TOEFL Writing - Don't Do This!
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TOEFL Writing - Don’t Do This!
In TOEFL Writing you can easily make mistakes that will cost you a lot of points. I scored 30/30 in TOEFL Writing and I talk about 5 big mistakes that you should not make. These mistakes will make it impossible for you to get a high TOEFL Writing score even if you are good at writing in English. However, it is not hard to avoid them, you just need to know what you should not do. Once you know that, you can improve your TOEFL Writing score quickly and efficiently. Don’t let these mistakes get in your way!
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The examples I use in the video and in the illustration are made up by me.
1) DON’T USE CONTRACTIONS
Do not use contractions in TOEFL Writing! Contractions are used in informal language: it is ok to use them in speaking and also in writing if it does not happen in an academic context. However, your TOEFL essays have an academic context. If you use informal language in TOEFL Writing your score will drop considerably.
2) DON’T WRITE LESS THAN THE WORD COUNT
Guys, many of you have asked me in the comments whether it is bad if you write less than the word count given. In TOEFL Writing the word count is a minimum requirement, this means that you should write at least as many words as the word count states. So definitely do not write less because this will hurt your TOEFL Writing score. My tip is to write a bit more than the word count because this way you show ETS that you are able to write longer texts.
3) DON’T USE MEMORIZED ANSWERS
During your TOEFL preparation you will write a lot of essays to practice. Do not memorize these essays! This will not help you, rather it will hurt your score. If you memorize whole essays for the TOEFL you will most likely not answer the question given. Instead, you will answer the question that you prepared. Consequently, you will get a lower score because you did not provide an answer to the question asked.
Now you may ask: But why am I allowed to memorize a template then? Excellent question! I am a huge fan of TOEFL templates because they make it easier for you to get a high TOEFL score. A template is different from a memorized essay. A template tells you how you can start your sentences, which linking words you can use, and how your TOEFL essay should be structured. In short, a template is independent of the topic of an essay, it is just a framework. Therefore, a template will not influence the content of your TOEFL essays. That is why memorizing a template is fine, but memorizing whole essays is not.
4) DON’T REPEAT WORDS
In TOEFL Writing your score also depends on the vocabulary you use. If you constantly repeat words, ETS will get the impression that you do not know another word, and thus they will think that you lack the vocabulary to express things in a different way. You do not want to do that! You want to show that you have a broad range of vocabulary and that you know how to use these words correctly. Therefore, use synonyms in your TOEFL essays.
5) DON’T COPY TEXT
In both TOEFL Writing tasks you will be given some text. These texts contain information that you must use in your essays. For example, in task 2 of TOEFL Writing you need the information from the prompt for your introduction because the prompt tells you what your essay should be about and you must write about that in your introduction. Do not copy the words from the prompt! You do not get points for copying text. You must rephrase this information using your own words. Your TOEFL Writing score depends on how well you do that.
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0:00 TOEFL Writing - Don’t Do This!
00:30 - #1 Don’t use contractions
01:40 - #2 Don’t write less than the word count
03:09 - #3 Don’t use memorized answers
06:15 - #4 Don’t repeat words
08:20 - #5 Don’t copy text
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TOEFL Writing - Don’t do This!
In TOEFL Writing you can easily make mistakes that cost you a lot of points. I scored 30/30 in TOEFL Writing and I tell you 5 big mistakes you should not make in the TOEFL Writing tasks. These mistakes will make it impossible for you to get a high TOEFL Writing score even if you are good at writing in English. However, it is not hard to avoid them, you just need to know what you should not do. Once you know that, you can improve your TOEFL Writing score quickly and efficiently. Don’t let these mistakes get in your way!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 TOEFL Writing - Don’t do This!
00:30 - #1 Don’t use contractions
01:40 - #2 Don’t write less than the word count
03:09 - #3 Don’t use memorized answers
06:15 - #4 Don’t repeat words
08:20 - #5 Don’t copy text
Hi, Juva! Your videos are very helpful thank you for that. It would be great if you can make a video about reading. Reading is the part where I am struggling with. Thank you ♥️
Hello there Juva, I took my test today, but I'm so pissed off about my test centre's keyboards! They slowed down my typing speed due to their terrible "key travel" and also the keys made errors like writing letters twice or not executing my clicks. Because of that, I didn't get to revise my writing (for contractions or typos) or see if I can add more phrases in the text (although I think I did well on this section). 🤦♂️ ETS should really make test centres to provide better peripherals.
@Сагитова Регина I agree!
