concepts and ideas of a field or a topic much more vital than to learn the facts related to them. I feel this way for two reasons.
First of all, remembering facts is an issue of the memory. We all know that memory is limited and not very reliable. Why put effort into rote learning facts and remembering them when we can just look them up in the internet or a book. No matter how many facts we manage to remember, without a proper understanding, we will be able to extend our knowledge to related topics or extrapolate the information we have to analyze other stuff. My personal experience during my research internship is a compelling example of this. I was someone who believed in understanding over cramming, while my co-intern was a high grader and a master at cramming. Our first task was to study a new concept and find out how it can be applied to analyze the current problem that we were supposed to work on. Within a few days, he mugged the entire paper up and was ready to regurgitate it to anyone who asked him about it. But when he was asked to formulate an approach to apply the knowledge to the problem, he was clueless. I, on the other hand, took more time to assimilate the information and understand the mechanism behind it, but once I got hold of what it was, I was fully equipped to solve the current problem and finally ended up finding an answer to it in a couple of days.
Secondly, when we talk about exams, especially the ones where professors put effort into making the paper, cramming is never good. In a very theoretical subject, maybe, it might help one get a good grade, but if, at all, a question is asked from somewhere a little outside of what was taught, the person who learns by-hart will face a lot of difficulty in answering it. I have seen a similar situation in my history class in high school. The topper of my class was a boy who was proficient in rote learning. He scored more than ninety percentage in history tests most of the time. That year, however, we had a new teacher who taught history like a story and a play. We focused more on the thought processes of the rulers and kings rather than the events that took place. Naturally, the topper had a tough time following the class because he had not proper facts and dates to mug up. Everything was abstract, which he was very uncomfortable with. Consequently, he performed poorly in the test while many of the others aced it.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that leaning concepts and ideas upon which something is working is much more important than remembering the facts and details because understanding helps you to apply your knowledge and information to a new problem to solve it, whereas just facts only help in regurgitation. Another reason is that, in any exam that requires you to think a little outside the box, conceptual knowledge is what helps you, not information.
It would be great if you could rate it. Thank you
I think that in your conclusion you should not add another reason.
Hi Michael! Thank you for your awesome videos! With just 4 days of preparation I managed to get 107 points total, including 25 for speaking and 24 for writing. I used your templates all over the essays and spoken answers, without it I'm sure I would have gotten much less. Thanks again, keep up the good work!
Thanks for the kind words! I am so happy to have helped!
Dear Michael, I was watching your videos and then reading students comments and essays, one thing cached my eyes which I believe is your nature, you born with it and it's your passion, your positive energy, your sense of caring , your Golden heart even when you picked one essay still you are guiding others and checking their essays. I believe you love your job and students even if you don't know them and money is not everything for you, the best example of human being. I'm a nurse and I have to get a good grades on Toefl to be able to get my RN license and work as a Nurse in America. I wish you all the best and I keep watching your videos and when I get to the point to write a perfect essay I'll post it here. Lots of love and I'll pray for you in my meditations.
Aw. Thanks for the kind words. I can't wait to see some of your work posted here.
00h00 1/1/2020 preparing for the toefl..
what a great life :D
You'll get there. :)
I have been teaching TOEFL for 12 years. This is an excellent video. You make many excellent points and you break down the question and essays very well. Students will benefit hugely from following your template.
I'm really happy to have helped! I hope you'll share the video with your students. :)
In this globalized world we should aim to meet new people and make new acquaintances, and it is even better if along the way you can learn about different costumes and cultures. I personally believe, that making new friends is more relevant than keeping your old ones. There are two main reasons for this: first, meeting new people can expand your network and business conections, and second, if you meet new people from other countries you can learn about their cultures and costumes which will enrich your experience and knowledge.
To begin with, everyone that wants to succeed in the business world has to be able to meet new people because they might be your partners in the future. In contrast, people that fail to make new friends and only hang around people that they already know will not be successful in the long run because they will not be able to have new partners. I experienced the perfect example of success just recently. About two months ago, I met a person in a networking event, so we exchanged contact information and had dinner together a couple of weeks later. I had never connected so much with a person before (business wise at least), we talked and agreed in forming a new partnership for our new venture. Needless to say we now have a successful business with twenty employees and growing! This would have never happened if I didn’t decide to go out and meet new friends.
Secondly, I think that learning about different cultures and costumes contribute inmensely in expanding my view of the world and my knowledge. For instance, I went to Madrid to study for a year and had the opportunity to meet dozens of people. I made very good friends and learned an awful lot about their culture and costumes. As time went by, we made sort of an alliance and got to know each so much about one another; each of us cooked food from our countries and told stories about how life is different from where we were at. I would not have had this type of experience if I didn’t meet this friends.
In conclusion, I think that meeting new people and making new friends will enrich your life in unimaginable ways. While some people decide to stick with their old friends instead of making new ones, there are those such as myself that prefer to get out of the comfort zone and meet new people. Whether it is to meet your new business partner or to learn about different cultures and costumes, I think it is best to make new friends than to keep old friends.
When you face difficult problems in life, what do you feel is the best way to solve them?
• Asking someone with more experience for advice about the problem
• Finding information about the problem using the Internet
• Taking a long time to think about the problem
Throughout our lifetime we face all kinds of problems, whether it’s work, relationship, finance, health, problems are inevitable, and they are part of our lives. Personally, when I face hardships in life, I prefer to take time off and look for solutions for the problem. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, taking a time to solve the problem gives me opportunity to find the most accurate and correct solution. In other words, stepping back and looking at the bigger picture allows me to weigh the pros and cons of possible solutions and look at the problem from another point of view. it is important to look at the situation from all the different angles and weigh the possibilities before making a wrong decision, that will, possibly, affect the rest of my life. My own experience is a compelling example of this. Few years ago, before I had graduated high school, I had to decide what to do next in my life. The options were to continue studying, get a job or take a gap year. The graduation was coming closer, so I had to make my decision quickly, therefore I was constantly anxious. However, after thinking about it for a while, I just decided to relax, give myself the needed time to think about my future. I thought about all the consequences of each possibility, made pros and cons list and talked to my parents. Consequently, I decided to continue my education and go to college. If I didn’t allow myself to do so, I would’ve made wrong decision.
Secondly, I believe that taking a time and relaxing instead of being anxious about the problem all the time, is good for my health. To put it in another way, nervously running around asking people about your problem or searching the Internet will make you more stressed. Consequently, it might make you physically sick. For instance, one of my close friends was not on a good terms with her family. Instead of taking a time to look at the problem from her parents’ point of view and talking to them, she let herself fall into depression. Besides that she was always talking about her problem with her friends, with us, and we couldn’t do anything to help her except calming her down. She really wanted to fix the situation but she didn’t know what to do and didn’t give herself time to search for solutions.
In conclusion, relaxing and thinking through your problems is the best way to deal with them. This is because it helps us make right decisions and not let the problems affect our health.
Hello!
I picked a different essay this week, but I just wanted to leave a few general comments. They are:
1. Just use "taking time." Don't use "taking a time."
2. Use "solutions TO xxx."
3. Just use "good terms." Don't use "a good terms."
4. Put a comma after "besides that" when it begins a sentence.
If you still need a full check I encourage you to post a new essay as a NEW comment.
@@Toeflresources thank you so much!
Well, given that I posted a practice essay here for correction, I figured I'd share my results here. I got 27 on the writing (108 overall) and I must say that this template was a huge help. I fully recommend it!
Congratulations. That is a solid score. What's next?
@@Toeflresources I'm doing my masters in data analytics at fordham next year! Super excited 😁
@@Toeflresources do you check essays
Do you check essays. I want few of them to check from you.
Hi Sir,
My name is Mathieu. Below is my Toefl's independent task. Thank you in advance
Today's century is often called the age of globalization. Customs and culture are spreading from countries to countries like never before thanks
to media and other means of communication. These customs also include the way people live. In my opinion, I think that our conduct will negatively affect the generations*
to come. I am of this opinion for three main reasons that I will develop in this essay.
To begin with, I am convinced that the way we eat will have an impact on the health of the future generations. We live in a world where it is more and more difficult
to eat bio food. People consume food which are full of genetically modified organism, added sugar, preservatives so on and so forth. This has already been a lot of
generational diseases in today's society such as diabetes, short sightness and so. My example is a compelling illustration of this. We all wear glasses in my family and
it all started with my mother and my father.
Secondly, the future generation will have trouble socializing if we do not our behaviour. Our world is really technology oriented in such a way that screens and
sign boards everuywhere especially in western countries. Children are educated by TV show presentators, cartoons in the place of their parents.
Moreover, youth spend most of their time on their smartphones. Last year, I was with some friends at a graduation party. While were waiting to be served , I noticed
that all of them focused on their smartphones to the extent that nobody wanted to start a discussion.
Thirdly, today's atmosphere is highly polluted. As a result, our great grandchildren will hardly breath pure and fresh air. The numbers of industries keep on
increasing in countries such a China. That's the reason why people often wear face mask there. Personally, I feel comfortable when I am in non rural areas because the
air is fresh over there.
In conclusion, future generation will be in danger if nothing is done today. This is because of the food we eat, technology addictions and the air we breath.
Prompt: agree/disagree: In the past it was easier to identify what type of career or job would lead to a secure, successful future.
Nowadays, choosing a career path is one of the fundamental decisions that every person need to make to achieve a successful future. In this regard, some believe that in the past it was easier to choose the type of career or job that would lead to a fruitful life. I agree with this idea and will explicate my reasons in the following paragraphs.
First, in the past, there were fewer options for people to chose their job and this caused the job selection process and predicting future success much easier. For instance, 500 years ago, there were many more people who lived in small villages. These people did not have many choices for their job, they either had to become a farmer or a smith or a related job. Therefore, everyone could think of their capabilities easily and found out which job suits them better. However, in the current age, there are many more options for every individual to choose their career path. This fact makes it harder to consider all the possible jobs and select the one which would lead to a more fruitful future.
