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TOEFL ACADEMIC DISCUSSION
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TOEFL ACADEMIC DISCUSSION
What is it about?
A professor has posted a question about a topic, and some classmates have responded with their ideas. You have 10 minutes to type your own post that contributes to the discussion. Your response has no maximum length, but a good answer is usually at least 100 words. It asks you to write an opinion in response to the professor's question. Your statement should contribute to the discussion. It should be clear and cohesive, and it should be developed and well supported by reasons or examples.
Writing Practice Set (Academic Discussion)
Your professor is teaching a class on political science. Write a post responding to the professor’s question. In your response you should: • express and support your opinion *make a contribution to the discussion An effective response will contain at least 100 words. You will have 10 minutes to write it.
Dr Gupta As I mentioned in class, governments make public policies to describetheir responses to various problems that affect a community. Part of this process involves setting and defending priorities about which issues deserve the most attention and resources. For example, governments need to decide whether they should spend more money on education or on environmental protection.
If you were a policy maker, which issue would you argue is more important—education or environmental protections? Why?
KellyWe all live on planet Earth, and it is the only planet we have. Therefore, we must take care of it. Clearly, protecting the environment should be the government’s priority over education. I think the REAL question is, which approach to protecting the environment—restricting pollution, regulating population, promoting clean energy, or something else—should be the government’s priority.
Andrew I disagree with Kelly that the environment is more important than education. Education is actually the best way to protect the environment. Educated people can see how their decisions affect the world around them. Also, with better science and technology education, we can develop solutions to environmental problems. Therefore, I think the government should spend more money on education.
5 A thoroughly successful response The response is a relevant and very clearly expressed contribution to the online discussion, and it demonstrates consistent facility in the use of language. A typical response displays the following: Relevant and well-elaborated explanations, exemplifications, and/or details Effective use of a variety of syntactic structures and precise, idiomatic word choice Almost no lexical or grammatical errors other than those expected from a competent writer writing under timed conditions (e.g., common typos or common misspellings or substitutions like there/their)