@Сагитова Регина Thank you so much! I'm so glad it's getting better. I'll see what I can do :)
@@kanaiymss Hi, I'm so happy they're helpful to you. Reading is definitely a challenge, I noted your wish :)
Hello Juva, I'm just here to say you are absolutely amazing. I had less than 2 weeks to prepare for TOEFL and I stumbled on your videos. Of course I binged! My results came out today and who had a perfect score in writing? Moi! I'm in tears.😭 My score is amazing for a first timer (112). Thank you so much ma'am.
Hello Chioma, Congratulations! That's an amazing score, you can be so proud of yourself! I'm so glad the videos were helpful to you. I'd love to ask you a few questions about your experience. I’d be very happy if you were interested in that. If you are, please drop me an email at contacting.juva@gmail.com . I'd love to hear from you :)
@@juva madam please help me to template for all writing and speaking. I could not purchase it
@@jambaydorji137 Hey :) Could you specify where the problem is please?
Thank you so much for your videos and efforts, i have my TOEFL text in two days
You save me because i always do that kind of types of writing.
Thank you for the video!!
You're so welcome Ammoula!
Omg thank you so much Juva my exam is in 5 days and I used to make some of these mistakes. It is so helpful thanks again ❤️
Happy to help
Thank you for the support and encourage that you’re giving us. You’re the best.
Thank you so much! You're so welcome :).
Thanks JUVA!. I only saw your videos for 1 week and I have scored 108. Thanks again.
Congratulations Muhammad! That's awesome, you can be so proud of yourself! I'm so glad I could help :).
you are the best Juva¡¡¡
I'm so glad you like it :).
Hi Juva, Thank you very much for your useful tips. During an actual test (I mean iBT), does the word count of an essay appear somewhere on the screen or do we have to count it manually?
Hi Win, I'm so glad you like them. You can see the word count on the screen :).
I have my toefl tomorrow, wish me luck juvaaa 🥺
I wish you all the best for your TOEFL! You can do this! :)
I have toefl tomorrow, Your vdos have helped a lot.
Thank u very much Yuva ❤️❤️❤️
Glad to hear that :) Good luck!
Hi Juva. First of all, THANK YOU for all the effort you put in the explanations and videos; your content is indeed useful for those willing to take the TOEFL. Just a question regarding the speaking section, what should be the speaking pace? How many sentences or words should I reach to get 30 points? Once again, thank you.
Hi Jorge, you're so welcome! I'm so glad the content is helpful to you. You should speak in a normal pace, not too slow so that you can fit all in the information in you need to say, but also not too fast because ETS must be able to understand you. I think your score doesn't depend on how many sentences or words you say, you must only make sure that you mention everything that's necessary. Hope this helps :)
You are doing a great service to us. Can you kindly share with us more tips and strategies about reading and listening ?
I'm so glad you like it 😀. I noted your wish.
Hi Juva! Do you think is necessary to write a conclusion for the Writing Integrated Task? I'm in doubt but I think it may be helpful, as a sort of summary. Thank you for your videos! :)
Hi Camila, I'm so glad you like the videos :). You don't need to write a conclusion for the integrated essay. I did not write one and I scored 30/30, so it's no problem if you don't do it. If you like, have a look at my videos where I show you sample essays for the integrated task :).
Hi Juva, I really like your video. I just wanted to ask whether it is 100% percent fine to use memorized linking words or sentences like "I have to admit that my opinion on this matter has been profoundly influenced by my own personal experience". Thank you very much
Hi Dominik, I'm so glad you like the video :). I don't recommend using memorized sentences. Using linking words and sentence starters is fine but memorizing whole sentences is not because your essay must answer the question given and you may not achieve that if you use memorized sentences. Hope this helps :)
@@juva Hi Juva, I just received my TOEFL scores, 96 in total and 29 in writing. I'm so happy about the writing score. Thank you so much for your great videos, they helped a lot.
@@ddomenike Congratulations Dominik! Your scores are awesome, you can be so proud of yourself! I'm so glad I could help :)
well said! i want to ask you if you had exposed ever in the toefl test specifically the speaking section didn't you understand a word or got confused can you tell me because i'm so terrified sometime when i listen i understand okay but if i didn't understand an one word i feel collapse .
Don't worry Marwa. It's totally normal that you don't understand everything in TOEFL Listening. Don't focus on understanding every single word, rather focus on the whole, try to understand what the word you didn't get means in this context.
