TOEFL iBT Independent Writing, With the help of technology, students nowadays are learning much more effectively. - revised -

Writing Topic

Consider the following statement. With the help of technology, students nowadays are learning much more effectively. Support your response by including specific reasons and examples.

☆Let’s think

1       Have you ever learned with any of the following? How much do you think you learned with it?

electronic dictionary  vocabulary building app  language learning software  online school  Skype

2       Is technology good for learning or learning about any of the following? Why?

understanding   thinking  widening views  memorization  sensitivity  practical skills such as dancing  science  foreign languages  native tongue  art  ethics  the world

3       Do you think students nowadays are learning much more effectively with the help of technology?

☆Hints for points

Agree

1.    Educational materials and sites help students understand subjects more effectively than before.

2.    Information search and comparison of multiple materials have become more efficient than before.

Disagree

1.    Fewer students have the ability to read difficult materials than before because most students do not read novels anymore due to social media.

2.    Many students learn less than before because they copy and paste they want to use for their assignment from the Internet.

Your Sample Essay Structure

【Introduction = Outline】

【Body 1】

【Body 2】

【Body 3】

【Conclusion = Wrap-up】

☆Paragraph Development

A      【Main Idea】Information search and comparison of multiple materials have become more efficient than before.

【Transition】Information technology has allowed us to get necessary information for studies anytime and anywhere.

【Supporting Details】This has made it unnecessary to go to the library or bookstores to find related materials. Google search provides numerous sources in a couple of seconds, and many newspapers and magazines in different languages are available online for free.

【Follow-up】Even when a certain book is necessary, ordering from online bookstores allows us to get a copy within a day or two.

【Conclusion】】Information technology has made it physically efficient to collect good materials.

B      【Main Idea】Fewer students than before have the ability to read difficult materials because most students do not read novels anymore.

【Transition】Reading novels has been proved to enhance the ability to read.

【Supporting Details】Natalie Wexler makes a point in her article, The Power of “Just Reading” a Great Novel that emotional engagement helps readers learn more vocabulary and complex sentence structures.

【Follow-up】Reading through apps can arouse a sentiment but only by reading a long material can a reader go through a deep and strong emotional experience that can only be expressed with a certain word, expression, or syntax.

【Conclusion】Therefore, when students spend most of their reading time on short materials on their phones, their powers of comprehension will deteriorate.

Your test paragraph development:

【Main Idea】

【Transition】

【Supporting Details】

【Follow-up】

【Conclusion】