整合寫作考官到底要什麼?















同學們好,我是SK2實力養成班顧問J2.


許多同學在寫整合寫作時,常碰到一個問題。自己聽力實力還不錯,聽力的點都有聽到了,也了解教授反駁的論點,並且筆記也都有記下一些關鍵字幫助自己回憶,但是分數總是不高呢?很多同學會開始覺得是不是寫的不夠「精簡」,開始東減一點,西刪一些,搞到最後整個論點就只有機個關鍵字,但湊起來語意不夠完整,自己重新看一遍發現自己也看不懂。


以下舉兩個同學的作文當範例,分別是TPO27以及34, 怕被爆雷的同學可以先做做看這兩回,再看看自己是不是也犯了同樣的錯誤。

先拿第一位同學TPO27的第二論點為例:

Secondly, the passage suggests that volcanic eruptions could have
caused the Little Ice Age. On the contrary, the professor
seriously refutes the hypothesis because there was no report about
those eruptions. To be more specific, if a large striking had
happened at that time, people should have had a visual report for
gray or brown snow. Consequently, the Little Ice Age does not
cause by strong eruptions.


這點聽力部分是說如果是火山爆發造成Little Ice Age的話,釋放出來的灰應該會產生一些特別的現象像是colorful sunsets或是灰的或黃的雪。但沒有人有看到類似的情況,所以很顯然的當時的火山爆發程度不至於能夠造成Little Ice Age.

中文先順過一遍的話,應該就比較能輕易的發現上面這段同學漏寫了什麼。只要在”To be more specific, if a large striking had happened at that time, people should have had a visual report for gray or brown snow.” 這句後面再補一句: However,there was no report of such visual effects. 就能讓整段語意更完整。


再換一個例子, TPO34第一論點:

First of all, the passage states that the sea cow may been over-hunted by groups of native Siberian people. Yet, the professor seriously challenges the statement by arguing that the population of Siberian people is quite small. Thus, they don't need to hunt lots of sea cow to survive. Plus, Steller's sea cow is 9 meter long, and hunting one sea cow can be sufficient fodd supply for Siberian people.


這點原本聽力部分主要講的是sea cow是很大的動物,9 meters long, 而且Siberian people人也沒有那麼多,所以只要獵捕幾隻就能餵飽所有人。應該要再補一句,所以不可能是Siberain people過度獵捕造成sea cow絕種。

同學應該不難發現,以上兩位同學的兩小段都是同樣的問題,聽力的點都聽到了,筆記也都記下了,但最後的答案就是差那麼一點點,這真的很可惜,因為這兩位同學也不是聽不懂,筆記也沒有來不及寫,也沒有忘了什麼重點,但差了一兩句話論點不夠完整的話,分數就很容易因次被扣掉一些。

如何避免考試犯這個錯呢?

建議同學整合寫作平常練習一定要壓在18分鐘內寫完,才能留兩分鐘重新再把自己文章看過一遍。通常這些少一兩句話的問題,其實自己檢查一遍都能看得出來,所以儘快在18分鐘內寫完後,留時間重看一遍,有發現類似的問題,就趕快再把他補齊,就能在考試時避免類似問題發生了!

另外上面有提到有中文順過一遍,也是個很好的方式,當然在考試時沒有那麼多時間作這件事,所以建議平常練習時,先把剛剛教授講的內容用中文順過一遍,就會發現邏輯很通順,再把中文轉換成英文打出來就好了。希望以上方法能幫助到同學!


Cheers,
J2