Task 1 — Công việc & cuộc sống
TOEFL Speaking practice questions in the real exam format and timing.
Questions
Some people prefer a job with a high salary but long hours; others prefer lower pay and more free time. Which would you choose, and why?
Do you agree or disagree: working from home makes people less productive than working in an office?
Some people plan every detail of their day; others prefer to stay flexible. Which approach suits you better, and why?
Is it better to change jobs every few years, or to stay with one employer for a long time? Explain your view.
Model answer
Written by 8020 teachers. Do not memorise it — take the structure and the way ideas are developed, then speak about your own life.
Vocabulary you can use today
- waking hours
- nhung gio thuc — toan bo thoi gian hoat dong trong ngay
- genuinely engaging
- that su thu vi, cuon hut — manh hon 'interesting'
- watch the clock
- nhin dong ho (do chan) — thanh ngu thuong dung
- count down to the end of the day
- dem nguoc gio tan ca — bieu hien khong thich cong viec
- outweighs that benefit
- vuot qua loi ich do — tu hay trong cau nuong bo
- long-term cost
- chi phi dai han — dat gia ve tinh than, khong chi tien
Common traps for Vietnamese speakers
De "high salary vs love job" rat pho bien. Dap an "love job" de noi chuyen hon vi ban co the dung kinh nghiem ca nhan. Nhuong lai: dap an "high salary" can chung minh bang luan di cung voi chi phi doi song, ho gia dinh, etc. Vi du ca nhan phai la tinh huong CU THE CO KET QUA RO RANG. "I found my concentration would drift" la tinh huong. "My performance improved and I stopped counting down" la ket qua. Ca hai phan deu can. Canh bao: TOEFL cham het giao tiep, nhu khong thi, trong 45 giay. Ket thuc som 2-3 giay la tot hon bi cut giua cau.
Try this topic and see your band
Record 90 seconds. You get four criteria, the exact words that slipped, and your own sentence rewritten two levels up.