① Agree/Disagree問題
Agree/Disagree問題は以下のような問題が出題されます。
- Do you agree or disagree that students should bring their cellphones to school?
- Use details and examples to support your explanation.
Agree/Disagree問題は設問で指示されるステートメントに対して賛成か反対かを述べる形式の問題で、Independentスピーキングで出題される傾向が極めて高い問題です。
いわゆるArgument構成と同じで、主張に対して明確な理由と論拠を述べる必要があります。
賛成でも反対でもないいわゆる「どっちつかずな主張」はTopic Developmentを阻害するので極力避けるように注意してください。
よく使う表現
- I agree/disagree with …
- I agree/disagree with the idea that …
- Some people believe that …, but I disagree.
解答例
- I agree with students bringing their cellphones to school.
- First of all, what if there was an emergency and they needed to call 911 or just call someone for help. Their cellphone could be lifesaver. In addition, it can be a backup for certain technology.
- For example, I was about to take a math test when I realized I forgot my calculator at home, well fortunately for me my cellphone had a calculator application downloaded into it and I was able to take the test.