College English Test Band 6 (CET-6) Twelve Sentence Essay Writing Method by Zhang Changxi Directly Hits the Exam Points

Author: Wang Changxi
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features:
1. Sample Essays with Templates: Introducing two relatively recent CET-4 writing samples as examples, demonstrating how to analyze the topic, determine templates, expand sentences, and ultimately complete the essay. The process is clear and seamless, immersing you in the experience and instantly revealing the magic and cleverness of the 12-sentence writing method, preparing you for the actual learning process.
2. Topic Analysis, Building a Foundation: Before diving into the 12-sentence writing method, this section guides you through a systematic familiarization with the common themes, genres, question formats, scoring criteria, writing steps, and high-scoring techniques of CET-4 essays. The examples are rich and comprehensive.
3. Template Learning, Practice Along the Way: In the second section, after thoroughly understanding the CET-4 essay types, you will delve into the explanation and learning of the 12-sentence writing method. For each writing type, different templates with varying approaches are provided, organized clearly and logically. Examples are given during explanations, followed by exercises, combining theory with practice for a deeper understanding. By the end, you will master and fully grasp the 30 templates.
4. Past Exam Practice, Applying Templates: In the third section, after familiarizing yourself with and mastering the various templates of the 12-sentence writing method, you will apply them to past exam essays. This allows you to fully experience the selection and use of each template, achieving proficiency.
5. New Predictions, Focusing on Hot Topics: In the fourth section, after practicing with past exam templates, you will receive 25 carefully predicted essay topics. This allows you to further familiarize yourself with and test your mastery of the 12-sentence writing method while grasping the latest trends.
Why is writing difficult? It represents the highest level of language and thinking skills for an English learner. When faced with an essay prompt, candidates often either have nothing to say and struggle to start, or have many ideas and a wealth of material but cannot organize them logically, unsure where to begin. During the writing process, you must ensure the content is relevant while maintaining grammatical accuracy, precise word choice, coherence, varied sentence structures, and meeting the word count—all within a short time, which is indeed challenging.
The design of the 12-sentence writing method aims to solve these problems:
1. Twelve Sentence Structures Lock in a Three-Paragraph Writing Structure
The 12-sentence writing method comprehensively considers factors such as topic analysis, structural arrangement, writing techniques, theme sentence determination, and material selection and organization, dividing the entire essay into three paragraphs, with each paragraph consisting of approximately four sentences. The average word count per sentence is at least ten for CET-4 and thirteen for CET-6. The twenty sentence structures are fixed and concise, ensuring that the essay content stays on topic while the word count aligns perfectly with the exam requirements. This significantly saves exam time and reduces on-the-spot pressure.
2. Fifteen Templates Cover Five Major Essay Types
The 12-sentence writing method scientifically condenses complex and diverse essay topics from past CET-4 and CET-6 exams into five major types: "phenomenon explanation," "comparison and choice," "problem-solving," "argumentation," and "application essays." Given the tight exam time and high language proficiency requirements, each of these five types is "modeled" and "templateized." This simplifies the complex writing process into a straightforward task of selecting a template and filling in keywords and expansion sentences.
3. Twenty Past Exam Practice Templates for Proficiency
The templates in the 12-sentence writing method are derived from the study of past exams, so it is necessary to return to them to prove their applicability. This book selects past exam essays from June 1995 onwards, categorizes them into the five major types for practice, and provides excellent model essays by applying different templates to each. Through commentary on these model essays, candidates are guided step-by-step to master the writing process, gradually familiarizing themselves with, digesting, and applying the templates.
4. Thirty Practice Exercises for Predicting New Exam Trends
After guiding candidates to understand basic writing methods, familiarize themselves with the types, and master the 12-sentence writing method templates, this book accurately predicts the trends of CET-4 and CET-6 exams. Following the proportion of essay types in past CET-4 and CET-6 exams, it sets 35 practice questions for CET-4 and 30 for CET-6. Candidates must complete these exercises according to actual exam requirements. This allows them to experience the applicability of the 12-sentence writing method in practice.
The fixed structure and sentence patterns reflect the closed nature of the 12-sentence writing method, making it suitable for beginners. Once candidates become familiar with applying templates, they can flexibly use various sentence structures, even creating more suitable ones, demonstrating the open nature of the method. In short, "write rigidly first, then flexibly" is the key to the 12-sentence writing method's success.