TOEFL Academic Discussion Writing Sample: Your professor is teaching a class on business management. Write a post responding to the professor’s question.

1. Sub Scores

Relevance and Contribution to Discussion: 4.0 Clarity and Elaboration of Viewpoint: 3.5 Language Use and Grammar: 3.0

2. Estimated Scores

Estimated Score: 22 (3.5)

3. Task completeness

The essay addresses the task by expressing an opinion on optional attendance in postsecondary education and providing some support for that opinion. However, the essay could be improved by elaborating more on the reasons for supporting optional attendance and providing specific examples or evidence to strengthen the argument. Additionally, the response should focus more on contributing to the discussion with original ideas.

Suggestions for improvement:

• Provide specific examples or evidence to support your viewpoint.

• Elaborate more on your reasons for supporting optional attendance.

• Contribute more original ideas to the discussion.

Examples:

1. "For instance, a study conducted at XYZ University found that students who were given the option to attend classes online performed just as well as those who attended in-person classes."
2. "Moreover, allowing students to choose their preferred learning method can lead to increased motivation and engagement in their studies."

4. Essay structure and organization

The essay has a basic structure with an introduction, body, and conclusion. However, it could be improved by having clearer transitions between ideas and paragraphs, as well as organizing each paragraph around a specific point with supporting details.

Suggestions for improvement:

• Use clear transitions between ideas and paragraphs.

• Organize each paragraph around a specific point with supporting details.

Examples:

1. "Firstly, with the development of technology..." could be improved by adding a transition like "One reason why optional attendance is beneficial is that..."
2. Instead of jumping straight into another point after discussing technology, consider starting a new paragraph with a clear topic sentence such as "Another advantage of optional attendance is its focus on learning outcomes rather than physical presence."

5. Grammar

I concur with Claire's prespectiveperspective(misspelling) that potionaloptional(misspelling) attendance could make postsecondary education more efficient and accessible. Firstly, with the development of technology, online calssclass(misspelling), class recording and different kinds of e-books are accessible to students. So that they don't need to only rely on the materials learned on classes, and they could spend more time and eneryevery(misspelling) to explore what they truly needed and which approach they really fit in. However, if attendance is necessary, students should be forced to take attedattend(misspelling) even if they don't interestedinterest(After auxiliary 'do', use the base form of a verb) about the content toughtthought(misspelling) in classes, wasting their time. Secondly, the real important thing is how much knowledge the students learn instead of how many attendancemany attendances(Possible agreement error: 'many/several/few' + singular countable noun) in their records. So exams are better than attendance.

Display title: 6 Revised Essay

I agree with Claire's perspective that optional attendance could make postsecondary education more efficient and accessible. Firstly, advancements in technology have made online classes, class recordings, and various e-books readily available to students. This allows them to explore the resources they truly need and find the learning approach that best suits them, rather than solely relying on in-class materials. Mandatory attendance may force students to attend classes they are not interested in, wasting their time and energy. Secondly, the true measure of a student's success should be based on the knowledge they acquire rather than their attendance records. Therefore, assessments such as exams and papers are more appropriate indicators of a student's progress than mere attendance. (121 words)

I concur agree with Claire's prespective perspective (changed "concur" to "agree" for a more conversational tone, and "prespective" to "perspective" for correct spelling) that potional optional attendance could make postsecondary education more efficient and accessible. Firstly, with advancements in technology (rephrased "with the development of technology, technology" for better flow) have made online calss, classes, class recording recordings, and different kinds of various e-books are accessible readily available to students. So This allows them to explore the resources they truly need and find the learning approach that best suits them (rephrased for clarity), rather than solely relying on in-class materials. Mandatory attendance may force students to attend classes they don't need to only rely are not interested in (corrected grammar and phrasing), wasting their time and energy. Secondly, the true measure of a student's success should be based on the materials learned on classes, knowledge they acquire (rephrased for clarity) rather than their attendance records. Therefore, assessments such as exams and they could spend papers are more time and enery to explore what they truly needed and which approach they really fit in. However, if appropriate indicators of a student's progress than mere attendance is necessary, students should be forced to take atted even if they don't interested about the content tought in classes, wasting their time. Secondly, the real important thing is how much knowledge the students learn instead of how many attendance in their records. So exams are better than attendance.(clarified meaning).

Display title: 8 Mind Map

- Optional Attendance
    - Efficiency
        - Online classes
        - Class recordings
        - E-books
    - Accessibility
        - Personalized learning approach
        - Time management

- Mandatory Attendance Issues
    - Wasted time and energy
    - Uninterested students

- Success Measurement
    - Knowledge acquisition
    - Exams and papers

Display title: 9 Key Words

Display title: 6 Revised Essay

I agree with Claire's perspective that optional attendance could make postsecondary education more efficient and accessible. Firstly, advancements in technology have made online classes, class recordings, and various e-books readily available to students. This allows them to explore the resources they truly need and find the learning approach that best suits them, rather than solely relying on in-class materials. Mandatory attendance may force students to attend classes they are not interested in, wasting their time and energy. Secondly, the true measure of a student's success should be based on the knowledge they acquire rather than their attendance records. Therefore, assessments such as exams and papers are more appropriate indicators of a student's progress than mere attendance.