Elite TOEFL Prep
The following video contains a sample of the integrated writing task for the TOEFL iBT. This is the first task you must complete in the writing portion of the TOEFL iBT.
The integrated writing task measures your ability to understand key ideas from an academic reading passage and a short lecture, and to write a response to a question about them. You must determine what information in the lecture relates in some ways to information in the reading. Then you must organize and compose an essay.
In your response, you must demonstrate your ability to:
→ organize ideas effectively in answering the question;
→ draw requested connection between the lecture and the reading;
→ develop ideas with appropriate examples and explanation;
→ display unity and coherence, transitions;
→ use English words and sentences effectively.
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The topic of this video is the "Zoos".
Here is the READING PASSAGE:
→ Thousands of animals currently reside in zoos around the world. Recently, there has been much debate about the value of zoos in today’s world. Careful consideration of the facts reveals that zoos are unethical and should be closed.
First, defenders of zoos say that they are an important way of saving animals from extinction. However, in actuality, zoos have had very little success in protecting animals. One reason for this is because many animals do not thrive in zoos. Breeding in captivity is often difficult to encourage. Endangered animals fare far better with protection programs that allow them to stay in the wild.
Additionally, zoos do not adequately provide animals with living spaces that are like their natural habitats. As a result, animals are not able to behave as they normally would. For example, a lion in a small cage is not able to run around, much less hunt. In the end, the animals end up depressed or with behavioral problems. This would not occur, of course, if they were not kept in zoos in the first place.
Finally, zoos simply are not the best way to study animals. There are a number of well-researched books available. Alternately, wildlife biologists stand to gain much more knowledge about animals by observing them in the wild. That way, they see how animals interact with other creatures without human interference.←
NOTE: In the official TOEFL iBT you would be able to have access to the reading passage, therefore you my use this reading while you are writing your essay.
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You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. Here you have timer to use while you are writing your essay:
20 minute response time: www.e.ggtimer.com/20 minutes
Here you the question:
→ Summarize the main points in the lecture, explaining how they cast doubt on the ideas provided in the reading passage. ←
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