TOEFL Academic Discussion Writing Sample: Your professor is teaching a class on career. Write a post responding to the professor's question. In your response you should do the following. · Express and support your opinion. · Make a contribution to the discussion in your own words. An effective response will contain at least 100 words.

1. Sub Scores:

Relevance and Contribution to Discussion: 4.5 Clarity and Elaboration of Viewpoint: 4.0 Language Use and Grammar: 4.0

2. Estimated Scores:

Estimated Score: 27

3. Task completeness:

The essay does a good job of addressing the specific requirements of the task, expressing a clear opinion on the four-day workweek and providing personal experience to support the viewpoint. However, there is room for improvement in elaborating on the opposing view mentioned in the reading passage. To strengthen your response, consider discussing Rory's point about the potential difficulty in completing tasks within a shorter workweek.

Example 1: "While Rory argues that a four-day workweek might be too drastic a change for workers to complete their tasks, I believe that with proper time management and prioritization, employees can adapt to this new schedule."

Example 2: "Rory's concern about workers struggling to complete tasks within a four-day workweek can be addressed by implementing flexible working hours or offering additional support from employers."

4. Essay structure and organization:

The essay has a clear structure with an introduction, body, and conclusion. However, it could benefit from more explicit transitions between ideas and paragraphs to improve coherence.

Example 1: Instead of starting with "For where I stand," you could write "In my opinion" or "I firmly believe" to introduce your viewpoint more clearly.

Example 2: To transition between discussing health problems caused by long work hours and addressing concerns about condensing work into a shorter week, you could use phrases like "On the other hand" or "However." For example, "On the other hand, some may argue that condensing work into a shorter week could be stressful for employees."

5. Grammar

For where I stand, I staunchly believe that setting a shorter, four-day workweek, can reduce the possibility of getting some physical and health problems, which are very common within contemporary employees, since one more day break can provide a promising opportunity for them to release their stress. To be more specific, nowadays, more and more young employees are suffering from various healthy problems, such as obesity, neck and back issues, etcetc.(period after abbreviation 'etc.'), owing to working for too muchmany('much' + countable noun, e.g. 'much (many) children') hours to relax. For example, Alibaba, a high-tech company I worked for, advocated their employees to stay in their stations for 12 hours per day, so many programmers including me suffered from cervical spondylosis. If we can only four[No Replacement Word Found](missing verb after 'will/can/could/would') days a week, I firmly believe we can avoid these healthy problems effectively. Still, a voice rises that it is stressful to condense work into a shorter workweek. Actually, as a worker, we can arrange our work rationally to overcome this issue.

Title: 6 Revised Essay

In my opinion, implementing a shorter, four-day workweek has the potential to significantly reduce the prevalence of physical and health issues commonly experienced by modern employees. An additional day off would offer a valuable opportunity for workers to alleviate stress and focus on their well-being. The contemporary workforce is increasingly plagued by health problems such as obesity, neck and back pain, often resulting from excessive working hours with little time for relaxation. For instance, during my tenure at Alibaba, a high-tech company that encouraged employees to work 12-hour days, numerous programmers, including myself, developed cervical spondylosis. I am confident that transitioning to a four-day workweek would effectively mitigate such health concerns. While some argue that condensing work into a shorter week may be stressful, I believe that with proper planning and rational organization of tasks, employees can successfully adapt to this new schedule. (147 words)

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8 Mind Map

1. Introduction

   • Four-day workweek
   • Health benefits

2. Physical issues

   • Obesity
   • Neck and back pain

3. Mental health

   • Stress reduction
   • Well-being focus

4. Personal experience

   • Alibaba example
   • Cervical spondylosis

5. Counterargument

   • Shorter week stress

6. Planning and organization

   • Adapting to new schedule

7. Benefits outweigh concerns

8. Conclusion

9 Key Words