對(duì)于托福獨(dú)立寫作來(lái)說(shuō),考官考察文章的原則是:“Readers should focus on what the examinee does well。”從這里我們可以看出,整個(gè)過(guò)程不是考察考生表現(xiàn)出的優(yōu)點(diǎn)過(guò)程,這里要求我們需要寫出足夠的字?jǐn)?shù)。那么我們應(yīng)該把作文字?jǐn)?shù)控制在多少合適呢?還是字?jǐn)?shù)越多越高分呢?
ETS對(duì)于托福獨(dú)立寫作的評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)OG上是這么說(shuō)的:“An effective response is typically about 300 words long。 If you write fewer than 300 words,you may still receive a top score,but experience has shown that shorter responses typically do not demonstrate the development of ideas needed to earn a score of 5。”