Posted by Daojun Wang on June 09, 19101 at 14:38:11:
I am preparing for TOEFL now. I am very happy to get your book, Barron¡¯s How To Preare For The CBT TOEFL Essay. I have worked on your book for two weeks. I am often confused.
You categorize all tasks into four types as: Agreeing or disagreeing, Stating a preference, Giving an explanation and Making an argument on page 40, and you use AD, PR, EX and MA to symbolize each type on page 150. But on page 46, I read ¡° Free Practice 2. Look at the Model Essays in the Appendix. Note whether each topic is an Argument (A), Preference (P), Explanation (E), or Problem Solving (PS) topics.
According the key words or phrases, ¡°Do you agree or disagree ¡¡± is categorized into AD,then how come Topic 109 on page 59 is identified as Giving an explanation?
Because the details of planning, writing and revising an essay is discussed in Chapter 1, I am afraid that the Self-test essay #1 should appear at the end of Chapter 1, as same as Self-test #2 and #3 appear at the end of Chapert 2 and 3 each.