TOEFL TPO 65 Speaking Task 2 Sample: The woman expresses her opinion about the university's plan State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding it.

1.Sub Scores

• Delivery: 3

• Topic Development: 3

• Language Use: 3

2.Estimated Scores

• Total Score: 23

3.Delivery The speaker's delivery is generally clear and fluid, with a consistent pace and only occasional pauses. However, there are some areas where the speech could be improved. The speaker should work on making their speech more natural and engaging by varying their tone and pitch. Additionally, they should focus on pronouncing words more accurately to avoid any confusion or misunderstandings.

4.Topic Development The speaker provides a coherent and well-organized response, with clear connections between ideas and sufficient support or examples. However, there is room for improvement in terms of topic development. The speaker should work on providing more specific details and examples to support their points, as well as elaborating on the reasons behind the woman's opinion. This will help create a more compelling and persuasive response.

5.Language Use

Original: Well, the university is going to request to match roommates online because it can improve experience of first-year students and it can also reduce the work for housing office. The university plans to match roommates online to enhance the experience of first-year students and reduce the workload for the housing office. (Changed "request to" to "plans to" for clarity, rephrased the sentence for better flow and natural language use)

Original: But in the last part, the woman doesn't like this idea. However, the woman disagrees with this plan. (Simplified and rephrased for clarity and natural language use)

Original: Firstly, she says that there is no necessity for students to have the same interest with their roommates like she and her roommate. First, she argues that it is not necessary for students to share similar interests with their roommates, as demonstrated by her own experience. (Rephrased for clarity and natural language use)

Original: Her roommate likes sports, but she doesn't like it. Her roommate enjoys sports, while she does not. (Simplified and rephrased for better flow)

Original: Besides, she says that there is another factor that students want to move out their dormitory. Additionally, she mentions other factors influencing students' desire to change dormitories. (Rephrased for clarity and natural language use)

Original: Like they have a different schedule with their roommate and they may have more chance to move to another location. For example, students may have conflicting schedules with their roommates or prefer a better location. (Rephrased for clarity and natural language use)

Original: Therefore, she doesn't like this idea. Thus, she opposes the university's plan. (Simplified and rephrased for better flow)

Revised Answer (140 words):

The university plans to match roommates online to enhance the experience of first-year students and reduce the workload for the housing office. However, the woman disagrees with this plan. First, she argues that it is not necessary for students to share similar interests with their roommates, as demonstrated by her own experience. Her roommate enjoys sports, while she does not. Additionally, she mentions other factors influencing students' desire to change dormitories. For example, students may have conflicting schedules with their roommates or prefer a better location. Thus, she opposes the university's plan.

6.Mind Map

• University Plan

  • Match roommates online
  • Enhance first-year experience
  • Reduce housing office workload

• Woman's Disagreement

  • Not necessary to share interests
    • Personal experience
  • Other factors for changing dormitories
    • Conflicting schedules
    • Better location

7.Key Words

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Topic Development: 3 Language Use: 3

2.预估分数

23. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，回答的语言流畅度和语速较为稳定，但偶尔出现停顿。建议在练习时注意提高口语的流利度，减少不必要的停顿。同时，注意发音的准确性，以避免拼写错误。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，回答内容较为连贯和有组织，观点之间的联系清晰，举例也较为充分。但仍有提升空间。建议在练习时尝试更多地展开论述，提供更多相关的支持或例子来丰富论点。

5.语言使用

Original: The university decides to assign a room according to students' interests in order to improve the experience of first-year students. Additionally, this can reduce work for the housing office since that student will change their rooms. However, the woman in the conversation disagrees with this change for two reasons. First, she mentions that students can still make good friends despite that they don't have similar interests. For instance, the woman majors in biology, however, her friend majors in French. Despite that difference, they are still very great friends and get along very well. Additionally, many students move their house not just because they don't have same interests. Perhaps they may have different schedules or they just want to move to better locations. Under the implementation of the new policy, many students will still move their house and this won't reduce the work of the housing offices.

Corrected: The university decideshas decided to assign a room according to students' interests in order to improve the experience of first-year students. Additionally, this can reduce work for the housing office since thatthese students will change their rooms. However, the woman in the conversation disagrees with this change for two reasons. First, she mentions that students can still make good friends despite thatthe fact that they don't have similar interests. For instance, the woman majors in biologybiochemistry, however, her friend majors in French. Despite thatthe difference, they are still very great friends and get along very well. Additionally, many students move their houseout of their rooms not just because they don't have samethe same interests. Perhaps they may have different schedules or they just want to move to better locations. Under the implementation of the new policy, many students will still move their houseout of their rooms and this won't reduce the work of the housing offices.

