TOEFL iBT Academic Discussion and Writing 7- 1 New subject that equip students for the rapidly changing world

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Question

What do you think is a crucial subject currently missing from most school curriculums that could better equip students for the rapidly changing world?

 

 

☆Let’s Think

Do research on the following questions and discuss them with others.

1.        What is Jane’s point? Provide a case in point.

2.        What is Tom’s point? Provide a case in point.

3.        What is your answer to this question? Share your opinion.

 

 

☆Hints for Points

1.        Constitution: Changing, not amending, the Constitution means losing your country. Fascists are always aiming to change the Constitution. Thus, students need to learn and protect it.

 

2.        Pandemic: New viruses like COVID-19 will keep appearing as human society keeps developing into the wild. Nevertheless, many people have wrong ideas about the prevention and treatment.

 

3.        Survival Skills: Climate change has started biting. Plate tectonics has entered its active phase. We need to learn how to survive without infrastructure and learn to find and grow food.

 

4.        Languages of Minorities and Neighbors: Children need to be able to have basic conversation with minority people and people from neighboring countries.

 

5.        Relationships: Social changes have been isolating people and children grow up with less natural human contacts. Therefore, they must learn about relationships for a better life.

 

6.        Making Documentary Films: It is expected that drastic, unexpected changes will happen in this century. We need to record the changes. As we don’t know how many of us will survive, everyone must know how to make a documentary.

 

7.        Traditional Songs and Dances: Multi-ethnic society will increase as migration becomes active. To be able to make friends with as many people as possible, children should learn music and songs around the world.

 

 

☆Responses for Ideas and Expressions

I think communism should be a required subject. Communism is the most stigmatized and yet the most necessary idea for the people in this century. The word originates from community, and it’s about how people in the modern world can live helping each other like a family, free from drawbacks of capitalism. The West has treated communist countries like Russia, China, and Cuba as enemies to protect capitalism, to keep making money exploiting poor people. People in the West also have had a bad image about communism because communist countries became dictatorships or oligarchies. Taking advantage of this, capitalist governments have made propagandas that communists are antisocial. For example, many people believe Japanese Communist Party is attempting a violent revolution, but over 70 years of investigation by special police have found no evidence of their vandalization. As capitalism has extremely widened wealth gaps and deteriorated the environment, a new idea that can be a call for action to build a society where everyone can live happily is needed. Communism is adequate for the role. Thus, children need to learn about this thought and its history. (185 words)

 

 

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Write your response in 10 minutes. Show each other your responses. Write down questions or suggestions to each other’s response.