@@juva At the present time the world is developing،
nowadays the automation is a perfect way to keeps your time and effort as well ,so it is not a reason to make people losing their jobs ,i don't agree with the statement, for three reasons i will explain it in my essay :
firstly, majority of the automation processes are located in factories so the works will be done in a limited time with keep humans soul safty. ، less effort and time as well which is a significant requirment in this era in order to execute and carry out the works without any errors , also there are lots of people who lost thier lives, because they were supposed to worke and deale with dangerous machines, this is a pity, the increase in autmotion is a really lifesaver to get the people's souls safe.
secondly , in my opinion, i think we need employees in order To carry out start and stop operations, so people will never lose thier jobs at all maybe a some worker will be laid off ,but this is not the general case , we definitely need Electrical Engineers .
lastly , to my mind i think this statement is illogical becouse the automaton is a Man-made process so we end up getting Developers, so obviously we need humans . also the automation located in specific places in the factories ,we can not make such a decision in every workplace ,because there are jobs where there no chance for it to be executable
without a Human intervention.
to sum up we must keep up with Machinery technology in order to get a good livelihood
@@juva hi juva, i want to ask you about this essay above, is it good ? Because someone said that my sentences stracture is all over the place .i don't know i thing it is not perfect but also it is not that bad . NOTE i have posted it here before.
@@marwakhateeb3721 Marwa, your progress is incredible! Your paragraphs are fine and you use transitions which is really good. You could try to write shorter sentences. This way, you can make your way of thinking even clearer for the reader. Hope this helps :)
Thank you for the video! Is it OK to exceed the word limit in Writing Task 1?
You're so welcome! Yes, it is ok to write more in both tasks in TOEFL Writing.
I am such a fan of your videos! And recommend them to my students. Can I ask a question? We should use I and go personal in the Independent writing but can not use I in the integrated , right?
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like them :). That's correct - in the integrated task in TOEFL Writing you talk about the arguments the writer and the lecturer make, so you don't mention your personal experience and that's why you don't use "I" in this task. In the independent writing task you talk about your opinion, and you should strengthen it by providing examples, and these can be personal examples, so that's why you can use "I" in this task. Does this help? :)
@@juva a lot! Your vídeos are becoming a great source for students around the globe who want to take Toefl. Congratulations!
@@paulohcmb Wow, thank you so much! I'm flattered :)
Thank you Juva,
I am confused about something, could you clarify, please?
I knew before that we cannot use I language and give personal examples in independent Writing, but I have heard from a few people that in Toefl that does not affect score? What are your sincere thought and your experience on the exam, did you use personal examples and so got a 30 score?
Best wishes
Hi Merve, you're so welcome! You can use "I" in the independent writing task of the TOEFL and I highly recommend using personal examples. I used personal examples in my TOEFL essay to strengthen my arguments. In fact, personal examples are a great way to strengthen your point and to illustrate what you are talking about. Hope this helps :)
@@juva Thank you Juva,
Do you think personal examples like "I had something.. and it really helped me..." do not mean informal?
Best
@@mervebilici9111 Providing personal examples is not informal in itself. Of course, you should use formal language because you're writing an academic essay. As long as you write in a formal way, providing a personal example is totally fine.
@@juva Thank you, Dear Juva, for the last thing, Could you please give a proper example that fits the criteria in order to help me comprehend better?
I appreciate your advice!
Best
@@mervebilici9111 Sure! You can talk about any personal example you like, but, for example, don't use contractions such as "it's" or "I'm" because this is informal language. Instead write "it is" or "I am". As long as you stick to that everything is fine. Hope this helps :)
Juva first of all thank you for your videos! I have a question about whether I should avoid this or not - in the case of agree/disagree question, do I have to utterly agree/disagree, or is it okay if I believe the topic has its pros and cons? E.g. usage of the internet - pros (education) cons (misinformation). Thank you in advance, keep up the great work!
Hi Ondřej, you're so welcome! That's an excellent question. If the question in task 2 in TOEFL Writing asks you whether you agree or disagree, you must take a side. This is extremely important because otherwise ETS thinks that you did not understand the question. The question does not ask you to write about the pros and the cons, it asks you whether you agree or disagree, so you must take a stance. Hope this helps :)
@@juva Amazing! Thanks for the clarification. It's important for someone who tends to overthink every topic hahah
@@ondrejsuchy5755 You're so welcome! It's really good that you thought about that and that you were aware of it, because otherwise it can happen that you overlook it and make the mistake in the TOEFL test. So it's better to think thoroughly about things before it gets serious :)
@@juva Although in the case of "three choices" question, is it possible to highlight 2 options? I read some sample essays which did so. :-)
@@ondrejsuchy5755 It depends on the question. If the question asks you to pick one, you should only pick one. But if it leaves this open, you can highlight more than one. Does this help? :)
Juva I have a question. The grade that you see at the end of the test is over 30? And thank you for your videos.