Second, today one needs to work so much harder to be successful in their life and career than those who lived in the past. The industrial and technological advances changed people lives and careers dramatically. There is much more to be done by a person for a business to be successful. For example, consider a high tech company like Google. In this company staff members, especially the researchers should work and think many days and months on a topic to find a better solution for a problem. This kind of work which needs a lot of concentration and hard thinking was not around in the old times. In those days most of the jobs were to do the same thing over and over again and therefore they did not need innovation and hard thinking. Hence, a lot of jobs these days need a high amount of dedication to work, this means that one needs to love their job to be a good employee, otherwise they can not make progress in their career path. In contrast, in the past, this was not the case and anybody who worked harder and for more time would be more successful than the others.
To sum up, I assert that these days identifying the job which leads to success is much harder for the young because not only do they have so many options for choosing their job, but also they need to work harder to get a promote and be an impactful employee.
Where do you prefer to live? Countryside, city, suburbs
Choosing where you want to live is a personal choice that has to be taken seriously based on your own priorities. If I had to choose, I would definitely prefer to live in the countryside and I plan to do so in the future. I feel this way for two reasons that I will explore in the subsequent paragraphs.
First of all, a great way to make the countryside comfortable to live is to also make a living out of it. One of the ways you can do this is by owning a farm or a ranch. It doesn´t get more convenient than living at the same place you work; it saves you time in commuting, as well as you get to spend more time at home. Personally, I love animals and I am a veterinarian, therefore, my dream and goal ARE to purchase a piece of land in the countryside to build my house and a farm. Recently, my husband and I visited this family ranch in Merritt Island, FL. They have many activities incorporated in their own land, of which tourists and people, in general, can go and visit at any time they are open. Among the activities, there are horseback riding, petting zoo, AND barn and cabin rentals, etc. Going there helped us experience just a tiny bit of what living in the countryside is, but it sure convinced us that IT is what we want in the future.
Secondly, living outside THE main cities is very quiet and allows you to enjoy and connect with the sounds of nature. Also, it allows you to experience beautiful sunsets and nights with thousands of visible stars that are normally hidden by the city lights. For instance, my husband and I went camping IN Okeechobee a few months ago. On the night we spent there, we saw so many stars that it looked like a city in the sky, and plenty of shooting stars. Also, it is so quiet that you can listen to the sounds of alligators, insects, and owls, which are my favorites. Personally, those moments bring me peace of mind and it is what I’m looking for when choosing where I want to settle.
To sum up, I think living in the countryside is the best choice for me and my spouse. It provides us the opportunity to work from home, spend time with animals and to live in peace and quietness, in contact with nature.
Came here right after receiving my TOEFL scores, just to thank you for the wonderful resources you provide for free! I got a 119/120 (30 R 30 L 30 S 29 W). Your speaking templates are amazing, I was never confident in my speaking abilities until I came across this channel, your templates helped me a lot! You're a legend!
Great job! That is obviously an amazing score. I am happy to have helped a bit. What's the next step for you?
Your videos have helped me a lot to get a satisfactory score, but I want to share something I think others should know. I took TOEFL 2 times. In my first attempt (July 2019), I got 105 (L:28, R: 28, S:24, W:25). I needed to improve my speaking score, so I took the test 2nd time (December 2019) within four months of my 1st attempt and got 107 but this time I got 21 in writing. I am not sure why my writing score dropped so much. All I know that both my integrated and independent essays were of appropriate length and addressed the topics that were given. Although I followed writing templates both times, I think ETS is becoming strict day by day with templates and maybe that's the reason my writing score went down in 2nd attempt. I cannot say with full confidence that following template is the main reason behind my reduced writing score, but I am pretty sure I answered both the task as complete and relevant as possible. I honestly cannot think of other reasons.
I asked ETS as recently as December. They don't care about templates.
Thank you for your help , I scored 111 with 28 in writing !
Awesome! What's next for you?
Working on my application for universities now !
Rutuja G that’s excellent...how did that....???
Hello Michael, I watched your writing videos and they are really helpful. Actually I didn't memorize the template but I learnt the outline and useful words from your template. Finally I got 28 in writing, thank you so much!
That's great! I'm really happy to have helped. What's the next step for you?
@@Toeflresources I'll take GRE test and then apply for a master degree in US :)
Good luck to you!
@@yichinhuang4280 I think you are good
Thank you so much for your help! I've just received my toefl scores 30/30/26/27. It was my second attemp and this time I managed to get my 'dream score'. Without your channel it wouldn't be possible. Have a good one!
I am so happy to have helped a little bit! Keep up the good work, man!
It is more important to keep your old friends than it is to make new friends.
"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation", these words of Hector Hugh Munro perfectly describes that wrong friends are not always wrong sometimes they behave like a true friends because they introspected and felt some guilt. I personally believe that childhood friends are the best friends as compared to new friends. I will illustrate my position to discuss two major aspects of friendship through the positive outlook of my grandfather's friends during World War II and the compelling prospect of my friends with Modern Technology.
First of all, friends are those who share their thoughts and help each other. My grandfather's friends were also like those friends. They helped each other to survive during World War II. For example, the effects of World War II, it was a devastating war which took millions of lives. The war began in September 1939 when Germany, under Chancellor Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. This war destroyed everything but not my grandfather's friendship. My grandfather's childhood friends were not good, they always bullied him. They treated him like animal but after sometime they realize their fault and apologize to my grandfather. From then they became best friends forever. During the World War, my grandfather and his friends helped each other to find a safe place for survival. Hence, my grandfather's friendship is a reasonable view that old friends are the best than others.
In the second place, friendship helps people to feel safe and secure in this advanced society. I have lots of friends but technically my high school friends are best because they know me very well. Now we are connected to each other with social media like facebook. This modern technology connects people even when they are at a long distance. For instance, the principle of Modern Technology is the use of knowledge to create something to enhance life. It has gradually become a part of our everyday life. Now everyone is connected to each other through mobile. One day I lost myself in the forest and was frighten because I forgot path. Then I call to my old friend, met in high school, for the help. He immediately came for and start search in the forest without any fear. My friend detected through GPS of my mobile and retrieved me back to home. From then I realize that old friends are the best. Thus, my friendship is the good standpoint that rather making new friends, it is better to have old friends with you.
In conclusion, I strongly agree that childhood friendship is the best friendship than new friendship. This is because of the affirmative perspective of my grandfather life and because of the constructive approach of my life with Modern Technology.
the prompt was: always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship between people.
do you agree or disagree
Maintaining a relationship is not an easy task, and it also depends on the person you are dealing with. For example, It is not difficult to keep a relationship with a friendly person, while it may be hard to keep a relationship with a stubborn and bossy person. Generally speaking, I believe that honesty and truthfulness are one of the important factors in any relationship. I feel this way due to some reasons which I am going to demonstrate in the following paragraphs.
First of all, being honest with someone will make him feel that you are an important person in his life since it means that you always trust him and that you do not have a reason to lie. I am going to compel this with an example of my own experience. When I was in elementary school, I had a friend who always got along with me and we never lost touch. He always asks about me and my family affairs when my family experienced a tough time. Instead of ignoring him and saying that everything is alright, I told him about everything. I think that this was the reason why we were able to build a strong relationship.
Secondly, being dishonest with someone can lead to breakups. I can recall an example when I was in secondary school, in which one of my classmates asked me to lend him my book and I lied to him by saying that I did not bring it that day. Eventually, when he figured out that I had the book that day, he stopped talking to me.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that truthfulness is a must when trying to build a relationship. Since it shows the person his importance and it does not lead to breakups.
Hi! I picked a different essay for evaluation this week, but I just wanted to leave a few general comments for you here. They are:
1. Your essay is, sadly, a bit too short. Aim for about 380 to 400 words in total.
2. Obviously your second body paragraph is really short. This will hurt you a lot.
3. No examples in the introduction! Just follow the template!
4. Use the templates for body paragraphs as well.
Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
There are many types of knowledge: cultural, academic, movement and more. The truth is that a person never stops learning and science will never stop improving. Personally, I believe that it is a good idea to have a general knowledge about different academic subjects for three reasons, which will be explained below.
First of all, to own broad knowledge about several topics helps a person to have a bigger picture and understand better an academic manner.That is the reason why several universities around the world have general courses in the first semester of their curricular plan. For example, in Peru is a well known law for high standards colleges to have a year of introductory courses in all their careers. In my experience, I have gone through a 2 year program of introductory courses at PUCP university in Lima and I could not be happier about it. This was a really helpful program that benefit students who came from different academic backgrounds and creates a standard from it in order to give the students a common and fair academic beginning.
Secondly, while being aware about different subjects a student can be able to explore more about each of it and later decide what he or she likes most. Consequently, a variety of topics will come up and will create a curiosity for students. It is a common case that people enters university thinking they will study law, but later they change to sociology. Why is this happening? Well, psychologist explain that at certain age a person's mind is settle in a place where the decisions are made of by external opinions, later when this person investigates beyond his or her own barriers, some topics can come up to be more relevant and the decisions they make can now be support with facts.
In third place, to know a little bit about every topic will help you to develop yourself. this statement applies for languages, it is good and very helpful to know a few worlds in every language, because it will help you to develop yourself not only academically, but socially. It also helps to believe that your abilities are not limitate and this will encourage your self esteem.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that, owning a broad knowledge of several manners, academically speaking, is a really good way to encourage ourselves. Because it gives us a bigger pictures; help us to realize what we like most and have plenty experiences and, finally, make us believe that our abilities are not limitate.
Hi Michael! I used your templates for my speaking and writing sections. I suppose I did paraphrase here and there but I used your templates as my base. I finally got my score today, and, I got 105. My sectional scores are:
Reading: 30, Listening:24, Speaking:24 and Writing:27
Thank you so so much for creating such wonderfully helpful content for TOEFL.
P.S: I did screw up my speaking section a bit. I struggle with focusing in the face of external distractions. So, that’s on me 😄😄
Hey, I'm proud of you! Good work!
Thanks so much Michael!
Awesome score. Congrats! Can you please share what you did for Reading and Listening? Michael has a lot of good stuff on Speaking and Writing but on Reading and Listening, I'm still looking for useful content. Appreciate your response.
TOPIC: A teacher's ability to relate well with students is
more important than excellent knowledge of the subject being taught.
ESSAY:
Education is one of the most important element of modern
society. What and how we study can completely change our lives and how with
interact with others. For these reasons, tons of researchers have studied what
is the best way to teach. While some people believe that professor should be only
expert of their subject to educate well, I personally think that the
relationships they can build with their students is much more important.
