Writing: Write for an Academic Discussion
Writing: Write for an Academic Discussion is part of the Writing section of the TOEFL Essentials test. You get 10 minutes to write. It is scored by the number of correct answers.
- Time
- 10 minutes
- Prompts here
- 2 published
Learn the discussion vocabulary that earns marks here — stating a position, agreeing in part, conceding a point and adding evidence to an online academic thread.
You are joining a discussion, not writing an essay. Referring to another contributor and then extending or qualifying their point is what makes the response read as a contribution.
Now do it yourself and find out where you land
A model answer shows you the target. It cannot tell you whether your own writing hits it — that is a CLB level for each criterion, with the sentences that earned it.
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Create your free account →- Do I have to disagree with the other students?
- No. Agreeing while adding something new scores as well as disagreeing — what counts is a clear position supported with reasoning.
- What vocabulary is assessed?
- ETS states that these tasks assess varied grammar and vocabulary in an academic register, so range matters alongside accuracy.
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