Hi Felipe, you're welcome, I'm glad you like them. At the end of your TOEFL test you will see two unofficial scores for the Reading and Listening part. Each score is between 0 and 30. Does this help?
@@juva Yes, I was not sure about my results because these were better than I thought. Thank you for your advices Juva you are the best.
@@felipecano2807 Congratulations! That's amazing! You're so welcome, I'm glad I could help :)
I don’t think you’re allowed to use your own examples anymore, like “a 2010 Harvard study says this and that”.
I got R30 L30 S30 W21.
Pretty sure it’s cause of my made up news articles and examples.
Anything else I might’ve missed?
First of all, congratulations on your amazing scores! You can be so proud of yourself. You are allowed to use personal examples in TOEFL Writing. By personal examples I mean examples from your own experience that relate to the question.
Tomorrow is my test 🔥 🥰🥰
Good luck!!
Tomorrow I'm gonna take TOEFL trial.Wish me luck)
I wish you all the best for your TOEFL! You can do this! :)
I have a question Juva, in my case, I have written "author's flaws" is that ok?
If you write "author's flaws" when talking about "flaws of the author" that's totally fine, don't worry!
@@juva thank you so much!!!
@@mylenecontreras333 You're so welcome!
Hi Juva, I just found your videos and they’re super helpful and kind of soothing haha. Thank you for all your videos. I’m taking my exam in two days and I’m just panicking a little. Greetings from Mexico 💕
Hi Salma, I'm so glad they're helpful to you :). So great that you're taking the TOEFL! Don't worry, it's totally normal to be nervous, everything will be fine. Greetings from Oxford
@@juva Thank you sooo much for everything
@@Marselhaable Congratulations Salma! Your scores are amazing, you can be so proud of yourself! Don't worry, if the proctor didn't say anything, it should be fine. If you like, tell me how it went once you get your official scores, I'd love to know :)
@@juva Sure! I’ll be so happy to let you know as soon as I receive them! :) I’ll keep you posted
@@Marselhaable Thank you! :)
Regarding the word count, when we get to the exam, do we see on the screen how many words we have written?
Yes, you can see that on the screen :).
@@juva Thank you so much for the answer, Juva! 😊 And keep up the great work! ❣️
@@angelfi You're very welcome
What is the minimum word count for Toefl writing?
The minimum word count will be stated in the TOEFL. According to ETS it's about 150 for task 1 and 300 for task 2.
Hi Juva, I need to know what is the best essay’s structure for the new form of the independent writing question that ask you what is the best option from the three that you agree with ?
Hi :) I assume you are referring to the multiple choice question. Have a look at this video where I explain how to write such an essay: th-cam.com/video/OZFxK23n5xw/w-d-xo.html. Hope this helps!
@@juva appreciate it Juva, thank you.
@@juva I watched the video, and I want to make sure that, if I decide to choose one option, I will mention nothing about the other two options.
@@pepodedo That's correct. You decide for one option and then you support your choice with reasons and examples.
Hi juva, does word count appear during typing ?
Hi :) When I took the TOEFL I could see the word count.
@@juva
Thank you very much
I have benefited from your channel
Salam Juva
I’d like to recommend me useful website in order to enhance my reading
Hi :) I can highly recommend the free ETS practice tests. They give you an impression of what TOEFL Reading will be like and you can practice the question types.
@@juva Thx from the bottom of my heart
I have apps and I’m practicing on them. However, I need to read more about these topics which come in the Toefl test
@@user-uz7wj9bs2n That’s an excellent idea. If you know the question types and test format, you will be more confident when taking the TOEFL
I'll do my TOEFL in 4 days, I am panickinggggg
So great that you are going to take the TOEFL! Don't worry, you can do this! :)
How did it go
"It's" is one word 'it is " is two words 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
:D
Omg right!!!
vAriable
That's correct. You should use different words to make your writing more variable :)
@@juva I’ve just meant the stress on the first syllable, not on the second))
@@kalinkamalinka8862 Ok :D
May I have ur email please if u dnt mind
If you have any questions, please put them in the comments, I'll be happy to answer them :).