今年的第28場TOEFL口語滿分示範

今 日 考 題

2023.05.10

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

The professors should allow students who have not done well on graded assignments during a course to do additional assignments in order to improve their overall course grade.

Please explain why and use details to support your answer.

[ = 2021.08.29]

同 類 考 題

老題重複。其實就是 credit/grade policy，比如：

2021.03.10Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?If some students fail an exam and do not receive enough credits, they should be given the opportunity to complete assignments to make up credits.Please explain why and use specific details to support your answer.還有考過：

2014.12.14Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Students who submit assignments late should receive a late penalty.Please explain why and use specific details to support your answer.

2013.03.02Some students prefer to do several short assignments for a semester and be graded based on them. Others prefer to complete one long assignment for a semester and get a grade for that. Which one do you prefer? Please explain why and give details to support your answer.

2016.05.07 Do you think it’s a good idea for university to ask a student to leave school if he or she is caught cheating in exams? Please explain why and support your response with details and examples. [舊版 task 1]

當然，如果你接觸過2019年8月改革前的托福，你會(hui) 發現以前的 Task 5（對的，你沒看錯， task 5，以前口語考6道題 ... ）有類似的考察內(nei) 容。

"Woman: Well, another option is I could get an extension on one of the papers. I asked one of my professors about it, my History professor, and she said it would be OK if I handed the paper in a week late. So, I guess I could just concentrate on getting the other two papers done first.Man: Oh, that’s great.Woman: Yeah, only she said she’d have to take a few points off the grade for the paper since it would be late, you know, to be fair to the other students.Man: Oh, that’s a drag."

構 思 講 解

畢竟還是和學習(xi) 學校有關(guan) 的話題，思路還是挺好想的。

如果說 this is a good idea ，可以說：

學校畢竟是一個(ge) 教育的地方，如果學生任務沒做好，老師應該做的是給他們(men) 機會(hui) 去學習(xi) 他們(men) 還沒有掌握的知識，允許他們(men) 通過其他的方式（比如寫(xie) paper，做 research，或者做個(ge) presentation）來繼續學習(xi) 相關(guan) 內(nei) 容。如果他們(men) 最後表現符合要求，那當然可以通過這個(ge) 來提升整體(ti) 分數，證明他們(men) 花了時間且掌握了。

另外，如果不能讓學生通過其他方式來提升分數的話，會(hui) 影響部分學生的發展。比如學生可能因為(wei) gpa 很低沒法按時畢業(ye) ，或者有可能影響學生申請 grad school，不管是哪種情況，對學生來說都是很困難的，老師應該要給學生機會(hui) 。

如果說 not a good idea，可以說：

這對於(yu) 其他任務取得不錯分數的同學來說不公平。他們(men) 是花了時間準備的（比如認真聽講，消化課上內(nei) 容，每天都在看相關(guan) 的研究和文章書(shu) 籍），如果結果不理想的同學可以重新換種方式來提升分數，那大家積極性都會(hui) 被打擊，可能以後也不會(hui) 那麽(me) 努力。

另外對教授也不公平啊，用其他方式去彌補其實會(hui) 加大教授的工作量，因為(wei) 教授需要額外花時間和花精力去布置，比如出新的主題，或者設計新的任務，學生做完以後還要去改，更不用說過程中要持續和學生溝通。