To begin with, if you love your teacher, you will pay more
attention to his or her classes. As a results, you will be more interested in
the topic taught and you will learn more. I remember when I was a 16 years old
and I could not get along with my literature professor at high school. I
stopped to read essays and novels becaused I associated those works with the
homeworks she gave me! As I decreased my reading, also my comprehension and
writing skills worsened and the scores on all my assignments started to
collapse. If only the professor would have been more friendly and encouraging
with me, I could have kept reading as usual and maintained good skills.
On top of that, lecturer do not need to know eveything about
what they teach in order to make you master that subject. For instance, they
can organize the class with debates or projects and make the students learn the
topics needed by themselves before any explanation. Then, the professor may
review the discussion among students or revise the projects just to point out
areas in which they may be some mistakes of improvement to be made. In this
way, students will develop more autonomy and critical reasoning. That is how
lectures are organized at Harvard Business School where professors apply the famous
case method. They do not teach directly any principle, but let the students
discuss about the case and steer the debate towards the points they think are
crucial. If this styles of teaching were implemented in many schools, I do
believe that people would be better prepared to face everyday problems to find
a solution.
To sum up, I strongly support the idea that the connection
between teachers and students is the most important factor for a successful
education because not only students will be more interested in what the
professor has to say, but also there is no need of perfect knowledge to teach
others how to master a subject.
Q. People do many different things to stay healthy. What do you do for good healthy? Use specific reasons and example to support your answer.
Health is wealth not the pieces of silver or gold. Even though everyone understand the importance of health in life, no one is doing anything for staying healthy due to a busy lifestyle. Personally, I believe that we should do our best efforts to stay healthy in this crowded life and for that, I always prefer to do exercises and to stay away from junk food.
Regular exercises or any Physical activities is the best way to maintain physical health. It may be any outdoor games, yoga, running, dancing, work out in a gym or maybe walking also. The purpose of the physical activities should be to warm up the body, regulate blood circulation and to maintain the outlook of the body.in this busy world if anyone gives at least one hours for his own body it will be beneficial for whole life. Furthermore, Persons can feel more focused, energetic as well as mentally strong for any work. When I was in high school. I always fall ill during summer vacation due to my daily routine. So, when my mom brings me to the hospital, the doctor wants to know my daily activities. When I said my humdrum activities he suggests me that I should do any physical exercise during morning or evening. Because my daily routines include to watching television, playing video games and reading comics. Therefore, I was feeling more dull and tedious. When I apply doctor suggestion in my daily life I was feeling more physically and mentally strong. My mother also help me to come over from this situation by providing healthy foods. So, persons should take part in any physical exercise to stay healthy and fit.
Indeed, Good Food is the key to good health. So, it is important to include the necessary food components each day in our meal. Components like protein, minerals, starch and carbohydrate which are significant for the human body. A person should also aware of the drawbacks of fast foods and the effect of low qualities food on health. it is good for everyone to consume homemade food as compared to junk and fried food. Many meals adversely affect our organs and make us seriously ill. When I was in college I had a chemistry class in the morning. So, I did not had enough time to prepare breakfast daily in home. I was always preferred to eat in cafeteria after class which include bread and fried Bhajiya which is a portion of Indian food. After two months I fall serious sick and hospitalized. Doctor suggest me that I should eat homemade food which are rich in nutrients because due to the bad quality of oil it affects my digestive system. I waste almost a month to recover from my sickness. So, it is important to consume a good meal for good health.
To sum up, many people want to be a fit person in this world and they should pick up some time for their health in busy life. The body movement is good for the health and good food is keep our inner organs fit and fine.
This is a good start... but you didn't do anything I suggested in the video! You even did a few things I specifically said not to do! Just watch it one more time and try posting another essay.
@@Toeflresources Q. Agree or Disagree
It is better to visit a foreign place in old age instead of young age.
Trip of foreign country require a perfect plan, lots of money and a good physical strength to enjoy it. But often people face the dilemma to choice a perfect stage of life for an overseas trip. Personally, I believe that it is better to explore the foreign sites in young age instead of old age. I feel this way for the two reasons which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, International trips are requires lots of energy to avoid every problems during the trip. Often people plan a trip with a lots of good aim. Therefore, everyone wants to explore maximum places in limited time and money. So, it is obvious to travel continues without losing energy. Even though local government provide well facilities in tourist sites in every countries, many sites need lots of physical strength to visit and enjoy significant parts of place. Furthermore, Person cannot carry lots of homemade foods in trips. So, sometimes Lack of local facilities can damage person digestive system from nonstandard foods and water. Therefore, individuals need strong physical health so they can tolerant every bad situation which came during enjoyment of abroad trips. Indian trips, for instance, need lot of energy and physical strengths. When I was in college. I visited India for three days on my educational trip organized by the college. I had never imagined that it will be difficult for me. When I saw the plane of trip it was a quite simple and only five historical place I had to visit. but when the day was started I just lost my whole energy while visiting only one fort. It was massive fort with thousands of steps and big walls which we have to cross to see important places of fort. We spend whole day and even cannot explore every part of fort despite the trip was planned. We just lost one day and lots of energy. We were young age students but our body not supporting for next place. However, our educational tour was extended for one day and we adjusted in many things to cover the money for one extra day.
Secondly, Young people are expert in adjustment which is significant for any international trips because well planned trip can also face certain problems which cannot be anticipated. Young people do not feel any social pressure in adjustment with anyone in any condition. On the other hand it is not possible every time for old people to manage in each condition during trip due to their social reputation and respect in society. My own experience is the compelling example of this. When I planned the trip of Nepal with my three friends it was quite good. But when we reached in Nepal I lost whole money. We decide to adjust in every condition because we was very exciting to visiting the places of Nepal. Instead of hotel we take a room on rent. It was a small room with no basic facilities. We save money on hotel and food also to visit the places that we had planned. But it was impossible to any old person to adjust in that condition because they have a respect in society.
In conclusion, young stage of life is the perfect time to visit any foreign country. This is because people in the young age have lots of physical energy and adjusting nature which is perfect for any overseas trip.
@@ajitpandey623 Hey, I picked a different essay to check this week, but thought I would mention a few general thoughts:
1. Study grammar as much as possible. You need to grow in this area.
2. Try to avoid easy adjectives like "good."
3. Don't start sentences with "so."
4. Memorize the template a bit better.
5. Don't start sentences with "but."
Feel free to post a new essay (in a separate comment) if you want to be considered for a full evaluation next week.
You are the best ....pls keep going like this we r blessed to have you as a teacher
I am so happy to have helped you!
Would be taking my test on August 5th. Considering my self lucky that I found this channel. Will definitely be following all his instructions. Wish me luck guys !!!!
Best of luck! Let me know how it goes!
hi michaeel! I improve my score in writing and in speaking, thank u so muchhhh, I had 87, but with your videos I improve to 102
That's awesome. I am glad to have helped!
Hi Michael, I was really boring while studying for the toefl exam but at that time it is really enjoyable and effective for me after visiting your website and watching your videos. Thanks a lot.
Great to hear! When will you take the test?
TOEFL Resources on 27th June
Good luck to you! Let me know if I can help.
@@donduacar7101 did u get the email about the delay
AAA YYY No, I did not receive. Have you enrolled to exam on the sama date?
Hi Michael! Please allow me to thank you for your kind support. With just following your templates I scored 24 points in writing, very helpful templates indeed. Without your templates it would have been difficult reach this level. Thank you very much!
Great job! What's next for you?
Beyond spectacular...... Very detailed(BTW avoids questions from students & confusion).....and very helpful.....tnx a lot...may god bless u!!!!
Thanks for the kind words. They mean a lot to me! When will you take the test?
@@Toeflresources December before z last week of z month on Sunday.....
Good luck to ya!
Tanx
In Panama, kids are first introduced to formal education at the age of three. Subjects such as math, language and science are introduced to their lives, however, less attention is paid to the development of their social skills. Because of this, I believe that a teaching style that is focused in encouraging social interaction, is the best oriented. I feel this way because of two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, every child has a different personality, peculiar tastes and abilities. In order for kids to be able to accurately develop each of their skills, they must be encouraged to explore their environment and surroundings. In many cases, a restrictive school schedule may result in a decrease of the amount of time a student can dedicate to socialize and explore. In fact, I can personally relate to this situation. When I was nine years old, I remember I loved to talk with my neighbor classmate and because of that I was being constantly scolded by my teacher. When my mother asked me about the situation, I responded that the reason I spoke so much in class, was because we were always busy with homework and were never able to play. Consequently, my mom spoke with the parent´s club in order to request that recess time be extended. As a result, I stopped being scolded, got higher grades and even enjoyed going to school.
Secondly, being able to make mistakes and correcting them, is the best way to ensure long lasting knowledge. In order for students to be confident enough to voice their opinions, it is necessary that the environment in which classes are being developed, invites them to interact with each other and their teachers. I can recall a story my niece once told me, it was around nine months ago. During one of her math lectures, the professor kept mentioning the word ¨factorize¨, my niece just couldn’t understand what it meant, but didn’t feel confident enough to ask, as she felt everyone else understood. Finally, after giving it a lot of thought, she raised her hand and asked her teacher. At the end, it resulted that no one else in the class actually understood the term either, so this is a perfect example of how being brave enough to admit one´s ignorance, can actually be a way of becoming even wiser.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that allowing students to interact with each other, can ultimately boost their academic performance and maximize their social relationships. This is because of our natural instinct of widening our understanding of human understanding.
hi, Michael! Here is my recent essay.
In order to be successful, people have two choices
1) To take risks
2) To keep cautious and careful
Which one do you think is the better way to succeed? Give reason to explain your choice.
In this day and age, it is common that people desire to be successful by reading books on self-promotion, listening to relevant lectures, and meeting powerful persons. However, the more crucial factor to be successful is individuals’ characters. From my perspective, taking risks is the proper approach to succeed because opportunities surrounding risks and chances usual being in the Blue Ocean.
