2007 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination -- English Applied Writing

Author: Written by the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Tutoring Group
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Publish Date: March 1, 2006
Features: The first edition of this book was warmly welcomed by a broad range of candidates. To better serve them, after a period of diligent effort, we promptly released the revised version. The revisions include:
- Adding a new Part II: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Answers for Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Practical Writing
- Adding a new Part III: Commentaries and Analyses of 2006 Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Practical Writing Test Papers
- Adding a new Part VIII: Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Practical Writing Practice Tests
- Adding a new Part X: Supplementary Communicative Vocabulary for Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Practical Writing
For the section on "Speedy Success in Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Practical Writing," we have made the following changes:
- Streamlined reference sentence patterns
- Added practical writing forms such as application forms for enrollment, job registration forms, leave application forms, and outlines for theses
- Appropriately added or removed other practical writing forms. For example, we have introduced structurally descriptive articles, which are highly practical in real life, and argumentative essays based on pictures, which are frequently tested in exams.
We hope that the revised content continues to be well-received by candidates.
Since 2005, practical writing has been added to the postgraduate entrance examination essays, making candidates relatively unfamiliar with it. Although many have taken the College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) multiple times, the grading situation reveals that candidates' proficiency in practical writing remains poor, and the situation is not optimistic. To address this reality, this book first analyzes the new syllabus and also examines the difficulties of practical writing and the problems candidates face, enabling them to understand themselves and the situation. The book also provides candidates with detailed preparation suggestions, helping them clarify their preparation direction, focus, and methods.
The new postgraduate entrance examination syllabus sets very strict and detailed scoring criteria for practical writing. The syllabus states, "The scoring for practical writing emphasizes the coverage of information points, the organization of content, accuracy of language, appropriateness of format and register. The requirements for grammatical structure and lexical diversity will be adjusted based on specific questions." This indicates that the scoring focus for Part A (short essay writing) is different from that for Part B (short essay writing). The syllabus also specifies, "Keywords from the prompts may be used in the essay, but phrases or sentences that appear in the prompts will result in deductions." Such strict scoring criteria are rare. This book provides a detailed analysis, pointing out that candidates must have the ability to convert synonyms and near-synonyms, using synonyms or near-synonyms to replace the prompts.
Vocabulary is one of the scoring requirements for practical writing, but candidates should note that this refers to communicative vocabulary. The book focuses on analyzing the question points of communicative vocabulary and categorizes it. It emphasizes that communicative vocabulary is crucial for candidates preparing for practical writing and that they should focus on strengthening their learning and mastery of professional and everyday vocabulary.
Through a summary and analysis of classroom teaching, tutoring class guidance, and grading, we have found that candidates in practical writing can be divided into three types. This book provides a detailed analysis of these three types, enabling candidates to prepare more effectively.
Since the genres of postgraduate entrance examination practical writing are very broad, it is impossible to cover everything, so this book focuses on the seventh part to discuss various genres (nearly 30 types) that are likely to be tested, along with their writing methods and techniques. All sample essays in the book are selected from foreign practical writing materials and teaching resources by foreign experts, allowing candidates to learn word choice and sentence structure directly from authentic English, thereby mastering more natural and accurate language expressions for practical writing and improving their ability to analyze and understand information points.
All the sample essays in this book have been carefully selected after targeted research, and we believe they will be of great help to candidates. Additionally, the book has carefully selected some key communicative vocabulary from the new syllabus vocabulary list for candidates to reference, enabling them to focus on mastering them. The book also provides specific learning guidance, helping candidates achieve twice the result with half the effort when learning and using communicative vocabulary, thereby maximizing learning efficiency and preparation capabilities.
We hope that candidates will benefit from the study of this book and that it will provide practical help in improving their writing skills for postgraduate entrance examination practical writing. As long as candidates use this book diligently and engage in hardworking, systematic writing practice, we are confident that their practical writing skills will show significant improvement.