GMAT考试写作指导:Argument范文三四-查字典英语网
搜索1
所在位置: 查字典英语网 >留学英语 > GMAT > GMAT写作 > GMAT考试写作指导:Argument范文三四

GMAT考试写作指导:Argument范文三四

发布时间:2016-03-02  编辑:查字典英语网小编

  36. This newsletter article claims that Professor Taylors foreign-language program at

  Jones University is a model of foreign language instruction. This conclusion is based on

  a study in which foreign language tests were given to students at 25 other universities.

  The study shows that first-year language students at Jones speak more fluently after just

  10 to 20 weeks in the program than do 90 percent of foreign-language majors at other

  colleges at graduation. Despite these impressive statistics, I am unconvinced by this

  argument for two reasons.

  To begin with, the assumption here is that students from Professor Taylors

  program have learned more than foreign language students at other universities.

  However, we are not given enough information about the study to be sure that this

  comparison is reliable. For example, the article does not tell us whether the foreign

  language students at Jones were given the tests; it only reports that the tests in question

  were given to students at 25 other colleges. If Jones students were not tested, then no

  basis exists for comparing them to students at the other universities. In addition, the

  article does not indicate whether students at all the universities, including Jones, were

  given the same tests. If not, then again no basis exists for the comparison.

  Furthermore, we cannot tell from this article whether the universities in the study,

  or their students, are comparable in other ways. For instance, Jones might be a

  prestigious university that draws its students from the top echelon of high school

  graduates, while the other universities are lower-ranked schools with more lenient

  admission requirements. In this event, the study wouldnt tell us much about Professor

  Taylors program, for the proficiency of his students might be a function of their

  superior talent and intelligence.

  In conclusion, the statistics cited in the article offer little support for the claim

  about Taylors program. To strengthen the argument, the author must show that the

  universities in the study, including Jones, were comparable in other ways, that their

  foreign language students were tested identically, and that Taylors program was the

  only important difference between students tested at Jones and those tested at the other

  

点击显示

推荐文章
猜你喜欢
附近的人在看
推荐阅读
拓展阅读
  • 大家都在看
  • 小编推荐
  • 猜你喜欢
  •