Handout 4: Writing an argumentative essay – MRC FOR 2K8
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Task: “Too much importance is attached to exams at school. Do you agree?
The sentences in the essay below are in the wrong order.
Put them in the right order and decide where the essay should be divided into paragraphs
SẮP XẾP LẠI CÁC Ý SAU ĐỂ HOÀN THÀNH BÀI ESSAY:
a. This is because one is much better at taking exams than the other.
b. However, like many other people, I feel that too many importance is given to exams and
that it is time to change the way we monitor our children’s development at school.
c. As a result, students are often encouraged to learn facts by heart instead of how to use the
information and how to think for themselves.
d. One popular traditional method has been applied to assess academic progress is for
students to take exams.
e. Apart from this, exam questions often test how much a student has remembered about the
things he or she has been taught in the classroom.
f. To sum up, in my opinion, less importance should be given to exams because they are
unfair, because they are often a test of memory and because they can have a negative
influence on teaching.
g. Lastly, it seems to me that exams sometimes have a bad effect on teaching, as teachers
are usually judged by the exam results of their students.
h. Firstly, I think that the examination system is unfair because sometimes two students with
the same ability in a subject get very different exam results.
i. Consequently, they are often more interested in preparing their students for the exams
than in making their lessons lively and stimulating.
j. The issue of how to assess students has always been an important subject in education.
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