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Writing Section Directions

This section measures your ability to use writing to communicate in an academic environment. There will be two writing tasks.

For the first writing task, you will read a passage, listen to a lecture, and then answer a question based on what you have read and heard. For the second writing task, you will answer a question based on your own knowledge and experience.

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Writing Based on Reading and Listening Directions

For this task, you will read a passage about an academic topic. A clock at the top of the screen will show how much time you have to read. You may take notes on the passage while you read. The passage will then be removed and you will listen to a lecture about the same topic. While you listen, you may also take notes. You will be able to see the reading passage again when it is time for you to write. You may use your notes to help you answer the question.

You will have 20 minutes to write a response to a question that asks you about the relationship between the lecture you heard and the reading passage. Try to answer the question as completely as possible using information from the reading passage and the lecture. The question does not ask you to express your personal opinion. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words.

Your response will be judged on the quality of your writing and on the completeness and accuracy of the content.

Now you will see the reading passage for 3 minutes. Remember that it will be available to you again when you write. Immediately after the reading time ends, the lecture will begin, so keep your headset on until the lecture is over.

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In several organizations the best way to approach certain new projects is by establishing a team of individuals. There are several advantages to teamwork when completing a project.

One of the advantages of teamwork is the wider range of knowledge, skills, and expertise brought to the situation by having multiple individuals involved. Everyone is unique and has different skills, backgrounds and experiences. Therefore, others in a team can help an individual see things from a different angle.

Also, teamwork enables a group of individuals to respond more quickly to their assigned task and come up with creative solutions to problems. The projects will be completed more quickly because there are more resources in a group than an individual would have access to. Creative solutions are more likely to come about because teamwork spreads the responsibility for a decision to all of the members . This means that no single individual will feel as if they are solely responsible for a wrong decision.

Finally, being a member of a team can be very rewarding for the individual. Team members will understand the processes they are involved in instituting which will make them more comfortable with carrying out the work. In addition, individual team members have a better opportunity to get their contributions and ideas recognized as highly significant. This is because a team's overall results are likely to have a greater impact than would have been accomplished by an individual.  

Directions: Your response will be judged on the basis of the quality of your writing and on how well your response presents the points in the lecture and their relationships to the reading passage. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words.

Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they respond to the specific arguments made in the reading passage.

In several organizations the best way to approach certain new projects is by establishing a team of individuals. There are several advantages to teamwork when completing a project.

One of the advantages of teamwork is the wider range of knowledge, skills, and expertise brought to the situation by having multiple individuals involved. Everyone is unique and has different skills, backgrounds and experiences. Therefore, others in a team can help an individual see things from a different angle.

Also, teamwork enables a group of individuals to respond more quickly to their assigned task and come up with creative solutions to problems. The projects will be completed more quickly because there are more resources in a group than an individual would have access to. Creative solutions are more likely to come about because teamwork spreads the responsibility for a decision to all of the members . This means that no single individual will feel as if they are solely responsible for a wrong decision.

Finally, being a member of a team can be very rewarding for the individual. Team members will understand the processes they are involved in instituting which will make them more comfortable with carrying out the work. In addition, individual team members have a better opportunity to get their contributions and ideas recognized as highly significant. This is because a team's overall results are likely to have a greater impact than would have been accomplished by an individual.  

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