英文满分作文：大学教育旨培养就业技能还是学术学习

英文满分作文：大学教育旨培养就业技能还是学术学习

作文题目：

Some people believe that university education should focus on the skills of employment for the future. Others think it should focus on academic study only. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

【话题分类】

教育类

【题目解析】

题目大意：有人认为大学教育应当旨在培养未来的就业技能，而另一些人认为它应当只注重学术学习的培养。讨论两种观点并给出自己的看法。

难点：本题话题是高频的大学教育目的考点，以双边讨论的模式出题，要求考生大学教育的两种主要目标都需要有思路。考生可能在确认自己观点时产生纠结，不清楚该同意哪一边。

解决：此类题目不要求必须站到某一立场，而是可以提出折中的想法。同时也要留意到题目中第二个观点包含绝对的表述(only)，因此对这部分内容需要加以否定。

【写作思路】

开头段：现如今高等学历已经成为一份好工作的敲门砖，因此有人认为培养学生的工作技能应该是大学的目标，但也有人认为高等教育应该把重心放在学术培养上。我认为大学阶段是学生综合素质培养的重要阶段，应该考虑更多元的方向。

主体第一段：确实，学术的培养是任何大学的基本原则。1）丰富的理论知识是

学生能打开思维的基础；2）在学习过程中培养的其他技能应用在未来生活的所有方面；

主体第二段：然而，这并不意味着学术的培养是唯一的重心，在大学阶段将学生的工作技能纳入考虑，是极其必要的。1）确保学生在毕业之后有更清晰的就业方向，及更快速的进入社会身份；2）对社会带来实际的效益，提供产能有保障的劳动力；；

结尾段：总而言之，大学教育的目的应该是综合且多元的，以学术培养和职业培养作为唯一目的都是不可取的。我认为，大学应当根据自己的地区及自身的定位，来确定以其中哪一个作为主要目标，以其他培养方向作为次要目标。

【参考范文】

These days, a higher education degree seems a requirement for a decent job. Therefore, some people tend to regard career-oriented skills as the aim of tertiary education, whereas others insist that universities are expected to focus on students' academic study.

Indeed, one of the guidelines of higher education is to expand students' academic knowledge, which helps them to become a well-rounded person capable of fully participating in society. Young adults who are exposed to wider areas and deeper levels of knowledge usually have higher ability to adapt to the challenging world where a variety of skill sets will be needed. If these students only have access to the knowledge of a certain job, they will possibly end up finding themselves incompetent in the job market. Beyond that, academic learning also provides opportunities to cultivate other skills, such as critical thinking, in-depth analyzing and abstract thinking. These higher order abilities are what the society expects from university graduates.

However, a certain amount of job-oriented training should also be available in today's universities where academic pursuit sometimes have been over-emphasized and, in some cases, go so far as to overlook the practical value for students' future. For many young graduates, they need a fast start into the job market; thus, some pre-learnt experience of the hands-on aspect of their future career would be crucial. For those who do not have a clear goal, this kind of education will assist them to make occupational choices. Employers would also have a better insight of what a newly graduated candidate have learnt with regard to the position, in which case they can hire applicants based on their skills instead of their degree. In turn, universities can be providing a larger number of essential and productive workforce for the society.

To conclude, higher education shoulders a great deal of responsibilities, which would certainly include enabling both academic and employment achievement for their students. My view is that modern universities will need to diversify their objectives and focuses in response to the fast-changing world, and any institution that concentrates on just one aspect would fail its promises to the society.