TOEFL TPO 22 Speaking Task 2 Sample: The woman expresses her opinion about the university’s plan. Briefly summarize the plan. Then state her opinion about the plan and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

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Task Overview

Reading Passage

University announces changes in campus tour guide Traditionally, staff members from the admissions office have led the campus tours for secondary-school students who are considering attending the university. Beginning next semester, however, current students will lead these guided walks around campus instead. "The staff of the admission office no longer have the time to lead campus tour, we need to focus our resources on our other responsibilities,” explaines Christine Tanner, the director of admission. “Furthermore, we feel that current student will offer unique and valuable insight to our visitors during these campus tours".

Question

The woman expresses her opinion about the university’s plan. Briefly summarize the plan. Then state her opinion about the plan and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

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Evaluation Result

1.Sub Scores Delivery: 3 Topic Development: 4 Language Use: 3

2.Estimated Scores

24. 3.Delivery

The speaker's delivery is generally clear and fluid, with a consistent pace and only occasional pauses. However, there are some instances where the speaker could improve their pronunciation to avoid confusion. For example, "turn-off event" should be "change" or "decision." To improve, the speaker should practice proper pronunciation and work on maintaining a consistent pace throughout their response.

4.Topic Development The speaker provides a coherent and well-organized response, with clear connections between ideas and sufficient support or examples. The summary of the plan is accurate, and the woman's opinion is clearly stated along with the reasons she gives for holding that opinion. The speaker effectively integrates information from both the reading and listening passages. No significant improvements are needed in this aspect of the response.

5.Language Use

According to a recent announcement, starting from the ~~beginning of next year~~start of the next semester, students will replace the staff ~~member~~members at the admissions office to lead the campus tour for ~~aspiring~~prospective students. It so happened because there is not enough capacity for the staff to do this anymore. Additionally, students could bring different perspectives, which is more relatable to the visitors. Two reasons can be cited for the woman to strengthen this ~~turn-off event~~change. First, she said that she had been to the office several times, and every time when she was there, everybody was super busy. So obviously, they've already stretched things and could not do this anymore. Furthermore, she recalls that when she was first shown around here, the guy leading the tour was very nice. But he had no first-hand knowledge to answer most of her questions, such as dorm situation or the information about the cafeteria. So students' point of view will be more helpful.

(I corrected "beginning of next year" to "start of the next semester" for accuracy based on the reading passage. I changed "member" to "members" for grammatical correctness and "aspiring" to "prospective" for better word choice. I replaced "turn-off event" with "change" for clarity and natural language use.)

Revised Answer (140 words):

According to a recent announcement, starting from the start of the next semester, students will replace staff members at the admissions office to lead campus tours for prospective students. This change is due to the staff's limited capacity and the belief that students can offer more relatable perspectives to visitors. The woman supports this change for two reasons. First, she has observed that the admissions office staff is extremely busy, indicating that they cannot manage the additional responsibility of leading tours. Second, she recalls her own campus tour experience, where the staff member leading the tour lacked first-hand knowledge about certain aspects, such as dormitory conditions and cafeteria recommendations. She believes that current students' perspectives would be more helpful and relevant to prospective students.

6.Mind Map


- Announcement
  - Students replace staff members
  - Start of next semester

- Reasons for change
  - Staff's limited capacity
  - Students' relatable perspectives

- Woman's support
  - Observations of busy staff
  - Personal campus tour experience
    - Lack of first-hand knowledge
    - Importance of students' perspectives

7.Key Words

Word	Phonetic Symbols	Parts of Speech	English Definition	English Translation	Sample Sentence
Prospective	/prəˈspɛktɪv/	Adjective	Likely to become or be something specified in the future	Prospective	The university's new policy aims to provide prospective students with a more relatable campus tour experience.
Capacity	/kəˈpæsɪti/	Noun	The maximum amount that something can contain or produce	Capacity	The admissions office staff has reached their capacity and cannot manage additional responsibilities.
Relatable	/rɪˈleɪtəbəl/	Adjective	Able to be easily understood or identified with by others	Relatable	Current students can offer more relatable insights into campus life for prospective students.
First-hand	/ˌfɜrstˈhænd/	Adjective	Obtained directly from the original source; experienced personally	First-hand	The woman believes that first-hand knowledge about dormitories and cafeterias is essential for a helpful tour.
Perspectives	/pərˈspɛktɪvz/	Noun	A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view	Perspectives	The university's decision to have students lead campus tours will provide diverse perspectives for visitors.