Both the article and lecture are discussing about the exact use of " Chaco housing " ie : great building present in New Mexico . The passage discusses three possible use and provides reasons of its support where as the lecture contradicts each point and rejects the reasons made by the author.
Firstly , the article states that those great buildings are used for residential purpose. It also claims that hundreds of people were living together like the format of " Apartment building " present in Tao , New Mexico now a days ie : earlier versions of architects seen in recent southwest societies. However , the professor is not convinced with the explanation and cast serious doubt. According to the lecture , if hundreds of people were living there then there must be large no.of fire places for cooking of each family. But excavation shows that there are very few fire places which can afford to 10 families at most. The lecture also explained that there are not enough room which can accommodate hundreds of people.
Secondly, the article asserts that the great buildings must be the store house of Maize which was there primary food. On contrary, the professor argued that there has not been any traces of maize found in excavation. He also stated that if there was any storage then there must have been large containers to store the maize, but no large container is excavated.
Thirdly, the author posits that these buildings were used for ceremonial purpose as mounds of broken earthen pots were found which must have been used for ceremonial meals. On the other hand, the lecture rejects this point and asserts that these heap or Pueblo Alto were the trash place of construction materials as lots of building materials have been found over there. He also argued that the earthen pots were used by the workers for their meals when the constructions were going on.
- TOEFL integrated writing: Chaco housing 95
- TOEFL integrated writing: certifications 95
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The best things in life do not cost money Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion 96
- TOEFL integrated writing: is group the best approach? 90
- TOEFL integrated writing: fuel-cell engines 80
what else should be added to
what else should be added to get 29 marks?
The essay may got 29 in
The essay may got 29 in actual TOEFL exam. But we take consideration of your history performance and give it only 26. Once you are stable in 26, the marks may reach 29 gradually.
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http://www.testbig.com/toefl-essays/toefl-integrated-writing-chaco-hous… is this essay better than mine ?? why did it get 27 and excellent and why not mine?
While she got 27 often, you
While she got 27 often, you just recently reaching 26. Need some time to prove the performance.
it means that you give marks
it means that you give marks on the basis of past performance not on the real performance of that day. It does not sound logical..it will discourage someone and someone will keep pondering what went wrong..
Past performance is a very
Past performance is a very important criteria to judge the essays though we don't depend on past performance. If the user did few essays greatly, it doesn't mean the user really reaches the level of the mark.
If you did something wrong in essay writing, we will give you warnings. If not but with a higher mark, it simply means you are doing better this time than other essays. The goal of testbig site is mainly for practice purpose. So it is more important to know you are improving than the mark you get.
anyways i will take toefl on
anyways i will take toefl on coming Saturday..hoping for the best...
Well, good luck and let us
Well, good luck and let us know your good news.
thanks..got my result on
thanks..got my result on friday..i got 91 marks..very happy..achieved my target...testbig helped me a lot...next challenge is GRE... your suggestion will be helpful...
Congratulations! We are very
Congratulations! We are very happy to know your good news. Can you let us know the scores for writing and speaking too?
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Reading - 22, listening - 26,
Reading - 22, listening - 26, speaking - 22, writing - 21...total - 91..
as usual got nervous in my speaking section..anyways got my required score by practicing few months...this site is really helpful..thanks
It is great to get 91
It is great to get 91 totally, but still we think you should get more on writing from the improvements you made. What do you think are the reasons to prevent you from getting more marks in writing?
Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
i realised that i am not very
i realised that i am not very good in writing Independent essays..i did good in the integrated essay section...i suspect that is the weak part..i had gone through lots of independent essays but not practiced much..may be 2 months time was not sufficient for me after handling a baby...
You didn't practice enough on
You didn't practice enough on independent essays. You only submitted one independent essay.
Anyway, congratulations you got the marks you expected. We are waiting for your good news from GRE too.
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 26 in 30
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 16 12
No. of Words: 312 250
No. of Characters: 1516 1200
No. of Different Words: 162 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.203 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.859 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.3 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 100 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 74 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 42 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 29 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 19.5 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.643 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.688 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.321 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.533 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.08 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4