There is a motto existing in Wall Street that find the opportunities among risks. It is human’s nature of avoiding risks and dangers, so the brave person will obtain chances that are not found. Taylor Swift, for example, one of top pop singers globally, is trying to protect artists’ intellectual property. Six years ago, she sued the Apple Music company which was extremely powerful in music because the big firm did not pay her and other artists copyright payments, even all of her songs are free in mainland of China. She definitely knew that suing Apple Music company was a risky decision and I quote “I was so scared when I decided to do this because I have nothing if I failed suing”. She won, however, for all of musicians’ copyrights. Yes, she seized her opportunities - protecting her intellectual property - from the risk of losing everything.
Another angle is that Blue Ocean Strategy is the vital part to be successful. As we all know, Blue Ocean Strategy is exploring the new areas to achieve succeed. It is widely shared that to explore new areas enables explorers to be advantageous in competition. To take Elon Musk as an example, he was a dreamer and dreaming about exploring the Mars when he was very young. Many years passes, he announced that he was going to build rockets in order to find human beings’ future planet when he owned a large amount of capital. At that time, every one of his friends, partners, even strangers thought Musk being insane and insensible because it was a huge risk that he would lose his everything if rocket plan did not work. Nonetheless, Musk insisted outer space was Blue Ocean Strategy. As everyone knows, he has become the first person who has capability of exploring Mars and building rockets. Undoubtedly, he is one of the most successful and powerful entrepreneurs.
Conclusively, to take risks is a better channel to succeed owing to offering individuals’ more chances and exploring new areas. Admittedly, being cautious and careful is necessary sometime because such attitudes would decrease faults. Nevertheless, do not being wrong is not the best way to succeed, but seizing opportunities or aiming higher is.
Hi there, just came by to say thanks for these videos. I literally got a 30/30 in the writing section. My final scores where 29,30,24,30 which ads up to 113/120. Make sure you guys practice the speaking section (I didn't). Thank you and good luck to y'all
Great job! That is wonderful. What's next for you?
"Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grades encourage students to learn. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion."
Education it`s an important part of our lives, in this century we have a multiple ways in learning and how to be more educated. it`s extensively valuable to know which method it`s efficient to have a power full generation of education.personally,i believe that grades encourage student to learn.i feel this way for tow main reasons,which i will explore in the following assay.
first of all,grades make student working hard, and be more productive,usually as a human being we need something to motivate us,so when we know that there something is going to evaluate us as a grades, we will put more effort on it and all what you have to be rewarded as a high grades,this encouragement made a better students.my personal experience is a compelling example of this.about 5 years ago when i was in the pharmacy school, my biology professor used to give us a graded quiz every week,as result he made me study for this class every 2-3 days to keep my self up to date,and be ready for the quiz,which is all included in my GPA.in a contrast, in my history lecture the professor used to give us a quizzes each 2 weeks foe his own survey,for this reason i had to study just for the exam.as u can see with grading put me in the right track as a pharmacy student.
secondly,when you experience the grading, this give you the sense of competition with your colleague, in this struggling life we need the competition,to reach your goals,even faster and that`s what you need in the real life .for instance,i remember my sister when she was at the medical-rip field, most of her salary depends on the competition with other company for the same ingredient of the medicine. since she graded all the time while she was at pharmacy school,which give her to motivation to be number one among her colleague, that`s help her also in the field and hit her target.
In conclusion,i am of the opinion that grades encourage students to learn, this is because make them more active and productive so they feel smart, and because they become more successful in their life and career.
hey i just wanted to say thank you for this super duper informative vid!! i went from a 99 to a 111 in just a month, gladly because i was able to discover your video for writing!! i went from 22 to 29. you’re amazing !! :)
Nice work! That is an excellent score! What's next for you?
I made my TOEFL exam last Saturday. I've just received my score: 104!
I came directly here because I used your templates for the writing section and I scored 25/30 :)
The other results are:
Reading 27/30
Listening 29/30
Speaking 23/30
I have to say that it's all about practice. In fact, the speaking section is where I practiced the less.
Anyway, thank you a lot for your videos!
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@@Toeflresources master degree in computer science!
Which of the following jobs would you prefer to have?
- A job at a company that offers challenging and interesting projects but few vacation days.
- A job at a company that does not challenge you, but offers a lot of vacation days.
Uses details and examples to support your choice. An effective essay is usually at least 300 words long.
Every individual has attribute of his/her own working in an environment, and it is still important that we choose the one which suits best our character. Personally, I believe that working in a challenging environment is extremely beneficial; besides, there are less days for vacation. I feel this way for two reasons which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, working in challenging environment makes opportunities to our further promotion in our professions. Our long-term success depends on challenging events we meet, thus it is critically important to get involved in. If we do not develop this skill we will never experience a better professional future. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About five years ago, when I started working as a civil engineer, was a conservative personal who could not meet challenges pretty well. However, after taking responsibility of a challenging public sector project and supervising the project in a pretty good manner with extraordinary results I came out of my shell and changed to accept challenges. As a result, when I started my own business I overcame every single challenge very well and became a natural leader. For this reason, I promoted my business and now I am a prosperous businessman of my town. I have been very successful in my career and I owe it all for that challenging project.
Secondly, working with challenging projects are interesting than going on vacations, so we enjoy more as we get much involved in. When we start working on a project instead of leaving for vacations we get more interested to the career. In contrast, if we leave for the vacation then projects are delayed that makes them more hating and difficult. For instance, when a brother of mine was hired as construction manager for a private company he took challenging projects. He could not leave for any vacation for more than three years as he was too busy. Moreover, he was getting more enthusiastic any time I was meeting him in his office, and it was all due to his heavy busyness. It has been the fourth mega project he successfully fulfilled using this way and it is still very useful.
In conclusion, I ma of the opinion that it is a great idea taking challenging projects instead of going on lots of vacations. This is because they help us getting more insight into our career, and because they help us being involved and enjoy difficult projects.
Movies and television strongly influence the way people behave
21st century appears to be the age of technological development and ,naturally, mass-media has a strong influence on society. In my opinion, credits to one of the strongest influence on people goes to TV and movie industry. I feel this way for two main reasons, that I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, famous figures have a great impact on society for the following reason - they are idols for regular people with big dreams as celebrities achieved big success out of nothing, but only with hard work. Consequently, every single of their behaviors is copied by us and we develop trust towards our idols inattentively. My own experience is a compelling example of this, just a year ago I found out about a blogger who had her TV show - Leandra Medine and almost fell in love with her work. Her devotion and openness towards public made me admire this iconic woman. Accordingly every single product she shared via social media or her talk-show had a great marketing influence on me ,she pushed me to develop style and taste just like her. I unconsciously started to feel myself under the pressure of mass-media.
Secondly, one of the most popular ways of advertising products nowadays is ads in the TVs and appearance of products in the movie. Psychologists and experienced marketing specialists focused on studies of society and apparently came up with the most influential field for the society. Even if people don't pay attention at the advertisement in the tv still our brains memorize them and have impact on consumers while making choice. For instance, my grandmother had zero knowledge about gadgets, once she had to buy her first laptop in the technique store so she eventually ended up buying one advertised in the TV and one she saw in lots of movies, the reason was simple other brands were pretty much unknown for her so she made her choice on the brand she developed trust towards.
All things considered, I personally think cinema and television industry affect way people think and behave, i feel this way for two main reasons, first impact celebrities have on us is tremendous, and way advertisements influence our brains is too obvious.
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Agree/Disagree question: Overall, the widespread use of the internet has a mostly positive effect on life in today’s world.
The main theme of this essay is the usage of internet and how it affects person’s life. Personally, I believe that internet has overall positive effect on the manhood. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, with the use of internet you can search and find much more online jobs. Thirty years ago, when the internet usage was not an option, there were very few jobs where you can work from home and earn money. Now when all the important stuff is organized through the internet, there are a lot of online job offers. Not only for working online, you can use the internet for participating for a standard job, you just need to send your CV to the company. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. Before four years, when I started my studies and I started to live alone, I needed more money than usual. Because I was going to the university campus in the morning and I stayed there till 4 o’clock, I couldn’t get a standard job. I started seeking on the Internet what can I do to make my own money and I found a lot of job offers. My job was organizing and designing different internet pages from local stores. This was a great opportunity for me to make my own money and stay flexible about the working hours.
Secondly, if you use internet you can communicate with people even if you are far away from them. With the new technology of smartphones and cameras, you can easily communicate with everyone and it doesn’t matter if they are at the other end of the world. Not just for communication with your family, this type of communication is often used to organize different working meetings. For instance, when I was in Germany to work as a student during the summer, I used to call my parents all the time so they don’t feel that I am not around them. When my friends were gathered together and played some game, they used to video call me and we would play that game together. With the use of this technology you can feel less lonely and you can feel like you are closer to your loved ones.
In conclusion, I am of that opinion that internet can be used to improve life of today’s people. This is because you can work from the comfort of your own home and you can communicate with the people you love wherever you are.
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Q53: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for governments to spend money to improve Internet access than to improve public transportation. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer?
Answer:
Internet is an important parameter for any nation that is planning to cope with evolution in the world of technology. The quote say: “the world becomes like a small village”. Personally I believe that internet is a momentous issue for any country and its population. I feel this way for two reasons where I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, nowadays, a lot of jobs are offered through online, not only inside the border of the country but also vacancies in any place worldwide. My life is a compelling example. About ten years ago, after my graduation, I failed to find a job. As I do not know from where I should begin or where I should send my curriculum vitae, then I begin searching on line and I found a lot of corporations that I contacted them from my home. Surely, I awe the start of my career to the internet.
Secondly, through online people can reach to their doctors easily from their home for any medical council or ask for prescription in emergency. For instance, my old friend David faces health problem while his doctor is travelling abroad, it is difficult to meet him, moreover, any further assistance need the history of the patient. However, the internet makes it easy to contact him and through e-mail, he sends the medication and recommendation that we need to deal with the case. Thanks for the internet which make people so close to each other even there are in a further distance.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that internet is critically important. This because it helps lots of people to initiate their career, and because it helps patient to contact their doctors without moving.(288)
Hi, I have watched your all videos and I am done. I will take the exam tomorrow. Wish me luck... I will write my experience here after the exam....
Thanks! I can't wait to hear from you again.
All the best for you! Please share your experience!
@@Toeflresources I want to make an upgrade. I got 81. my aim was 80 and above so I am happy for that. My reading and listening parts were very low but thanks to you Micheal, writing and speaking sections were 24 and 22. I couldn't believe it. I have a tips for everyone, I took my break 5 min and come back early so that I could prepare my speaking and writing templates. By this way, I was ready for filling the blanks. It helped me a lot. I advised to everyone.
