Essay-Topic Collection

r' I 9"780764"123139" 1llllill~llf $14.95 Canada $21.95 www.barronseduc.com I· i· z « w ISBN 0-7641-2313-0 • Write a first draft, then follow the author's directions for editing it • Write a final draft and proofread it carefu lIy • Analyze your essay, referring to the book's model essays for guidance HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE 2ND EDITION It's Your Path to a Higher TOEFL Test Score • Read and understand the author's overview of the TOEFL Essay • Select an essay topic that interests you • Organize your main ideas Choose Barron's Method for Essay-Writing Success · {JUl 1 5 2004 HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2ND EDITION lin Lougheed, Ed.D. President, Instructional Design International, Inc. Former TESOL Executive Board Member Contents HOW TO USE THIS 800It: 2 TomE TEACHER 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE TOEFL ESSAY 6 TOEFL ESSAY BASICS 8 SCOmNG THE ESSAY 13 STRATEGiES AND TIPS 22 SELF·TEST ESSAY #:1 24 , PlANNING THE ESSAY 30 WRITING THE ESSAY 32 REVISING THE ESSAY 35 20 Planniot2lhe Essa-q ADDRESSING THE WRITING TASI\: 40 ORGANIZING THE ESSAY 47 , •. DEVELOPING THE TOPIC 74 DEMONSTRATING FACILI'IY WITH ENGLISH 85 CONCLUDING THE TOPIC 111 4@Re\Jisi the Ess CHECliING THE CONTENT AND CLARIty 122 CHECliING THE PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING 130 USING THE PROOFING CHECIiLIST ' 133 MODEL ESSAYS 158 ANSWER KEY 271 Introduction HOW TO USE mIS BOOK 2 PLAN 2 WRITE 2 REVISE 3 TO THE TEACHER 4 EXPANDING THE ACTIVITIES 4 GETTING STUDENTS TO DO MORE 4 PLAN > ••••• 5 WRITE 5 REVISE 5 OUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE TOEFL ESSAY 6 TOEFL ESSAY BASICS 8 TO TYPE OR NOT TO TYPE 8 TEST DAY 9 THE TOPIC 11 TIME SCHEDULE 11 COMPUTER TUTORIAL 12 KEYBOARD FOR THE ESSAY > •••••••••••••• 12 COMPUTER SCREEN FOR THE ESSAY 13 SCORING THE ESSAY 13 RATING SCALE 14 SCORED ESSAYS '.' 14 STRATEGIES AND TIPS 22 SPECIFIC TOEFL WRITING IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES 22 GENERAL WRITING IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES 23 TIPS ON TEST DAY 24 SELF-TEST ESSAY #1 : 24 y ,• o HOW TO USE THIS BOO){ There are three stages in creating an essay: planning, writing, and revising. 'When you write the TOEFL essay,you will have only thirty minutes to do all of this. In that short, thirty minutes, your writing must make an impression. Your writing must be clear, coherent, and correct. This book will help you do that. How to Preparefor the TOEFL Essay, 2nd Edition provides a step-by-step guide for planning, writing, and revising your essay. PLAN This book will help you plan your essay.Youwill learn how to understand the essay topic, write a thesis statement, and organize your thoughts with concept maps. You also must have a plan for studying. Start with the first chapter of this book. Do every activity on every page until you reach the end. Follow the sequence of the book. When you write an essay, you start with the first word of the first sentence and end with the last word of the conclusion. Study this book the same way.Begin at the beginning and work your way through the book. Youwill need to measure your success. The answer key in the back of the book will tell you how well you are doing. At the end of each chapter, there are Free Practice activities that ask you to write something on your own. There is, of course, no answer key for these activities. Share your writing with friends or teachers. They will tell you how well you are doing. You can find additional essays and topics, including any new topics from ETS, on Dr. Lougheed's Web site: www.lougheed.com. WRITE This book will help you write your essay.Youwill learn how to state opinions, write topic statements, write supporting details, write a conclusion, and use syntactic and semantic variety in your essay. 2 '''llr~ """"-'I!'!!.,."":"~I·,·~=~"""',.,,,I 1'01" 1,1 •1,•••••••••• _