Is this well written? At the mental health unit, I was responsible for child and adolescent mental health workshops in which I talked with parents about various mental health topics. I evaluated girls from the emergency department to determine whether or not sexual abuse had occurred and worked with sexual assault survivor therapy groups implementing cognitive behavioural and art therapies. My roles also included to work in the behavioural program that is run annually for children with ADHD, learning disabilities, anxiety disorders, depression and behavioural problems; and to deliver occupational activities for the elderly therapy group. NGO I volunteered as a storyteller in a public school. My main tasks were researching what type of books to read and developing drawing sessions after storytelling with 8-year-olds. I also followed the children’s progress and worked with the teacher to collect information to adapt my interventions.

Work experience summary I volunteered as a storyteller in a public school. I planned with a co-worker what type of books we were going to read and what kind of activities we needed to include afterwards in order to boost learning and creative skills in second grade children. I followed children’s progress and worked with the teacher to collect information to adapt the interventions.

A brief summary At the Mental Health Unit, I was responsible of the workshops for discussing with parents about child and adolescent mental health topics such as, how does the trauma affects the development of the child, family dynamics, parenthood styles and how to prevent sexual abuse. I evaluated girls from emergency to determine whether sexual abuse has occurred and also worked with sexual assault survivor therapy groups implementing cognitive and behavioral and art therapies. I would appreciate any corrections. Thanks in advance.

Staying in the UK I've been planning to study in the UK a master degree since two years ago. Actually, I've been preparing for a scholarship application since then. I'm still studying English, I'm trying to improve my writing and speaking, which in my opinion are the most difficult ones. Currently, I'm staying in the UK with a colleague from work. It was quite interesting coming and listening to the different accents. Sometimes I understand people while they are talking, but sometines it's all a challenge to pick what are they trying to say. I like to speak though, people are friendly and willing to help my speaking. I'll have to work on the scholarship application while staying here, which means I'll have to speak, listen to, write and read more in English if I want to get a place at any university here. I feel a bit nervous about it, but optimistic at the same time. I want to speak as much as possible. The more I learn, the more prepared I'll be, I think. I would appreciate any correction. Thanks in advance.

Practice Essay 4 - TOEFL iBT Writing (part 2) Secondly, I tried to push me into situations when speaking in public was required. Perhaps this was the most difficult part because I had to deal with anxiety before and during my presentations. Despite feeling uncomfortable many times, eventually, I got used to being in front of my class talking about different topics. I wasn’t the only one who had to overcome the same fear in my class. Actually, a friend of mine had also struggled when she had to speak in front of us. The most interesting thing about her situation was that she was the president of our class. Later, my friend told me she accepted that leading role because she wanted to challenge herself and overcome her fear. If she had not stepped out of her comfort zone, she wouldn’t find out what she was capable of. In summary, I could overcome my fear of speaking in public by writing about it and pushing me into situations that involved to be exposed in front of others. I would appreciate any corrections.

Practice Essay 4 - TOEFL iBT Writing (part 1) We all have experienced fear in our lives since it is a natural emotion, a reaction to a threat or a potential danger. Sometimes the threats and dangers can be irrational, such as spiders or dark spaces. In my case, I was afraid of speaking in public when I was a teenager. Nevertheless, I had to overcome my fear because I had assessed activities in high school. It wasn’t easy at the beginning, but I will explain in the following two paragraphs how I finally overcame my fear of speaking in public. First, I started by writing down the worst thing that could happen if I made a mistake in front of classmates. It didn’t seem to be a good way of confronting fear, though. I started thinking about my classmates making fun of me because I couldn’t speak well in my presentation. However, after two weeks, this exercise helped me to realize that making mistakes wasn’t the end of the world, but a great way of learning. For instance, while reading about insecurities I found an interesting story about a woman who was constantly afraid of failure. As a result, she ended up trapped in a circle which led her to lose really good opportunities. Moved for her desire to change she started writing a diary and thanks to that she found out that failure wasn’t something to be afraid of. This example and my experience demonstrate that writing can be a great way of changing our mindsets. I would appreciate any corrections.

Essay 3 - Practice TOEFL iBT part 2 Secondly, if my friend is seriously considering switching careers, I would advise her to write a list of the jobs she is most interested in so that she could investigate further about them. This happened to my brother when he wanted to start doing something more challenging for him. He used to work as a digital illustrator but one day while recording a tutorial for YouTube, found out that he enjoyed teaching. As a result of that experience, my brother decided that he wanted to teach his illustration techniques online. But before creating his own tutorial channel he interviewed some colleagues that already had a channel and watched a lot of videos to know what it would be like. In the end, he realized that teaching was not for him. So, definitely, I would advise this to my friend. In summary, if my friend is thinking to leave her job, but didn’t have any idea of what to do, I would suggest her to do some soul-searching for a better understanding of herself and to research as much as possible about the careers she is interested in.

Essay 3 - TOEFL iBT Practice Most people think that there is only one option when choosing a career. If we recall when we were little we will realize that it is common for adults to ask children what they want to be when they grow up and wait for a specific answer, rather than multiple choices instead. In my opinion, it is not necessary to devote our whole life to a single job. There is nothing written in stone that indicates that changing career is not possible, so if my friend wants to switch her career, I would give her the following two pieces of advice. First, I would recommend my friend to do soul-searching. In order to a better understanding of herself, I would suggest her to think deeply about her strengthens and weaknesses because it would give her an idea of what she is good at and what type of career would be best according to her abilities. For instance, my cousin after several years working as an electrical engineer found out that she was more into sculpture. It would mean a big change for her quitting immediately after knowing she was good sculpting, for that reason she took her time to analyze if she really had the skills enough to start this new career. Doing a soul-searching helped my cousin to finally make a decision and two years later started teaching sculpting and opened her own visual art gallery. I would appreciate any correction.

Writing section of TOEFL iBT practice 2 Most people claim that all careers are important for human society. In my opinion, it is better for students to study math and science because those subjects are deep related to technological advances. In the following two paragraphs I will explain the two reason why I think this way. First, studying math and science made possible to develop many of the social networks that currently facilitate our work and communication. Thanks to these new tools now we can work altogether with people from other countries and be in touch with relatives who live abroad. I experienced something recently that illustrates my point. Once, while reading about social media I found out that the founder of Facebook needed to create an algorithm in order to understand who do people wanted to accept in their profiles as a “friend”. If it weren’t for those studies, we wouldn’t be interconnected with a lot of people. I think that the whole process required a serious study of math and science whether Facebook staff wanted to provide a really great experience to their users. As long as students continue taking careers that involve math and science, there would be available more sophisticated technologies that will enhance our ways of relating to others. I would appreciate any correction. Thanks in advance.