Hey Michael! I just got my scores recently and very thankful for you. I was struggling with my writing part, after watching your videos I get confidence but still, doubted it. At last, I got a decent score in TOEFL thanks for you. For the aspirants go follow the video you will get your dream score.
Hey, good for you!
Q: Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what type of neighbor is the best to have?
-someone who is quiet
-someone who we are similar to
-someone who is supportive
Use specific details and examples in your answer.
A:
Quietness always contains peace inside. In my opinion, neighbor who is quiet is better than similar or supportive neighbors. I believe in this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First, I need silence to study well because I’m undergraduate student. It’s important to have quiet people around me, it is key point to focus on my studies. I make presentations every week, I have papers to do, and I have to pass exams each month as well. My concentration may distract too easily, so I must be in silent room to ready for studying for all these stuff. I think most of people need silence to concentrate on something. My own experience is quite compelling example of this. Two years ago, I was living in an apartment in İzmir and some of my neighbors are too noisy. I had to study for university exam at that time, however it was impossible to do. After weeks I could not handle this situation on my own and I asked for a meeting with people from all apartments in building. In this meeting, we got new rules and after 8 p.m. every apartment would be quiet. I could study thanks to this rule and I passed the exam which I studied for.
Second, if the neighbors are not quiet, it means you know lots of things about their lives. I think it’s really annoying knowing private lives of people who you don’t care about. Moreover, their behavior is too inappropriate, they don’t care about this issue, so they are bothering other people doing this. For instance, I moved in a new apartment last month and I met my new neighbors without talking them. They were chatting so loudly and I learned about their university life without wanting. Sometimes they are arguing, shouting each other, and swearing. In my point of view, as a new neighbor, meeting someone like this is quite bad. It made me think they are not people who I want to meet and chat. People should be respectful and realize they are living in society which requires living as community. Some of people are not be able to understand that there are other people around them, and it might go back them in a negative way.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that quiet neighbors are the best. I believe in this way because I’m student so I need silence, and noisy neighbors may be quite annoying by letting you know about their private lives.
I picked a different essay to check this week, but I wanted to just give you a few general tips. They are:
1. You should try a bit harder to memorize the template (word for word). You made some changes, and they all hurt you.
2. Write about "we" in the topic sentences, not "I."
3. Indeed, don't talk about "I" until the example. Never before.
Please evaluate this! Thank you!
Childhood is the period from which an individual learns the basic education and how to behave in real world. Since the beginning of childhood we are taught to be honest as much as possible. But in my opinion, sometimes it is better to be dishonest and I will try to explore my views in the subsequent paragraphs
To begin with, everyone believes that honesty is best trait and should be acquired by all individuals of the society. However, sometimes honesty can make things more convoluted. It can increase the misunderstanding between employees working in same company. When I was working in my previous company, we were grouped into teams and were assigned a project. The project completion requires some confidentiality between groups as well as our manager. Whereas, one of our team member, due to his over honest trait in his personality uttered the basic idea required for completion of the process to higher authorities and they started causing hindrance in our work. Consequently, we were not able to finish the process.
Moreover, too much honesty can cause distance among family members also. Sometimes, sensitive matters need not to be addressed but when an individual in a family tries to disclose the tiny matters among different people of family, that can lead raise major issues in their life. When I was child, we used to live in joint family. At some point of life, some minor happenings occur in our business due to my uncle and he tries to explain the things that were gone wrong to my father that leads to unnecessary issues among them and they got separated. If my uncle sorts out that matter on his own by being slight dishonest, that issues can be avoided. Thus, being dishonest can be sometimes beneficial in a long run.
In conclusion, I believe, sometimes it is better to dishonest as it can prevent things to become complicated among colleagues or different groups of peoples and can prevent misunderstanding between family members over small matters of their life.
Q: You have enough money to purchase either a house or a business. Which would you choose to buy? Give specific reasons to explain your choice.
A lot of things attract peoples’ attention when they can afford expensive items, including such as a new house or even a business. Each of the alternatives has self-explanatory advantages and drawbacks; however, in my opinion, I agree that a business is a better option. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
To begin with, owning a business you can earn much more money than you had initially. It is reasonable to invest money in order to gain higher revenue later. An experience of a friend of mine is a compelling example of this. He had a good job and after a while saved money to buy a new accommodation. Having ruminated and estimated all pros and cons, he postponed the house trade deal and, despite this, invested money into a consortium dealing with the novel research center investigating cancer diseases. It was a profitable joint-stock company, and, in two years, he earned more than put in. He was able to buy not only a new house but also a car, and to continue to earn money. Accordingly, as you can see, he could not have afforded all this unless he decided to buy a business share.
Another point to consider is that permanent income is essential for life’s stability and free. When your business is successful, you do not need to think about the salary and can do things you really want rather than that you need. To illustrate, a person is able to consider his job as a hobby once he does not need to build a career and compete with others. Purchasing a flourishing business that will bring additional stable earnings, in other words, opens opportunities for self-realization and helps to tear the restrictions imposed by the pecuniary aspect of life. This exemplifies that choosing the participation in a corporation instead of momentary obsession, an immediate desire for a new house, can lead to a more comfortable life in the future.
In conclusion, for the above-mentioned reasons, I firmly believe I would choose to buy a business rather than a house. Not only will it bring addendum profit that can highly overlap the house’s price, but also will enhance the life’s quality by opening new opportunities and allowing more freedom. People ought to choose rationally with perspective for a future.
Thank you for your videos!
This is not a proper TOEFL essay question. I urge you to find a question that matches the three patterns described in this video. After you do that please post your essay as a new comment and I will consider it for evaluation next week!
Hi Michael!!!
There is no shortage of debate about the effects of the Internet on people. Personally, I believe that as long as web search is used properly, it can be an invaluable assistant in every sphere of our life. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, in terms of academic content, there are abundant lectures and articles to carry out researches. Students do not waste their time to look for data, because the cloud makes it easy. Their tasks are only discriminate sources and sift information to marshal facts. My own experience is a compelling example of this. On one occasion, my professor gave me an assignment on nuclear physics for the final exam, which is the most complex part of this subject. I found a lot of books related to the topic, but the information in these books was limited. Added to this deadline were no much to read them find useful facts. Therefore, I started using web search, especially, I looked for lectures and articles, which were no long but enough to me. Before two days from the deadline, I absorbed so much information on nuclear physics in little time with the help of the Internet, in other words, I finished my task and was ready to examination. In the day of the exam, I was very confident, because I had already learned almost all concepts of this topic.
Secondly, we can use cloud storage to get informed of the news. Although there are competitors of the Internet in this field, such as TV, radio, newspaper, it is the fastest and cheapest way of stay current. Furthermore, there may be misleading facts, but renowned companies for news are reliable. Because they struggle for consumers as well as fame. Therefore, we can get true information from Online searching. For example, three months ago, a false fact about the decease of governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was released in every media ranging from radio to newspaper. In addition, some web sites published this information, but the famous site, Guardian proved that was not reliable and true data. According to the evidence of the Guardian, Arnold was ill, but not serious. After that many people changed their beliefs about news publishers, and they began to rely on primarily the online cloud.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that the Internet is a great and useful tool in our life. This is because there are many sources to conduct researches and because we can use it to stay current.
your videos are very helpful. I only studied from your methods, and I worked on my timing.
Thanks to you I got my wanted results.
Great job! What's next?
@@Toeflresources Next step is applying to my dream University. :D
Thank you very much for your channel. It really helps those, who don't have a chance to prepare with the tutor. Thank you once again.
I'm really happy to help. Let me know if you have any questions.
""Some people spend their entire lives in one place. Others move a number of times throughout their lives, looking for a better job, house, community, or even climate. Which do you prefer: staying in one place or moving in search of another place? Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion.""
Many people spend their lives searching for a place to settle down and build their career and grow a family, on the other hand, others are looking for adventure and experiences in different countries. Personally, I believe that people should invest their time and money to construct a good structure life which makes it/them possible to afford travel and foreign experiences. I fell this way for two reasons, which I will explore them in the following essay.
First of all, we grow up with our families, which gives us support when we are in the studying process until we receive the first job opportunity. Besides that, friendships and relationships come up naturally. When we become workers, we are concerned about buying a house and acquire goods. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About ten years ago, I have started working in a multinational audit company as a trainee. Since that time, I had a life target of buying an apartment and a car. During this period, I finished my graduation and I was promoted as a manager, so, it allowed me to achieve my target. In addition, my work rewarded me with a trip to Italia and it allowed me to taking my mother with me.
Secondly, a solid career plan gives us the possibility to include our dreams and hobbies. For instance, the director of my department had spent two years in New York throughout an intern exchange program. She is an example of workaholic and effort influence for the team, as a result, she was recognized and could accomplish her personal goal by traveling abroad.
In conclusion, establishing a strong and healthy life's pattern may offer you alternatives ways to keep your expectations. This Is because familiar bases help to insist on your targets and because it will allow you to continue doing what you like to do.
Your essay is filled with great detail and transtions are on ponit but there are some few grammaar errors ,besides that its a good one .You just need to work on your grammar to turn this into a superb essay.👍😊
Hey Michael, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your speaking and writing templates!
They were very helpful for me to reach the grades that I needed!
Great to hear! How were your results?
Thanks for these great explanations! I had an overall band 7 in ielts academic a couple of years ago, and now I'm panicking for my coming TOEFL test, i don't know i think after deep analysis, the ielts was much easier than this, meaning especially the speaking and maybe the writing sections
To be honest, the IELTS writing section is way harder. And the scoring is way more strict!
