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Some people believe that the society can benefit greatly from people who receive university education; others, however, think sending a large number of young people to university leads to the high rate of unemployment. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion?
13日雅思的這道寫作考題是個半舊半新的題目,與08年1月26日的題目部分相似(In countries where there is a high rate of unemployment, most pupils should be offered only primary education. There is no point in offering secondary education to those who have no hope of finding a job. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?)。
根據無懮雅思網上的考生回憶,有的學生把13日這道考題理解為:大眾教育及精英教育的優缺點;也有的學生理解為:大學擴招的弊端,大學生畢業就失業等等。
南京新航道國外考試部主管Andy(美籍)指出:這道考題會讓學生產生一定程度上的誤解!因為sending a large number of young people to university是一件事,意思是:讓多數的年輕人接受高等教育,就算理解成讓多數的年輕學生上大學也沒關系。題目的重點是討論接受高等教育的人,而不應該去討論大學是否應該擴招,或是大學的職能等等。
為什麼不應去討論大學是否應該擴招呢?請各位同學想想,題目前半部分是討論『接受高等教育的人是否能對社會有所貢獻?』問題的邏輯層面就是討論人,因此相應的後半部分應該討論『接受高等教育的人數多是否會造成高失業率?』(不能因為目前國內在討論大學是否繼續擴招的問題,就去做相關的猜測) Andy更進一步指出:考生如果無法正確的理解考題,就很容易跑題!因為university education不僅包含了大學生,還包含研究生及博士生的教育,也就是說,指的是受高等教育的人。
Andy分析:
整個題目的中心思想是:
1.接受高等教育的人是否能對社會有所貢獻?
對於這個觀點,考生必須說明這些受過高等教育的人是否能做些貢獻,如果能,那他們能做哪些貢獻?如果不能,要說明為什麼不能?
2.接受高等教育的人數多是否會造成高失業率?
考生必須先分析它是不是造成高失業率的原因?如果是,要說明為什麼是?如果不是,就必須反駁接受高等教育的人數多並不是造成失業的主因,更必須進一步說明還有哪些原因造成的。
Andy建議:1.考生在首段必須點明、肯定接受高等教育的人當然能對社會有所貢獻,但是考生必須否定掉有些人認為接受高等教育的人數多會造成高失業率的這個觀點並不完全正確,因為人數多只能間接的影響失業率,無法直接的影響,並說明高失業率尚有其他的客觀原因存在。
2.考生應在最後一段建議有關單位必須針對高失業率的問題提出相應的解決辦法。
下面是Andy針對12月13日雅思寫作考題所寫的觀點及主體段落的布局,可供廣大的考生們參考。
Some of those authorities on education (=education expert=educationalist ) point out that people who graduated from university can benefit society a lot than those who do not graduate from university. (先說明接受高等教育的學生比沒接受高等教育的學生做出的貢獻較多)Societal benefits from these graduates include: lower smoking rates, lower incarceration,more positive perceptions of personal health. (舉例說明具體貢獻)They also said that higher levels of education are correlated with higher levels of civic participation (such as volunteer work, voting, and blood donation). (再次強調接受高等教育的人會從事較多的公益活動) So, it can be clearly seen that students with high education are able to create more societal benefits than those without it.
However, others claim that sending a larger number of students to university will, in the long run, bring about a high rate of unemployment rather than create benefits for society. (先提出他人認為接受高等教育的人數多不會對社會有好處反而是導致高失業率的原因,接著透過轉折關系把該觀點否定掉)But according to a recent report by Global Human Resource Organization not only found that the high rate of unemployment in the university population is consistent with the fact that (值得模仿的句型)unemployment rates go up not mainly for sending a high percent of the youth to university but for globally financial alarms. (提出第一個例證說明另一個導致高失業率的原因是全球性的經濟危機)It also showed that another reason why there is a high rate of unemployment is too few job vacancies (工作崗位=工作機會) to be offered (提出第二個例證說明導致高失業率的原因還有工作崗位太少). The report, therefore, argued that who should take the responsibility of solving the problem of unemployment. (借這個報導,提出問題,就可以引出末段,並在末段提出相應的解決辦法)
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