2016年10月16日日曜日

Pre-TOEFL writing, Teachers should be paid according to how much their students learn.

Writing Topic
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should be paid according to how much their students learn. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Hints for Points         
1.    The part of the statement “paid according to how much” indicates competition principle, in other words, principle of market mechanism: having providers of goods and services compete will facilitate their higher quality and lower price.
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3.    The expression “how much their students learn” allows a wide range of interpretation from raising test scores to attaining real learning. The former can be quantified but the latter cannot.

4.    Teachers will make more efforts if they are paid according to their students’ performances.

5.    Today’s world is based on competition and school reflects it. In the end, teachers are required to improve the test results of their students.

6.    School is not a business. Cram school teachers are paid according to the test results of their students as a rule because they are in business, but school teachers in general are for more than test results.

7.    It is impossible to measure the result of school education. School teachers not only teach subjects but also teach about life and society. They help students grow up to be good and happy adults. Also, each student is unique and learning is personal.

8.    To raise test scores, teachers will focus more on memorization than though process and understanding of the whole picture. They also tend to increase the amount of homework, which can have adverse effects on the overall development of the students.

9.    Test scores do not always reflect the skills and efforts of teachers. There are many other factors that decide students’ performances such as learning capacity and timing of introduction of a certain subject.


Your Sample Essay Structure
Introduction = Outline

Point 1


Point 2


Point 3 / Follow-up


Conclusion = Wrap-up



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