Hello Michael, Thank you so much for your videos, I used your advice to do the independent essay from my guide to the TOEFL, I couldn't finish in time. It's definitely too long and it has some error (dept instead of debt for exemple), but I decided to let it like that to have your idea of my score and to have your feedback. Hopefully, you will take my essay this week (fingers crossed) :)
Some young people chose to leave the parents house early to be more independent, other's feel the need to stay longer, what is your opinion on the subject (not exactly this, but it was mostly that)
Becoming an adult usually rimes with leaving the parents house. Personally, I believe we should not feel the need to leave our childhood home too fast. Independency can be gain in a different way. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, to become independent in a secure way, we need to feel financially secure which is extremely difficult if we leave our home too early. As we usually have to continue post-graduate school while becoming adult, we live out on loans and we only accumulate depts. If we leave our parents house, we will have to allocate a budget for food and rent while having to pay for school. My personal exemple is a compelling exemple of this. When I was a teenager, my mother couldn’t afford to pay for my education and she made me promise that I would not leave the house before finishing my degree. She wanted to help me in the only way possible which was by giving me a place to live for free. I still felt independent during my university years. I was implicated in the apartment chores and I was helping as much as I could with dinner and lunches. Today, at 31 years old, I still have 20 000$ of university dept. If I had left my mother’s house, I would have had so much more money to reimburse and I would not feel free at all.
Secondly, staying longer with our parents is a great way to become a house owner and thus, feel independent faster. It gives us the opportunity to accumulate money and directly start our life with our own house instead of renting an appartment. For instance, I have a friend that stayed home three years after starting to work full time. She gave a small amount to her parents every month as rent, but was mostly putting money aside. These three years helped her accumulate enough money to buy a house all by herself at 27 years old with little paiements every month. She is now fully independent and pays the same price as my appartment rent because of the money she was able to give as a first paiement on the house. If she had left earlier, who knows how much money she would have given to an appartment that would never come back to her. We can see how much of an investment it is to own a house instead of paying rent to someone else.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that it’s preferable to live a little longer with our parents if it is a possibility. This is because it gives us a better chance to start our adult life with less dept and much more independency and security.
Thank you, Michael! Hope my essay will be chosen! The question and response are below.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?In the past, young people depended too much on their parents to make decisions for them; today young people are better able to make decisions about their own lives.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Without doubt, young people are becoming more independent today. Many factors have led to their self-independence. The patterns of interactions with parents changed through the years, resulting in young people's making decision for themselves more and more. And with the help of information revolution, young people are able to tackle any problems they meet in life. Instead of depending on parents to decide for them, which is usually the case in the past, contemporary young people are good at making their own decisions.
In the first place, children nowadays tend to live on campus at a rather early age due to the heavy workload of parents, and this forces children to learn to depend on themselves. Interactions between young people and their parents have changed so much that parents often don't have enough time to spend time with their children. Driven by tight work schedule, some parents will send their children to schools that accomodate students of very young age. Those bording schools are where children learn to become self-disiplined and acquire basic skills of life such as washing clothes, interacting with people, conquering difficulities, all by themselves. Gradually, they could make decisions by themselves.
Furthermore, the Internet provides young people whatever they are curious about, from which they can easily find guidance in life. It's so convenient for young people to access any information needed to make decisions by themselves. Whether it's to learn to deal with love affairs or to choose a career, young people will get strageties and knowledge online. Most of the time, what they get from the Internet is more practical and useful than from parents, since the Internet bind humans' experience and intelligence together. Having acquired the methods of self-learning, young people are able to make whatever decisions facing them. For instance, when a young man breaks up with his girlfriend and doesn't know what to do, it's embarrassing for him to get suggestions from parents. Instead, the internet is where they tend to turn to for solutions. He will make his own decisions on whether to pursue the girl or just give up.
To sum up, young people are more and more making their own decisions today than in the past. Though decision making by themselves, they are learning to be responsible for themselves at the same time. With mature value judgement, young people would benefit more from the decicions made by themselves.
Your essay is really good! 😊
The way you say "about" is very addictive
Many people seem to think so. :)
Please consider using another color combination for your slides besides white letters on a yellow backround.
Okay I will!
Thanks for your great video. I take TOEFL to enter PhD program of a top school in the US, and hopefully, want to get 27/30 in writing.
Here is my essay for the question I found on your site. I would appreciate if you pick this one!
Q. "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to use printed materials such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the Internet. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "
Online technology has caused a major impact on how to conduct research. In my opinion, it is better to utilize the Internet. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
To begin with, I can access much more information via the Inernet than via books. It is said that the amount of information that is existing online is far much larger than in books. If you rely only on hard materials to do reseach, then you may not be able to find useful sources that help you, but if you use the Internet you can always find what you want. For example, when I was in a college, I took a history class. I had to write a term paper on World War I to obtain the credit, so I seached the university library at first. However, soon I realized that there was no books containing information I want, and I consulted the professor. He suggested using the Internet, and I could immidiately find a ton of reliable sources. This example demonstrates how useful the Intert is in gaining a vast amount of information.
Secondly, materials on the Internet are more reliable than books because they can be corrected easily. Sometimes, even famous professors make mistakes in writing articles or books. It is difficult to correct the printed materials since they are already phisically distributed to university libraries, while the online information can be replaced by just uploadin new version. My own experience demonstrates this point. Last year, I downloaded an academic article from a prestigious journal. Although it did have printed version, I used the electoric one. Then, about 3 months later, I got an email from the journal, and it said that there was a mistake in the article and corrected versions were uploaded. This notification was made possible becase I used the Internet and thus my log and contact information had kept by the journal. If I had used the hard copies, I would not had got this correction information.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that online materials are more preferrable in reseach. This is because the Internet widen the range of information that I can obtain, and the online sources are more likely to be correct.
Hey, I took a look at your essay! You can download it over here: www.toeflresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Research_checked-4.docx
I think this one would score 21-23 points, but take a look at the document for specific comments. Please come back and let me know that you have seen this comment!
@@Toeflresources Hi, thanks a lot! Your comment is so helpful to me. I didn't know that I should use "we" instead of "you" or "I".
I noticed that I make many mistakes on spelling and verb tenses, which would be reduced if I had time to proofread my essay.
Are there any tips to complete writing essays faster?
Thank you! Test on Friday, your videos are really helpful!
Good luck!
i am so thankful i stumbled upon this video. tomorrow i will be taking my exam and your videos have been huge help for me. hopefully,it all goes well.
thank you for your hard work!
I'm happy to have helped. Let me know the result!
Hi Michael! I just wanted to say thaaanks! Your templates for the writing and speaking sections helped me a lot!
Great to hear! That's why I made them!
You are saving many lives.
Michael, thank you so much. Your videos were very helpful to me. For those who are interested in samples of the independent essay, Michael has several on his website, I highly recommend them.
You know, I think I should put a link to those samples in the video description. Thanks for reminding me!
Thanks a lot for your video!
Question prompt: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
In today's world, it is more important to work quickly and risk making mistakes than to work slowly and make sure that everything is correct.
Nowadays, there is a big tradeoff between speed and correctness of a specific task. Personally, I believe that the first priority should be soundness and reliability of your work. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, I think that we should break our assignment into seperate parts and check each part before starting the next part. If someone does something wrong right at the start and do not recognize it, this can have many severe consequences in the final outcome. As a result, the basis of your work is the most important and you should make sure you put the first building blocks very presicely. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About three years ago, when I was studying for the university entrance exam, I was reluctant to see the solutions of the problems before solving them all. Once when I was studying physics, I understood the main method for a kind of problem completely wrong. I went there and solved all the problems based on that misunderstanding. After I saw the solutions, I was surprised to see that all my solutions were wrong. Consequently, I was forced to read the concepts again and solve all the problems for the second time. By doing this, I wasted a lot of valuable time, and besides, I got upset when I saw that I solved all the problems incorrectly for the first time. Learning from this experience, I decided to solve a small set of problems and then see their solutions. This method helped me to conceive my mistakes and not repeating them again in the next problems.
Secondly, I think that the reliability of the work is much more important than how fast you finish it. A product that is ready sooner but nobody is sure that it works in a suitable way, is obviously not promising. On the contrary, the product that comes later, but everybody is completely sure that it has the best performance and never crashes in important occasions, may attract so many people. For instance, when I was a child, I always used to finish the exams sooner than anybody else. I was satisfied with the fact that other students admired me for solving difficult problems that fast. In fact, my grades were also excellent as well. However, after some exams, I saw that there are numerous little mistakes in my exam papers. These small mistakes, mostly caused by immense speed and lack of concentration, resulted in some bad results as well. As a result, I understood that I should check every part of the paper before handing it out to my teacher to recognize and correct these small mistakes. By doing that, my grades were enhanced considerably.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that working slowly but without mistakes is more important than finishing the task very quickly. This is because some works involve stages that depend on each other and you should make sure that each stage is finished without any defect before moving on to the next stages, and because in the final product, soundness and reliability are much more valuable than how fast you finish and hand out the work.
I will be happy to see you correct the essay line by line and know your suggestions, and if not possible I will also be very happy to only know which score I will get in the actual test with this essay.
I used everything stated in the video for this essay, except I wrote around 500 words. I also checked it with grammarly and there were some small mistakes on grammar, punctuation and dictation.
Thanks in advance!
Hello! I picked a different student's essay this week, but I just wanted to mention that this IS very excellent work. I think you will probably do pretty well on the test. Just write less so you can focus more on grammar. You are a bit weak when it comes to articles, and I bet slowing down will help you to spot mistakes on your own.
If you want to be considered for a full evaluation just post your next essay as a NEW comment. I might take a look next week.
@@Toeflresources Thanks a lot, I will send another one in my new comment tonight.
@@Toeflresources I submit one of my essays which is a bit weaker than the last one in a new comment. I will be happy to see it corrected line by line and know your suggestions, but if it is not possible, I really like to know which score I will get with this essay on the real test.
Thanks in advance!
Hey, I missed your essay when you posted it. As I said above, if you want to have your essay checked, post it as a NEW comment rather than as a reply. Replies get buried deep down where I can't see 'em and the notification system ain't so good. :(
Great video. It helped me a lot in my toelf test study. I will take the test probably next month. Thank you. great job.
My pleasure!
Today, education techniques and tools are becoming so much variant yet available than ever before. In a world where education is an authentic right for all human beings. Further development and sustainability of education became more challenging and competitive in order to make this process as efficient as possible. Hence we spend a vast portion of our lives at school , this time should be a worthy investment and an enriching experience. My personal experience is a compelling example for this.
First of all, when I look back, I realize how much it shaped my personality . In my preparatory school, where I always loved and enjoyed chemistry class, I still remember how if felt when chemical material interacted with each other, as it kept boiling inside those tubes , changing their colors and evaporating into fumes . This was exciting ,enthusiastic , interactive. This took my whole attention, made the scientific material easier, made the laboratory a nice place to gather, communicate with my classmates, learn and have fun. Actually I think I needed to see that happening just once in the laboratory in order to memorize the scientific details and the experiment the whole semester . This was merely enchanting.