(将decides改为has decided，更符合时态；将that改为these，使代词更准确；将that改为the fact that，使句子更自然；将biology改为biochemistry，与原文保持一致；去掉that，使句子更流畅；将their house改为out of their rooms，使表达更准确；将same改为the same，使语法正确。)

Revised (140 words): The university has decided to assign rooms based on students' interests to enhance the first-year experience. This approach could potentially reduce the workload for the housing office, as fewer students may request room changes. However, the woman in the conversation disagrees with this plan for two reasons. Firstly, she believes that students can form strong friendships even without shared interests, citing her own experience with her French-major roommate while she studies biochemistry. Secondly, she argues that students might change rooms for various reasons beyond differing interests, such as incompatible schedules or a desire for a better location. Therefore, she contends that implementing this new policy may not significantly decrease room change requests and thus not alleviate the housing office's workload as intended.

6.思维导图

- University's Plan
  - Assign rooms based on interests
  - Improve first-year experience
  - Reduce housing office workload

- Woman's Disagreement
  - Reason 1: Friendships without shared interests
    - Example: Biochemistry and French majors
  - Reason 2: Other reasons for room changes
    - Incompatible schedules
    - Better location

- Conclusion: New policy may not be effective

7.关键词

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Topic Development: 2.5 Language Use: 2.5

2.预估分数 Estimated Score: 20

3.表达 在表达方面，发言者的语速较为稳定，但偶尔出现了不恰当的停顿。建议发言者注意在适当的地方停顿，以提高语言流畅度。此外，发言者需要注意正确发音，以避免拼写错误。

4.话题发展 In terms of topic development, the speaker's response is somewhat organized but lacks clear connections between ideas and sufficient support or examples. To improve, the speaker should focus on providing a more coherent and well-organized response by clearly connecting ideas and offering more specific examples to support their points. Additionally, the speaker should ensure they accurately summarize the woman's opinion and reasons for holding it, as some details were not accurately represented in the response.

5.语言使用

Original Answer: Firstly, it is going to assign roommates based on similar interests. Firstly, it can increase the experience of first-year students. Secondly, it can reduce work from the housing office. The university plans to assign roommates based on similar interests, aiming to enhance the experience of first-year students and reduce the workload for the housing office. (将两个首先合并为一个句子，使用更高级的词汇和更自然的语言表达) However, in the conversation, Dorman totally disagrees with the two statements. Nonetheless, in the conversation, the woman strongly disagrees with these points. (使用更准确的描述和更自然的表达方式) Firstly, she thinks that people who don't have the similar interests can still make friends with each other. She believes that people with dissimilar interests can still become friends. (简化句子结构，使其更自然流畅) For example, her roommate is majoring in French while she is majoring in biochemistry. And also, her roommate is good at sports while she is not athletic at all. However, they still become good friends with each other. For instance, her roommate majors in French and excels in sports, while she studies biochemistry and is not athletic; yet, they are good friends. (改进句子结构和连接词，使句子更连贯) Secondly, the woman thinks that nobody moves out because they don't have the similar interests. Instead, they might have a different schedule. Furthermore, she argues that people don't move out due to dissimilar interests but rather because of differing schedules. (简化句子结构，使用更自然的表达方式) For example, some people move out because they find some place which is better than dormitory. And also, some people might receive a big job, so they decided to move out. For instance, some people move out to find a better location or due to receiving a significant job opportunity. (简化句子结构，使其更自然流畅)

Revised Answer (140 words): The university plans to assign roommates based on similar interests, aiming to enhance the experience of first-year students and reduce the workload for the housing office. Nonetheless, in the conversation, the woman strongly disagrees with these points. She believes that people with dissimilar interests can still become friends. For instance, her roommate majors in French and excels in sports, while she studies biochemistry and is not athletic; yet, they are good friends. Furthermore, she argues that people don't move out due to dissimilar interests but rather because of differing schedules. For instance, some people move out to find a better location or due to receiving a significant job opportunity.

