今年的第28场TOEFL口语满分示范

今 日 考 题

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 类 考 题

老题重复。其实就是 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.还有考过：

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. [旧版 task 1]

当然，如果你接触过2019年8月改革前的托福，你会发现以前的 Task 5（对的，你没看错， task 5，以前口语考6道题 ... ）有类似的考察内容。

"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."

构 思 讲 解

毕竟还是和学习学校有关的话题，思路还是挺好想的。

如果说 this is a good idea ，可以说：

学校毕竟是一个教育的地方，如果学生任务没做好，老师应该做的是给他们机会去学习他们还没有掌握的知识，允许他们通过其他的方式（比如写 paper，做 research，或者做个 presentation）来继续学习相关内容。如果他们最后表现符合要求，那当然可以通过这个来提升整体分数，证明他们花了时间且掌握了。

另外，如果不能让学生通过其他方式来提升分数的话，会影响部分学生的发展。比如学生可能因为 gpa 很低没法按时毕业，或者有可能影响学生申请 grad school，不管是哪种情况，对学生来说都是很困难的，老师应该要给学生机会。

如果说 not a good idea，可以说：

这对于其他任务取得不错分数的同学来说不公平。他们是花了时间准备的（比如认真听讲，消化课上内容，每天都在看相关的研究和文章书籍），如果结果不理想的同学可以重新换种方式来提升分数，那大家积极性都会被打击，可能以后也不会那么努力。

另外对教授也不公平啊，用其他方式去弥补其实会加大教授的工作量，因为教授需要额外花时间和花精力去布置，比如出新的主题，或者设计新的任务，学生做完以后还要去改，更不用说过程中要持续和学生沟通。