Secondly, linguistics class was a burden on my chest, as the teacher kept saying new vocabulary sometimes, while other times we kept just repeating it or including the new words in some sentences. It took me a long time to breakthrough that psychological barrier in order to get out of my shell and have courage to express myself using any new language. Actually this teaching methods affected my whole life, as learning a new language became a joyful hobby rather than being a formal heavy task. Languages has never been a barrier to travel to a new country or to communicate a new friend.
Finally, I owe a lot to the my professor who made teaching active, vital and worth experiencing. I myself will be keen on the maintaining a high quality education if I get into academia one day.
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The content of advertisements in a particular country can tell you a lot about that country.
Nowadays, people watch and hear a lot of commercials on TV, radio, the Internet and social media; moreover people travel a lot and can compare the content of the advertisements in different countries. Personally, I am of opinion that the gist of commercials can tell important information about the country. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, if the country has a strong economy and people earn decent money, the advertisers will promote expensive and luxury goods, because as a rule the rich already possess the thing of the first necessity and daily bread. My own experience is a compelling example of this. For the recent ten years I have been to Germany for several times and having been living in the hotels. Usually in the evenings, when I was having rest from the busy work days, I have been watching TV and as you can guess there were tons of promotions every five minutes. Thus, I have noticed that advertisers promote expensive cars, jewelry, real estate, cruise voyages, etc. This proves that population of Germany can afford this stuff.
Secondly, the content of commercials reflects the national customs and priorities of the country. People will not be interested in the products they are not used to. To be more specific, I like to go to Italy for my vacations. I love the climate, food and people of this land. Italians, as it is widely known, are foodies, the talk about the food all the time and snack, eat and drink wine and coffee whenever they have the possibility and time. So, guess what have I concluded about the commercials in this country? Yes, pizza, ham, cheese, wine, coffee and much more food and drink.
In conclusion, I believe that commercials can provide much information about the country. This is because it indicates the financial level of the country and its traditions and customs.
Hello! I picked a different essay for evaluation this week, but I just wanted to mention a few general comments anyways. They are:
1. Your essay is a bit short. Aim for about 380 to 400 words in total. That might seem impossible now, but make it your ultimate goal.
2. Your grammar is pretty good.
3. Note the pattern: "for the past ten years."
4. Use "as a result" instead of "thus."
5. Don't start sentences with "so."
6. Don't ask questions.
7. Follow the templates in the video!
Meanwhile, if you want to be considered for a full evaluation next week just post your next essay in a new comment!
@@Toeflresources Michael, thank you for your time and recommendations!
The prompt is asking whether media and games affect young people’s behavior. well, in my opinion it definitely has a huge impact on teens and kids. I think this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, teenagers and young children are really impressionable. Their thought can easily be directed and media is one of the most influential means to do that. For instance, my 6 years old nephew used to be fascinated by super hero movies and games and he specifically loved a character named The Hulk, which apparently was really strong and smashed stuff. He eventually began to imitate The Hulk’s behavior and started to punch people and smash things. His parents were really irritated by his unusual behavior, but they couldn’t do any thing to get him to stop it. Finally they were forced to get help from a psychologist. This was one of the bad impact of the media on young people that I myself witnessed.
Secondly, there are some TV programs that are aimed for a certain age and therefore they attract young people by using colorful scenes and music. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. As a child, I used to be addicted to a children series called “creativity time”. On that show, children built interesting structures and drew fascinating paintings along with playing and dancing to a music. The joyful activities on the show was so intriguing for me that I had to watch the show every evening and I certainly was so influenced by the music and dancing that I came up with a dancing style of my own with the show’s theme song. I even began to use my own imagination and create handcrafts and build small structures and personally believe that this was all my first step towards my current career as an architect.
As I illustrated in the examples above, I strongly believe that television programs and video games can immensely influence young people’s behavior. It is just the matter of the way that they shape kids’ conduct. This is because children are so easily influenced and because programs aimed for kids use different ways to look appealing to children.
Thanks for this serie of videos. Those are being really helpful in my preparation for TOEFL exam!!
I am happy to help! When will you take the test?
first, I would like to thank you again for this video and the comments written by you and by other students as they are really beneficial. Reading this number of essays is helpful and gives me many ideas.
I am glad to have helped. You can find even more essays right here:
www.toeflresources.com/sample-toefl-essays
For now, focus on the first 20, as they have been "upgraded" to modern standards.
It cannot be denied that Movies are a big part of the entertainment industry. Movies have been means of entertainment for many individuals and there are a variety of reasons why they are popular around the world. These reasons ranges from personal, social and economic reasons and the subsequent paragraphs will shed more lights on these reasons.
To start with, Movies are popular because of the content they portray. A lover of war movies will find movies in that genre fascinating and will go to any length to see a movie that has that content. Many time movies are able to depict past historical events, allowing people to have picture ideas of what the situation was at that time. From my personal experience, the movie TITANIC is my greatest movie of all time, I would not have fully understood what really occurred on the Titanic ship if I had not seen the movie. The movie like many others aided my understanding of the events that led to the sinking to the ship.
Furthermore, movie stars have become idols to a lot of movie watchers. If a person’s favorite actor is starred in a certain movie, this can make the individual go to see this movie. This however does not matter whether the particular movie is a ones favourite genre, but the fact that a certain actor is in the movie would promote the popularity of the movie.
Lastly, movies are a great influence on the economic stability of a country. This is due to the amount of funds grossed from the movie industry annually. Take Bollywood for example, it was recorded that it grossed about 5 billion dollas in 2013, making it a great factor in India’s growing economy.
While there are no monopoly of reasons why movies are popular around the world, the reasons detailed above expresses my opinion on the matter.
Q: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Because people are busy doing so many different things, they do very few things well.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Accuracy is one of the most important characteristics of any achieved task. It determines the quality of the achievement. Some people believe that they can accomplish many jobs at the same time because they are confident about themselves. Whereas, others think that it is hard to do chores well when they have so many to do. Personally, I totally agree with the statement that says because people are busy doing many different jobs, they can not do all of them well and this is because of the following reasons.
To begin with, having a lot of different errands prevents people from focusing on completing many of them. People are distracted by the quantity of the work that they are doing so they cannot do them in a perfect way. A good example to illustrate this is what happened to me when I was in the last year of university. At the second semester of this year, I was required to do three paper research projects in physics, biology, and analytical chemistry and study for my mid-term exam of organic chemistry. These tasks were due within only one week. Because I was overwhelmed and busy with all the work that I had to accomplish, I did the paper researches on a rush in order to study well for my exam. As a result, I got low grades on my projects but a high grade only in the exam. As you can see, putting so many tasks to do, inhibits the concentration and decreases the chances of success.
On top of that, if people engage themselves in a lot of activities, they will take extra time in achieving any of them. The job that requires one day would take two since we have to switch to do some work in the other tasks. For instance, I remember last year when my husband was doing some renovations in our house. He was supposed to paint the whole walls of the house and replace the water heater and the AC units. Because he used to do some painting for two days and one of the other jobs in the following two days. He took two months to accomplish them. However, my friend has done the same work in her house but in separate periods. This took only one week for each job to be done. This experience taught me that, focusing on one task saves time.
To conclude, I utterly agree with the statement that being busy with many tasks decreases the quality of your work. Because running many errands at the same time causes a distraction and wastes time.
Hello!
I picked a different essay this week, but I just wanted to write a few general tips for you. They are:
1. Follow the template. You aren't doing that now.
2. If you are using "whereas" to make a comparison, but both things in the same sentence. As in: "Whereas some people like cats, I like dogs."
3. "During" the second semester of this school year...
4. "THIS IS BECAUSE...." Indeed, every change you made to the template hurt you. Go figure!
Thankyou so much for these videos! With the help of your templates i received my dream scores for my Toefl ibt test!! Thankyou
That makes me very happy! What is next for you?
my dream university , i will be doing global law 😃
Fantastic! I'm proud of you. Stop by again in a year or two and let me know how it is all going, will you?
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hi next 2 weeks i will take toefl and I'm full of stress. from now on is it okay i practice on previous test? is it useful?
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Thank you! 😃
some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do you think this is a good idea?
Being encouraged and applauded by the parent can have great positive impacts on children at any age. Personally, I believe that receiving prize from parent for educational success is a good idea. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, getting rewarded by father and mother makes a great impetus and enthusiasm in children for doing better school duties. So they know that if they acquire high grades in school they will receive money and this is would be a great stimulus for them to do their own best effort. My own experience is a compelling example of this. I was a good student in high school and always got higher grades. I never can forget the time that I received my first money from my father for the math grade. I was so happy because I could buy stuff that I liked. So I thought if I get more good grades I will receive more money, as a result I can collect and save them for buying bigger stuff such as bicycle that I loved so much.
Secondly, considering some prizes for children's school high grades from parents conveying this message to the kids that, they and their efforts are very important and valuable for parents and they are grateful for their endeavors. This kind of behavior from parents improves the intimacy and sincerity between them and helps to build a good mutual trust and relationship and eventually a stronger family. Besides this, parent appreciative attitudes toward children's successes enhance the gratitude spirit in them and makes them learn about how they should be thankful for good things that happen for them.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that the idea of a parent being thankful for children's high grades in school by paying money can have some positive influences on kids. This is because makes great motivation and passion in young children and expresses that their diligent efforts are precious for them and they are content about that.
Some people like to communicate by email and voice mail. Other people like to communicate by telephone or face-to-face. Which type of communication do you prefer, and why?
The communication is the most important factor that can help everyone understand each other for more than decades. Some people prefer to connect by sending email. Writing email can be checked and revised before sending to recipient. Moreover, this communication is clearly to comprehend because the letter can be proved. However, some groups favor to connect by using voice or talking face to face. This can help people understand the real situation and can get closer as well.
The advantage to write the email before sending is correction. Connection by email is able to review, revise, and adjust before forwarding to others. Moreover, communication by letter can help people understand the meaning clearly and can be an evidence. For instance, my friend was commanded to do some works by his manager. She sent the email and identified deep information to him. But he told the manager that he did not receive any email. His manager showed him the evidence that she sent out. Thus, sending the letter may help people comprehend and also be the verification.
