Writing -1
Reading Passage:
Many people dream of owning their own business but are afraid of the risks.
Instead of starting a new business, however, one can buy a franchise. A franchise
is a license issued by a large, usually well-known, company to a small business
owner. Under the license, the owner acquires the right to use the company’s brand
name and agrees to sell its products. In return, the franchising company receives a
percent of the sales.
A major problem for first-time business owners is finding reliable suppliers of
the goods and services they need: equipment, raw materials, maintenance, etc. It is
easy to choose the wrong supplier, and doing so can be costly. Buying a franchise
eliminates much of this problem. Most franchising companies have already found
reliable suppliers, and franchise contracts typically specify which suppliers are to
be used. This protects franchise owners from the risk of serious losses.
Another advantage of a franchise is that it can save a new business a lot of
money on advertising. Advertising one’s product to potential customers is a crucial
factor in a business’s success. A franchise owner, however, sells an already popular and recognized brand and also gets the benefit of sophisticated and expensive
advertising paid by the parent company.
Finally, a franchise offers more security than starting an independent (nonfranchise) business. The failure rate for starting independent businesses is very high
during the first few years; the failure rate for starting franchises is much lower.
Finding one’s own way in today’s competitive business environment is difficult, and
buying a franchise allows an inexperienced business owner to use a proven business model
Listening Transcript:
Narrator: Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic you just read about.
Professor: Many people think that if you want to go into business for yourself, it's best to buy a franchise. But recently a study looked closely at franchises, and some of the findings call that idea into question.
One interesting point was that many franchise contracts force franchise owners to... to buy very specific goods and services, and those goods and services tend to be overpriced. In other words, even though there are equivalent goods and services available on the market, uh, that are considerably cheaper, the owners aren't allowed to buy them.
Another point was about advertising. When you buy a franchise, you agree to pay up to six percent of your sum total in sales—that's quite a lot of money. One thing you're supposed to get in return for this money is that the company does the advertising for you. But the company doesn't advertise your business. What gets advertised is the company's brand, the company's products, which are sold by many other businesses in many other places. It turns out, individual franchise owners mostly get very little benefit—much less than they would get by spending even half that money to advertise their own business directly.
Finally, the biggest issue: security. Starting a franchise is not the most secure option out there. True, it's less risky than starting an independent business. But there's a third option that the passage didn't talk about. You can buy an already existing independent business from a previous owner. And the study showed that independent businesses bought from previous owners have twice as much chance of success during the first four years as franchises.
Narrator: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge
specific points made in the reading passage.
The Question:
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge
specific points made in the reading passage
My writing answer:
The reading passage talk about benefits of buy franchise for those who want to start their own business. However the professor in the lecture has different point of views regarding the benefits. The benefits and the professor perspectives are on the following paragraphs.
First, on the reading passage written that finding reliable suppliers is major problem for first-time business owners. Since franchise supposed to be already have robust supply chain, it can eliminate the problem. Thus if we buy franchise, the principle will arrange the supplier for us. However, even if the professor seems agree that franchise would offer reliable suppliers, but the price of the goods mostly overprice. Which it leads to reducing profits. It easy to find cheaper goods out there, he arguing.
Secondly, regarding advertising campaign. The reading passage tells us that franchise priciple will do advertising for the products, so franchise buyers no need to do it. Contrary with the reading passage, the professor believe sales fee that given to the franchise principle, let say 6% of it, already include the advertising cost. Furthermore, he emphasize 6% is a big amount of money. Then he gives an illustration, if the business owners advertise by theirselves, it would be cost 50% less with the same result.
Finally, about the security. The reading passage explain about facts that buying franchise can low failure rate of a businesses. However, the professor argue it is not true. The professor said that the reading passage miss another alternatives, despite starting own business and buying franchise. There is another alternative, buying indenpendent business direct from the owner. The professor gives fact that buying existing indendpendent business has 2x times better chance to success on it 1st 4 years.
