5447 2012年11月10日托福写作范文：学习动机 (TOEFL 20121110)
2012.11.10 China(also 2011.10.08 USA)
猫头鹰在线写作实验室谢振礼老师
》托福近似真题 TOEFL Essay Prompts:
中国>Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way for teachers to let students get interested in a subject is by explaining how that subject will help their lives outside of school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
北美>Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to increase students' interest in a subject is to teach them the significance of the subject outside of school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
》谢振礼实验范文 Example Writing (Jeenn Lee Hsieh)：
High school can be a tough time for unmotivated students who happen to find a school subject to be far from being a piece of cake, so to speak. If motivation is what effective learning is all about, it behooves educators to let students understand the relevance of the subject outside of school, in addition to marking their grades of academic performance in school. Hence, the best way to increase students' interest in a subject is toward kindling motivation for both short-term and long-term goals that match their personal pride and ambition.
Students' achievements are usually measured by their grades, subject by subject. Of course, this kind of individual success is a reflection of the student's overall attitude, likes or dislikes, about a particular subject in the learning environment. After all, it is about personal pride in doing things well since students can get great satisfaction in a task well done and gain a valuable sense of competence, which in itself can motivate further effort. Such desire for accomplishment on a subject can find expression not only in making comparisons of their own grades or progress with others, but also in competition with oneself by sometimes setting their own standards and rate of working. This indicates that 'peer pressure' alone can be a source of motivation for students to study a specific subject, without teachers having to explain how that subject will help their lives outside school. In short, tangible rewards in school are short-term goals worthy of their interest, considering that under no circumstances would students like to get 'flunked' or be called 'eggheads'.
No less important, students' motivations to study different subjects earnestly are also related to their different ambitions for the time to come. In this light, teachers can help students have a better idea of what they want to achieve outside of school, including family expectations and job prospects. Normally, students will be encouraged to work hard early and diligently, even when it comes to studying a subject somewhat boring or more difficult. It is because students might value learning as a way of building a future that will bring wealth, prestige, power and other benefits. Teachers on their part can increase students' interest in a subject through using more strategies than simply giving good grades, in addition to corresponding praise, esteem, recognition and family approval. So, here lies the educators' responsibility to make it clear the significance of a subject because it matters in the future. Without any doubt, it is crucial for teachers to help keep students' dreams alive.
In terms of learning a subject, most students are motivated by enjoying personal pride in doing well in school and by having a strong desire to succeed later in life. For that matter, a common role that teachers should play is to increase students interest in a variety of required subjects. To make that happen, there is no better way than to link the success of students' success in school to their future success outside of school. (Essay created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh, ielts360toefl@hotmail.com )
》猫头鹰写作隐形模板：起3承6转6合3
英文论说文(Essay)=起(Introduction)+承(Body A)+转(Body B)+合(Conclusion)
1. 起 Introduction: Say what you are going to say.
--(用英文)你说你要说什么。(话分两头指标说;起中有合)
--The introduction moves from general to specific.
--Thesis statement. Specific focus. Two headings (A+B) from the focus.
2. 承 Body A: Say it, with evidential support.
--(用英文)你说吧，提论证。(说一头指标+理由例子细节)
--Heading A: Use reasons, examples, details (R+E+D) to support a well-focused thesis.
3. 转 Body B: Say it, with evidential support.
--(用英文)你说吧，提论证。(说一头指标+理由例子细节)
--Heading B: Use reasons, examples, details (R+E+D) to support a well-focused thesis.
4. 合 Conclusion: Say what you have said.
--(用英文)你说你说过什么。(两头指标又复合;合中有起)
--The conclusion moves from specific to general.
--Re-summarizing the two headings. Restoring the specific focus. Restating the thesis.
》温馨提示：
建议四段格式，最适合完成雅思托福论说文写作的要求。(如果习惯五段则两转：起承转转合。)
四段定位，18句装配：起3承6转6合3.