6.思维导图

- University's Plan
  - Assign roommates based on similar interests
  - Enhance first-year students' experience
  - Reduce housing office workload

- Woman's Disagreement
  - Dissimilar interests can still lead to friendship
    - Example: French major roommate and biochemistry major speaker
  - People don't move out due to dissimilar interests
    - Differing schedules
    - Better location or job opportunity

7.关键词

1.Sub Scores

• Delivery: 3

• Topic Development: 3

• Language Use: 2

2.Estimated Scores

• Total Score: 23

3.Delivery The speaker's delivery is mostly clear and fluid, with a consistent pace and only occasional pauses. However, there are some punctuation problems that result from inappropriate pauses. To improve, the speaker should practice proper pausing and intonation to make the speech more natural and easy to understand. Additionally, working on accurate pronunciation will help eliminate spelling errors in the response.

4.Topic Development The speaker provides a coherent and well-organized response, with clear connections between ideas and sufficient support or examples. However, there is room for improvement in fully addressing the woman's opinion and reasons for holding it. To enhance topic development, the speaker should focus on providing more specific details from the listening passage to support their points. This will help create a stronger connection between the reading and listening passages and result in a more comprehensive response.

5.Language Use

The university is planning to assign roommates based on similar interests, as firstly, help students get along well, secondly, reduce work for a housing office. However, the woman disagrees with this because she thinks it doesn't make sense. The first reason is the prerequisite of making friend isn't have similar hobbies such as her friend and her roommate and they are totally different but they are good friend. Her roommate majoring in French and likes sports but she majoring in biochemical and doesn't athletic anymore. The second reason is though students may have similar hobbies, there still have plenty of cases which students have to move out from the dormitory. Because of the reason such as they have different schedule and they have better location to live in.

Corrected Answer:

The university is planning to assign roommates based on similar interests, as to (change "as" to "to" for proper sentence structure) firstly, help students get along well, (add comma for clarity) secondly, reduce work for a the (change "a" to "the" for proper article usage) housing office. However, the woman disagrees with this because she thinks it doesn't make sense. The first reason is the prerequisite of making friend isn't have similar hobbies that having similar interests is not a prerequisite for making friends (rephrase for clarity and proper grammar) such as her friend and her roommate, (add comma for clarity) and they are totally different but they are good friend friends (pluralize "friend" for consistency). Her roommate majoring majors (change "majoring" to "majors" for proper verb tense) in French and likes sports, (add comma for clarity) but she majoring majors (change "majoring" to "majors" for proper verb tense) in biochemical and doesn't athletic anymore participate in athletics (rephrase for clarity and proper grammar). The second reason is though students may have similar hobbies, there still have plenty of cases which students have to move out from the dormitory. Because of the reason such as they have different schedules (pluralize "schedule" for consistency) and they have better locations (pluralize "location" for consistency) to live in.

Revised Answer (140 words):

The university plans to assign roommates based on similar interests to help students get along well and reduce work for the housing office. However, the woman disagrees with this plan, as she believes having similar interests is not a prerequisite for making friends. She cites her own experience with her roommate, who has different interests and majors but is still a good friend. The woman also argues that even if students have similar hobbies, there will still be cases where they need to move out of the dormitory due to reasons such as differing schedules or finding better living locations. In conclusion, the woman thinks that the university's plan may not necessarily lead to better roommate relationships or significantly reduce the number of students requesting room changes.

6.Mind Map

- University's Plan
  - Assign roommates based on similar interests
  - Goals: improve relationships, reduce housing office work

- Woman's Disagreement
  - Personal experience: different interests, still good friends
  - Other reasons for moving out: schedules, better locations

- Conclusion
  - Plan may not guarantee better relationships or fewer room changes

7.Key Words

1.子项得分

• 交付：3

• 主题发展：3

• 语言使用：3

2.预估分数

• 23

3.表达 从交付方面来看，说话者的语音清晰，流利，节奏稳定，仅有少量停顿。为了提高表达能力，建议说话者在练习时注意控制停顿的频率，并在发音方面进行更多的练习。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，说话者提供了一个连贯且组织良好的回答，并在一定程度上支持了自己的观点。然而，为了使回答更加充实和有说服力，建议说话者在解释女生观点时给出更多具体的例子和理由。同时，在总结时可以更明确地指出女生对大学计划的看法及其原因。

5.语言使用

原文：According to the passage, the school decided to arrange students into the same dormitory according to the similar interests. Based on the passage, the university plans to assign roommates in the dormitory based on similar interests. (将“the school”改为“the university”，使之与原文一致；将“arrange students into the same dormitory according to”改为“assign roommates in the dormitory based on”，使表达更准确。)