On the other hand, talking by face to face may assist people visualize the real expression and perceive the emotion. This communication is able to build a relationship because people can see the eyes and also open mind to talk each other. Furthermore, when people feel guilty and would like to say apologize to another by face to face. This connection demonstrates sincerity and honesty.
In conclusion, it can be seen clearly that sending email can be evidence to proof. Moreover, this may help everyone understand the same way. In contrast, talking by face to face might let everyone see the real expression and feel the real emotion. I strongly believe that connection from both are able to help people communicate with the others.
Hello!
As I said in the video, I won't check essays that don't follow the advice in the video! I think you haven't actually watched the video. You really ought to... since it will improve your results! I promise!
great tips and tricks for writing....I love it
I love your comment!
The template works! Thanks a lot! I got the score I need for my residency application.
Good stuff! I'm proud of you.
I got 20 on my writing, I need to improve my score, and I think that video will help me ! Thanks
I hope it does!
Certainly there are many different learning styles at schools or universities. Some students may prefer interacting with their peers discussing the topic that are listing too, other student may only be interested in listing to their instructor. In my opinion it is beneficial to take part of discussing the topic with our classmates. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, may students have a lot of experience or knowledge about a vast number of subjects. Also there are many peers that come prepare to the class and thus they read about that day topic. So it is essential for us to debate and talk about the scheduled topic. This way gives us the opportunity to share our knowledge with our schoolmates. As a result, we will extract more from our lessons and we will gain more valuable information. To be more specific, when I was studying psychology at high school we often changed our experience and ideas with other students, consequently we learned more about the topic. Furthermore, something worth mentioning is that teachers are prone to do mistakes. For instance, my chemistry professor at university made many errors during the lecture. Fortunately, we were allowed to debate his answers when solving problems and come up with the right answer. So it is important to have the chance to discuss the topic during the lesson. Doing this, students do get correct information during the lesson.
Secondly, interacting with our peers is critical for improving our communications skills. We need to speak clearly and persuasively to win other over. For example, when I was studying at university we had a less about moral issues when dealing with patients after graduation. This topic does not have many written rules, so we were required to debate certain situation that may occur during treatment of a patient. Thus, after engaging in so many discussions our communications skills do improved noticeably.
In conclusion, open classes for discussion are critical because it increases our awareness and improved our communication skills.
Michael you are a great teacher! Thanks in advance!
Hello! I picked a different essay to check this week, but I wanted to mention a few general things:
1. Your essay is a bit too short. Try to write between 380 and 400 words. This might seem impossible right now, but make it your ultimate goal.
2. Use "moreover" or "in addition" at the beginning of a sentence instead of "also."
3. It is better to introduce your examples like the template shows.
4. I need a personal example in the second body paragraph!
5. Follow the template for conclusions.
If you want to have your next essay considered for evaluation next week feel free to post it as a new comment.
My TOEFL test is tomorrow at 9am you just saved my life. MVP
Hey, how did it go?
Amazing !! Thank you so much for your content
this video has the great content, tanks a lot.
Glad you think so! When will you take the test?
@@Toeflresources I will take the TOEFL exam on 28th august.
@@mohammadmaleki741 Right around the corner! Let me know if you have any questions before then!
@@Toeflresources, of course, thanks
Now I don't have any questions. If I have, I will ask ASAP.
Thank you very much,this video is very helpful and well prepared
Glad it was helpful!
As you said, I am posting a new essay in a new comment. I have a TOEFL exam in 10 days, so it will be helpful to see this corrected before the exam.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on the way young people behave.
Nowadays, many teenagers devote a lot of time to watching television. Personally, I believe that spending a great amount of time to watch movies on television has remarkable drawbacks and severe consequences. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, investing free time on watching television programs will prevent teenagers from communicating with their family members. In fact, it is necessary for a person to interact with his parents to learn from their experiences. Besides, it is nice for someone to spend time with his siblings in order to have better relationships. We know that each person has a fixed amount of free time, and if he spends a lot of this time watching television, he will not be able to have sufficient interaction with his family. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. About three years ago, I was watching an interesting movie on television. Suddenly, my father called me and told me that he has left his keys at home, and asked me to bring them to his company. Since I was so interested in that movie, I was reluctant to go outside at that time. Therefore, I refused to bring the keys, and instead asked my mother to do so. As a result, both of my parents got a little bit angry with me. This example illustrates that watching movies on television can prevent teenagers from having positive communication with their family, and might ruin the relationship between the family members.
Secondly, being so interested in some of the television programs, might distract you from your work and education. Actually, many people might want to see a program in the time of their work, and many people may be interested in a movie which is played during the time of their classes. Accordingly, these people are likely to lose concentration during that time, and the quality of their work is likely to be decreased. For instance, About two years ago, I was sitting in one of my university classes. At the same time, television was showing my favorite football team's match. As I was so intrigued about the football match, I decided to change my place and go to the farthest point from the teacher, and use my cell phone to see that match. As a result, I lost my focus and did not managed to learn anything on that day. Therefore, I was not able to answer the corresponding question on the final exam. This example taught me that I should know which work has more priority. Consequently, I decided to pay attention to my classes, even though there is an interesting program on television.
In conclusion, I believe that watching a lot of television programs can be harmful to young people. This is because their interaction with their family members might decline, and because they are likely to lose their focus on their main goals such as education or company works due to enthusiasm of watching television programs.
Great work, man!
Greetings from Colombia, I passed the TOEFL thanks in part to your advise for the writing and speaking section. The way you recommend to organize the essays and the variety of expressions you provide us are very valuable mainly taking into account the short time and the pressure in the test.
I hope one day meet you and invite you a beer! THANKS FOR YOUR JOB!
Wonderful. I am so happy to have helped! What's next for you?
@@Toeflresources I will present the GRE general test. Do you have any tutorial for it?
Sadly, I do not. But I wish you good luck!
What do you think the best way to deal with a problem that is difficult to solve
1- asking someone who is more experience for help.
2- finding information about the problem using the internet.
3-discussing the issue with a close friend.
4- taking a long time to think about the problem.
People always face serious problems and challenges in their lives and they have to resolve them in order to live the life they want. In fact, everyone has their own way to overcome their hard times. Personally, I believe that the best way to solve our problems is to ask our close friends for help. I feel this way because close friends are trustworthy and help us in applying the solution.
To begin with, discussing our life challenges with a reliable friend is very beneficial. These people are honest and could not mislead us to wrong ways. Our close friends keep our secrets and always give us efficient pieces of advice when we ask them. A perfect example to illustrate that is from my own life. I remember when I was in college, I had a hard time dealing with a problem with my parents. They did not want me to get engaged to the person whom I loved. I did not like such these family issues to be known by public because I knew very well that it would be solved. Therefore, I went to my best friend Mary and told her about the conflict and as usual, she kept every word I had told her between us. She advised me to go and talk to my father and try to convince him with my decision. As a result, after some discussions, my parents were convinced by my boyfriend and they blessed our engagement. As you can see, the suggestion of my close friend was right on point and no one has ever heard with the conflict.
On top of that, close friends are not only good listeners but also excellent helpers. Although you can find solutions to your troubles in many sources like internet, others experiences, or your own thinking, but I can say with the utmost confidence that your friends will be the ones who actually willing to spend time, efforts, and even money to solve your problems. For instance, I remember when I worked for a computer company after graduation. I was required to talk in front of the company’s staff about a new plan as apart of my job. I was a shy person, so every time I was trying to talk in public, I felt nervous and forgot most of my words, which was very problematic. When I told my friend Mary that I had to leave this job as I was not able to speak freely between a group of people, she encouraged me and helped me to overcome my shyness. She spent with me two hours every day after her work-hours in order to teach me how to organize my speech and breathe. Consequently, I have learned the skill of speaking between people without being shyed or stresses and continued in my job. However, if I had not told my friend, I would have quitted my position.
To conclude, the most effective way to deal with our serious problems is seeking trustful friends. Because they do not tell people about our problems and they work with us to overcome our hard times.
Hey, I picked a different essay for evaluation this week, but I just wanted to mention that this is really excellent work. I think you will do really well on the test.
That said, if you want to be considered for a full evaluation just post your next essay as NEW COMMENT and I will consider it!
@@Toeflresources thanks for your comment, it really encouraged me this morning, my exam is within two days on April 13th, sure I will post another essay and I am so thankful for your great videos.
@@Toeflresources I did that already, hopefully you will choose it 😊 thank you
Promoted within my company, still doing the toefl test. lol
great video as always! :)
Keep working hard! I'm here for ya.
Question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All university students should be required to take history courses no matter what their field of study is. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
In all modern societies, history is considered an essential part of each nation that represents its culture. Personally, I believe that taking history courses in university should not be mandatory. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will further explore in the following essay.
First of all, I think that making history courses mandatory is a complete waste of time if you are not interested in the subject. There is only four years in university, which is relatively short in our life span, spending them on fields that are not of importance to our major and future career does not sound like a wise choice to make. Besides, forcing someone to obtain knowledge they do not want demolishes their learning attitude, resulting in one’s poor performance on that specific subject. My own experience is a compelling example of this. I was majoring in medicine, although the required course of our university was not history but Chinese literature, you get the similar idea. I was forced to spend an amount of time on Chinese literature, which I have zero-interest in, thus I never really paid attention in the class and barely made myself pass. I honestly cannot recall anything from that course and I would rather allocate my time to my main courses or extracurricular activities, which I could actually benefit from.
Secondly, we had already taken history classes way before university so there is no point of doing it all over again unless you are majoring in related fields. We have gained enough knowledge to understand our national traditions, heritages and identities just by taking history classes throughout high school. These are the basics that we should always bear in mind, anything more just makes it too complicated. For instance, people in our country had taken history courses since elementary school so we have the basic knowledges seared into our brains. Since it is not our job to dig any deeper into the facts of history, we can fully dive into improving the work that we are better at in university and eventually contribute more to the society when we graduate.
In conclusion, I am of opinion that university students should not be required to take history courses, unless their field of study is related to it. This is because making history courses mandatory is a waste of time for those who are not into it, and we should devote our energy and time to subjects that benefits oneself.
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