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雅思考官之写作全攻略
雅思考官之写作全攻略
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AGuidetoExamEssayWriting
Theheavyemphasisonessaysasameansofexaminationinmostcollegesiseasytounderstandwhenyouconsiderthedemandsthatgoodessaywritingplacesonastudent.
Theintentofmostlecturescoursesisthatyoucomeawaywithmorethanjustacollectionoffacts,butratherastoreofinformationthatyoucandrawupontotacklerealworldissuesandsituations.Essaywritingteststhisbyaskingyoutoapplythisgeneralknowledgetospecificproblems.Secondly,itisoftentruethatwecanstoreinformationwithoutreallyexaminingorunderstandingitproperly.Itisonlywhenweareforcedtoexternaliseourthinking,byhavingtofitthosesamefactsmeaningfullyintoanessay,thatwereallyknowwhetherornotweunderstandthem.Lastly,theabilitytocommunicateeffectivelyinwritingisasskillthatwillbeessentialnomatterwhatcoursewetakeaftercollege.Essaywritingrequiresustomasterwritingconventions,ensuringthatwehavethoseskillswhenwegraduate.
Soasyoucansee,writingessaysisintegraltotheacademicprocess,butisaskillthatisdifficulttopickupwithoutsomeseriouseffort.Thesearesomeguidelinesforthewritingofanacademicessaywhichyoushouldtrytofollowinyourwritingingeneral(bothforcontinuousassessmentsandexams).Ifyoukeeptotheseguidelines,yourwritingwillbemorereadableandmoreintunewiththeacademicstyle,gettingacrossinformationinanaccurateandconcisemanner.
Youressaywritingwillnotimprovewithouteffort,youmayhavetoconsciouslytrytofollowtheseguidelinestobeginwith,untilyougetintogoodhabits.Thisisprobablynotsomethingyouareusedto,butitisaveryvaluableskilltolearnandwillbecomenearlysecondnaturewithenoughpractice.
Naturally,thegreatestconcernthatmoststudentshaveisnotabouttheirfuturecareersbutabouttheexamsthattheyhavetotaketodayandtomorrow.Manystudentsmakethemistakeofthinkingthatrememberingthefactsistheonlythingthatmattersandthathowyouwritethosefactsdownisjusttheicingonthecake.Inrealityhowyouwriteisalmostas(ifnotmore)importantthatwhatyouwrite.Thinkofitliketryingtosendamessagebyradioortelegram.Poorcommunicationmeansbitsofthemessagearegarbledandcan'tbeunderstoodbythepersonattheotherend(inthiscase,theexaminer).If50%oftheinfoinyouressaydoesn'tmakesenseorseemstobeirrelevant,thentheexaminerisleftwithmarkingyououttheremaining50%insteadof100%.Improveyourcommunicationandlessislost,whichcanonlyimproveyourmark.Assuch,wewouldhopethattheadvicecontainedinthishandoutwillbejustasvaluableintheshorttermasitshouldbeinthelongterm
Soletusnowconsiderinturnthethreesectionsshouldbefoundineveryessay,theintroduction,themainbodyandtheconclusion.
TheIntroduction
Therearetwoimportantstepsyoumusttakebeforeyouwriteyouranswertoanexamquestion.Thefirstispreparingyouranswercorrectlyandthesecondiswritingtheintroductiontoyouranswer.
PreparingyourAnswer
NB:
DONOTBEGINWRITINGYOURESSAYUNTILYOUKNOWWHATYOUAREGOINGTOSAY!
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Thismayseemtobesoobviousit'salmostpointlesstosayit.Andyethugenumbersofstudentsforgetthisbasicrule.Theylookaroundandseethateveryoneelsehasstartedandthepressuretostartwithsomething,anythingandnotgetleftbehindistremendous.
Asaresult,theyendupdumpinginformationratherrandomlyontothepageandhopingforthebest.Thisisneveragoodidea.
Thinkaboutthezoo,oramuseum,oratextbook.Theanimals,exhibitionsorinformationarenotjustthrowninatrandom,butaregroupedtogetheraccordingtosomekindofoverallstructure.Iftheyweren't,peoplewouldquicklygetlostorboredandthisiswhatwillhappentoyourexaminer.Imagineyou'regivingaguidedtourofwhat'soutthere,planoutyourroutefirstandthenmakesureyourreadercanstaywithyoualloftheway.Donotintroducematerialsuddenly,andbeabsolutelyruthlessinexcludingirrelevantmaterialfromtheessay(essaysaretooshorttoallowwaffling).
Beforeyoucanplanyourroute,youwouldhavetoknowwhatthepeopleyouareguidinghavecometosee.Theanswertothatispresentedinthequestionthatisbeingasked.Thismeansthatbeforeanythingelsecanhappenyouneedtointerpretthequestion.
Takesometimeatthestarttoreadthequestioncarefully.I'devengosofarastosayreaditouttoyourselfunderyourbreath.It'samazinghowthemindcanplaytricksonyouwhenyou'reflustered,sotakeyourtimeaboutit.Bettertowasteafewminutesherethengethalfwaythroughyouranswerandrealisedyou've