However, the woman disagrees with this idea, because she thinks that this doesn't make sense, because people who don't have similar interests can also become good friends. However, the woman opposes this plan, arguing that it is unnecessary since people with dissimilar interests can still form strong friendships. (简化句子结构，避免重复使用“because”，并使用更高级的词汇。)

For example, her roommates are good at sporting, but she is not very exhausted, For instance, her roommate excels in sports while she is not very athletic, (将“her roommates are good at sporting”改为“her roommate excels in sports”；将“she is not very exhausted”改为“she is not very athletic”，使表达更准确。)

but they still become very good friends. yet they have become close friends. (将“but they still become very good friends”改为“yet they have become close friends”，使句子结构更自然。)

What's more, people change to another place maybe because they have different schedules or they have a chance to find a better place to live. Furthermore, people may switch rooms due to differing schedules or the opportunity to find a better living situation. (简化句子结构，使用更高级的词汇。)

So, that's it. In conclusion, the woman believes that the university's plan is not effective in reducing room changes. (提供一个更强烈的结论，总结女生的观点。)

修订后的回答（140词）：

Based on the passage, the university plans to assign roommates in the dormitory based on similar interests. However, the woman opposes this plan, arguing that it is unnecessary since people with dissimilar interests can still form strong friendships. For instance, her roommate excels in sports while she is not very athletic, yet they have become close friends. Furthermore, people may switch rooms due to differing schedules or the opportunity to find a better living situation. In conclusion, the woman believes that the university's plan is not effective in reducing room changes.

6.思维导图

- University Plan
    - Assign roommates based on similar interests

- Woman's Opinion
    - Opposes the plan
    - Unnecessary
        - Dissimilar interests can form strong friendships
        - Example: roommate excels in sports, she is not athletic, yet close friends
    - Other reasons for room changes
        - Differing schedules
        - Better living situation

- Conclusion
    - Woman believes the plan is not effective in reducing room changes

7.关键词

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Topic Development: 3 Language Use: 3

2.预估分数

23. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，发言者的语言流利度和语速较为稳定，但偶尔会有停顿。建议发言者在练习口语时注意掌握适当的停顿，以及提高发音准确度，避免拼写错误。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，发言者的回答内容较为连贯和有组织，但在某些地方可以进一步加强观点的支持和举例。建议发言者在练习时尝试提供更多相关细节和例子，以便更好地支持自己的观点。

5.语言使用

原文：The newspaper states that next semester the university would match students with similar interests to roommates, and that will help increase the experience for their first year and students will get along well with their roommates and reduce work from students' office. The newspaper states that starting next semester, the university will match students with similar interests as roommates, which will enhance their first-year experience, promote better relationships among roommates, and reduce the workload for the housing office.（将句子结构进行了调整，使其更加自然流畅。）

But the woman shows her doubts to this approach. However, the woman expresses her doubts about this approach.（将表达进行了优化，使其更加自然。）

She thinks that, she don't think that roommates with similar interests will make sense. She believes that having roommates with similar interests doesn't necessarily make sense.（修改了语法错误，并优化了表达。）

She and her roommate have different interests and habits, but they get along well with each other very well, Although she and her roommate have different interests and habits, they get along very well,（调整了句子结构，使其更加自然。）

and she thought that even roommates with similar interests, their schedules may be different, and that will cause the roommates want to switch their dormitory off and still want to move. and she thinks that even if roommates have similar interests, their schedules might still be different, which could lead to them wanting to switch rooms or move.（调整了句子结构，使其更加自然流畅。）

修订版（140词）：

The newspaper states that starting next semester, the university will match students with similar interests as roommates, which will enhance their first-year experience, promote better relationships among roommates, and reduce the workload for the housing office. However, the woman expresses her doubts about this approach. She believes that having roommates with similar interests doesn't necessarily make sense. Although she and her roommate have different interests and habits, they get along very well, and she thinks that even if roommates have similar interests, their schedules might still be different, which could lead to them wanting to switch rooms or move.

6.思维导图

- University's Plan
  - Match roommates based on interests
  - Enhance first-year experience
  - Promote better relationships
  - Reduce housing office workload

- Woman's Doubts
  - Roommates with different interests can get along well
    - Personal experience with her roommate
  - Similar interests don't guarantee compatible schedules
    - Possible reasons for switching rooms or moving

7.关键词