评分标准解析
——雅思作文(二)
文/ 唐老雅
上一次,唐老雅已经表明,雅思写作的主要标准是你写的文章能否让人读懂,这要求你的作文文字清晰,观点明确。只要你能用英语清晰地表达出你的思想,你的雅思作文得分就不是问题。至于语言是否优美,思想是否高深,就留给那些文学家和哲学家去玩吧,我等时不我待,考完雅思,还有其他更重要的人生理想去实现啦!
思想是否表达的清晰,取决于你的语言表达水平,也取决于你的思维方式。但唐老雅一贯的观点是,在语言水平和思维方式之间要取得一个平衡,你才能做到清晰表达思想。想一想吧,如果你的语言表达只有小学水平,而你却要像一个资深的哲学家一样去思考,你那幼稚的语言表达出来的哲学思想谁看得懂?但是,如果你的语言表达已经达到了高中水平,而你却去写一些诸如小时候我们喜欢写的好人好事之类的东西,那也是浪费。至于这一点,虽然很重要,但唐老雅要留待以后再讲。今天就跟大家分析一下雅思作文评分标准。
雅思官方给出的评分依据分别是:
1. 对写作任务的反应:是否切题
2. 连贯性和结构层次:观点是否连贯且有逻辑性地呈现
3. 词汇资源:用词能否准确表达自己的思想
4. 句法多样性及准确性:句子能否准确表达思想
再次提醒大家,在这个官方评分依据中,没有看到思维深度方面的要求。在第一条中,切题就可以了,也就是围绕题目要求组织内容,至于是否深刻,那不是考察的重点。其实所有雅思题目,内容都可深可浅。我的建议还是写相对浅层次的内容,因为这才是你的语言水平能说清楚的内容。如果说不清楚,你思维的深度不仅不能为你加分,反而会给你减分,这就是很多同学考完之后,很得意地认为自己写出了新意,结果得分却大失所望的原因。
第二条要求你把想出来的几个分论点,按照一定逻辑顺序进行安排,一般由浅入深,由高到低,由物质到精神/ 情感,由个人到社会/ 群体等。第三条和第四条强调的是用语层面,写出的词汇和句子要正确表达你的思想。
这个官方标准看起来太抽象、太繁琐了!事实上,雅思考官也不会逐条对照这几个标准来给分。他是给整体印象分。什么是整体印象?其实就是他觉得这个文章说清楚没有,如果说清楚了,说得好不好,如果说得好,那最后还要问,说得妙不妙。所以,其实就是三个档次:清楚没有?好不好?妙不妙?大致清楚了,就6 分,写得好,就是7 分,写得妙,就是8 分。至于那些0.5 的区分,就得看考官的个人喜好了,或者他判卷那天的关注点所在。
按照清晰度的标准,唐老雅对雅思评分标准进行了重新表述,你也可以自己比照比照,自己目前在什么水平,如何才能晋级到下一个阶段。
雾里看花型:能围绕题目写点别人模模糊糊能看懂的东西= 4 分
—Without a healthy body, other factors are needn’t to consider.
—Because it is impossible to every citizens have right to deprive others in this civil society.
—In conclusion, depends on different situation, laws can be introduce to ban join in some machine work.
半梦半醒型:能围绕题目写别人勉强能看懂的东西,有些正确的句子,有些正确的单词,词能达意= 5 分
—Today, as the world population keeps boosting, unemployment is a severe and hard solving problem.
—In my perspective, whether they should be arrested really depends on how serious the law that they broke are.
—Instead, he can be educated in the police office and pay a fine, to warn him not do it anymore.
凑合着过型:有点想法,有点逻辑,多数能看懂,有点复杂句,有几个好词= 6 分
—We can draw a conclusion that the students may adapt to the society earlier if they go to work immediately. However, they are not skillful enough. It is a better choice to study in depth.
—Therefore, although there are advantages for students to go to work, they had better study before working, unless they are going to study art subjects in the future.
明明白白我的心型:有些想法,有些清晰,有些好词,有些好句子,有些错误= 7 分
—In recent years, whether the students who graduate from high school should go to college or go to job market becomes a heated topic among people. It is believed by some that college helps them prepare for future career while others think job market can increase their work experience.
—Basically, law-breakers are sent to jail with the purpose of preventing them from being against the law and protecting interest of other citizens.
我的心思你最懂型:有思想,清晰,不少好词,不少好句子,错误很少= 8 分
—Undoubtedly, those who do not obey the laws should be put into prison so that they would no longer be able to harm other citizens. Once being put into jail, the law-breakers are almost isolated from the outside world and they would be watched all day long. In addition, since there are few things to do in the prison, the criminals can reflect what they have done wrong, change their attitude towards life or the society and think about how they can help to offset the impact of their mistake in order to be forgiven.
总结一句:雅思写作,只需像正常人一样,好好写几句人话就行了。不要故作高深,如果像写中文时那样思考英文作文内容,或者想走捷径背模板,会造成文章不忍卒读,得分低就不要怪考官残忍了!