ChatGPT Assessment, based on TOEFL iBT rubrics in scale out of 10 for each rubric (Delivery, Language Use, Topic Development):
Based on the TOEFL iBT rubrics, here is an assessment of your writing:
Delivery: 8/10
The response effectively addresses the task and provides a clear summary of the lecture points challenging specific points from the reading passage.
The organization of ideas is clear, with each paragraph dedicated to a specific point.
Transitions between paragraphs are smooth.
The response demonstrates good control of sentence structure and vocabulary.
Language Use: 8/10
The writing showcases a strong command of English language use.
Sentences are generally grammatically correct, with only a few minor errors.
Vocabulary usage is appropriate and varied, contributing to the clarity of the response.
There are a few instances of word repetition and slight awkwardness in phrasing, but they do not significantly hinder comprehension.
Topic Development: 8/10
The response adequately summarizes the lecture points and effectively challenges specific points made in the reading passage.
Each paragraph focuses on a specific aspect and explains the contrasting viewpoint.
Relevant examples and explanations are provided to support the arguments.
Some points could have been further developed to strengthen the argument, such as providing more specific examples or evidence.
Overall, your writing demonstrates a good understanding of the lecture and effectively challenges the points made in the reading passage. The response is well-organized and uses language proficiently. With some additional development of points and examples, it could further enhance the topic development. Keep up the good work!
Writing -2
The Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
People learn things better from those at their own level—such as fellow
students or co-workers—than from those at a higher level, such as teachers or
supervisors.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
My writing answer:
In my own perspective, I disagree with the statement. I do believe, learning from those who have higher level than us is better than from those at our level. Here are some of my reasons.
Firstly, about the experience. Someone whose higher level than us, obviously has broader experience than us, that's why we level them at higher. Somesay, the best teacher is experience, and the greatest teacher is learning from others experience. Learning is just like estafet race, as human we pass our knowledge to the new generation. This knowledge built on experience. So if comparing to our peers that assume have same experience than us, learning from someone who has more experience will accelerate our learning process. For example, me my self have a mentor for my business. Even if my mentor's business seems like so different with mine, but somehow he can give many advice that really significant for my business. How come he can give such advice? His experience made him so.
Secondly, wisdom. This point highly related form the first one. I see wisdom as some thought or act that made by someone unconsciously to achieve win-win situation on any cases. To gain wisdom in ourselves, it is not something like crossing the line, but it compounded by many experiences time over time. For example, once again about my mentorship journey. One day, I have opportunity situation involving really notable person in my country. That day, me and my team have done really sophisticated calculation that this project might be successful. Then I discuss the project's landscape, all the calculation and all kind of related materials, to my mentor. It was shock me greatly, final advice from my mentor was suggesting me to not take this project. I couldn't understand at all, and he couldn't explain it clearly neither. At the end, it was my final decision, I follow our calculation to continue the project. Unfortunately, the project was greatly fail, the client payment status is always on hold. This case show us that wisdom is something that might be difficult to explain, that only higher level people could gain.
So tu sum up, thats my opinion regaridng learning from someone who has higher level than us. It should be faster learning from them.
ChatGPT Assessment, based on TOEFL iBT rubrics in scale out of 10 for each rubric (Delivery, Language Use, Topic Development):
Based on the TOEFL iBT rubrics, here's an assessment of your writing:
Delivery: 7/10
Your response is generally clear and understandable.
You provide examples and explanations to support your points.
Some sentences could be rephrased for smoother flow and clarity.
Language Use: 6/10
There are some grammatical errors and inconsistencies throughout the essay.
Vocabulary usage is fairly basic, and there is limited variety in sentence structures.
Some word choices could be improved for more precise and effective communication.
Topic Development: 7/10
You present a clear thesis statement expressing your disagreement with the statement.
You provide two main reasons (experience and wisdom) to support your viewpoint.
However, the development of your reasons lacks depth and could benefit from additional examples or elaboration.
Overall, your response demonstrates an understanding of the prompt and includes relevant examples to support your perspective. However, there is room for improvement in terms of language use and topic development to strengthen your argument.
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