TOEFL iBT 120 Model Writing Tests: 2016
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- Practice, Tricks or Tips are enough. It's time for reading and learning how TOEFL candidates reached very high scores in Writing Test.
- Additionally, Writing topics could be repeated several times each year.
- The valuable papers for any TOEFL candidates included all features of Academic Writing.
+ Complexity
Written language is relatively more complex than spoken language. Written language has longer words, it is lexically more dense and it has a more varied vocabulary. It uses more noun-based phrases than verb-based phrases. Written texts are shorter and the language has more grammatical complexity, including more subordinate clauses and more passives.
+ Formality
Academic writing is relatively formal. In general this means that in an essay you should avoid colloquial words and expressions.
+ Precision
In academic writing, facts and figures are given precisely.
+ Objectivity
Written language is in general objective rather than personal. It therefore has fewer words that refer to the writer or the reader. This means that the main emphasis should be on the information that you want to give and the arguments you want to make, rather than you. For that reason, academic writing tends to use nouns (and adjectives), rather than verbs (and adverbs).
+ Explicitness
Academic writing is explicit about the relationships int he text. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the writer in English to make it clear to the reader how the various parts of the text are related. These connections can be made explicit by the use of different signalling words.
+ Accuracy
Academic writing uses vocabulary accurately. Most subjects have words with narrow specific meanings. Linguistics distinguishes clearly between "phonetics" and "phonemics"; general English does not.
+ Hedging
In any kind of academic writing you do, it is necessary to make decisions about your stance on a particular subject, or the strength of the claims you are making. Different subjects prefer to do this in different ways.
A technique common in certain kinds of academic writing is known by linguists as a ‘hedge’.
+ Responsibility
In academic writing you must be responsible for, and must be able to provide evidence and justification for, any claims you make. You are also responsible for demonstrating an understanding of any source texts you use.
James Bryant, Sr
I've been teaching English to people of all ages for 20 years. I've taught around the world on three continents; my students have have been corporate managers, academic researchers, college students, kindergarteners, and everything in between. I hold a degree in UTS - Australia and a CELTA certification. I'm passionate about grammar, pronunciation and communication in general.
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