12.6進步18分心得(獨立寫作part1) - 英檢

後來，因為命運的捉弄
9.28強烈颱風襲擊台灣，全台停止上班上課
考試延期到10.12，我意外多了兩周左右的時間準備

覺得自己不努力準備托福作文是不行的
我開始努力向willis請教作文技巧
並照著他提過的，每周寫4篇以上作文的目標前進

一開始，每周寫4篇作文對我真是個折磨
每當我坐在電腦桌前準備寫作文的時候，遠方就有股引力襲來
開始拉著我的身體，叫我離開電腦桌，別寫了，別再繼續自取其辱了

可是10.12考試的日期近在眼前，考慮到上天已經給我一次機會，不好好把握
以後可能永遠也不會有這麼好的機會的我，最終還是戰勝了惰性
努力的一周寫四篇以上的作文
10.12的那一周，我甚至天天寫一篇作文

早期，我寫作文會很擔心文法和錯別字
每次寫出一個自己看了都搖頭的蠢文法或是拼錯一個簡單的單字
都會讓我大受打擊，覺得自己是不是該停下來別寫了
可是我咬牙撐過這個階段，每次用wordpad寫完作文後
我會寄給willis，並丟到word作文法和錯字檢查
每次看到word幫我糾正了一個文法錯誤，我就會把這段文法上網查清楚
並整理在筆記中
每看到一個拼錯的長字，我也會記錄在筆記本中，並在電腦上多打幾次
而willis雖然不會幫我改所有的作文，但只要他有幫我改的，我一定會將所有被點出
的錯誤(文法或誤用單字)記錄下來，並要求自己記熟，以免再次犯錯


隨著作文寫得越來越多，我發現錯字和錯誤文法出現的比率大幅降低
降低的速度遠比我想像中的快，只比那陣子狂跌的台股慢一點點

隨著錯誤的句子越來越少，我發現我較能暢欲所言後
我開始強調文章的邏輯性和例子的深度

我開始要求自己的原因必須合理並且能說服人
例子不但要完整，也要夠具體，更重要的是足以佐證原因，不會離題


可惜的是，雖然我很努力練習獨立寫作
10.12正式考試那天，考作文的時候
因為被IBT正式考試殘破的作文界面嚇到，腦袋空白了十分鐘
導致作文功力大失，只能含淚寫出290個字
想當然了，腦袋空白+只寫290個字+內容沒交代完整的結果
就是獨立寫作的分數不高
我10.12的作文分數只有21分
而且在和John以及willis討論過後，考量到我的整合寫作是在沒異狀的情況下完成的
那篇290字的獨立寫作，拿到的分數搞不好還不到3分

坦白說，這對我的打擊很大
但我畢竟是個不容易屈服的人
我的人生哲學是:"你打我一下，我捅你三刀
你打我兩下，我捅你六刀"
這ETS這麼過分的得罪我，我豈能這樣就算了!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


所以我只消沉了一下下就開始繼續努力了
考量到當時我的作文只有290個字，加上那時腦袋空白，邏輯和舉例都不完善
因此失分不是因為我的準備方式錯誤，而是準備的還不夠好，不夠熟練的情況下
我更是強迫自己要加緊練習，要求自己繼續每天寫一篇獨立寫作
寫作文的軟體也由notepad換成"星隕如雨iBT 獨立寫作仿真練習軟件"<-推薦
雖然用這個軟體寫作文超痛苦(介面好爛Q口Q，功能好遜)
但因為正式考試時也是這樣的介面，所以還是忍著用它繼續練習
作文寫完後仍然是老樣子，丟入word檢查並寄一份給willis
下面這篇是我這段時期寫出的一篇作文

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模板和上篇相同

Of all your possessions, what thing do you value the most? Why?

The topic of people’s view on possessions can be approached from several
different angles due to its complexity. Some people tend to think that their
expensive possessions are the most valuable while others seem to prefer
meaningful ones. I have also developed my own point of view as well. I value
meaningful possessions the most. Therefore, I regard the old album inherited
from my grandma, who died two years ago, as the most important possession I
have for two reasons.

The first reason that I treasure this old album so much is that it is something
full of memories that my grandma carefully accumulated. Take some pages in the
album, for example. My grandma is an amateur photographer; every time when a
big event happened in my family, she took out her camera, asked us to stand
still and took lots of photographs of us. A few days later, she placed these
photos into some pages of the album and organized them with numbers. Thus, we
can easily look through the album and recall what had happened in the old days.

The second reason is that this old album is also the symbol of how much my
grandma loves us. For example, when I read through the album, I can often find
comments in the blank of some pages. My grandma is a shy woman and she seldom
shows her feelings. For this reason, she transformed her feelings into words
and wrote them down in the album. When reading the comments, I can realize how
much my grandma cares about us and usually end up crying half the time. All of
the reasons have influenced my opinion on this issue.

That’s not to say, of course, that other points of view are completely without
merit. However, I think the reasons I have provided in favor of my point of
view are stronger.
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和willis討論的結果，他說這篇應該可以拿3到4分
雖然感覺好像也不是很高 冏
但畢竟這個方式我寫得很熟練，也能夠活用到大部分的主題
加上因為不斷練習，模版我已經熟到閉著眼睛也能打出來
若要穩紮穩打的得分，繼續照這個方式練習到12.6的考試應該是最沒問題的

不!過!
這時我在版上看到了一篇文章，改變了我的作文方式

(待續)

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