为什么要在雅思写作中引入价值判断这一概念，在雅思写作教学过程中，为了提升教学质量，引入一些关键的概念是非常有必要的，比如利弊分析"，具象化"等。恰当地使用这些抽象概念，教师可以用一种具有高度概括性的方式将解题方法予授学生，学生借助这些概念，其实质是高度概括的方，就可以少走弯路，举一反三，避免在反复的零碎的写作实践中不断试错，甚至反复出错。

如果完全抛弃这些抽象概念，讲解过程将变得低效。这是主要是因为没有这些方的帮助，教师只能做一道题，讲一道题，完全无法总结出具有普遍性的解题方法。题目是做不完的，而且还处于不断的变化之中，因此，这种完全抛弃方的教学思路无异捞针，其结果必然是事倍功半。

当然，过多地使用抽象概念也会导致教学效率低下，更加会增加学生的记忆负担。所以，在引入抽象概念的时候一定要把握好分寸。

再者，一个有价值的／值得引入的抽象概念一定是具有指导意义的。而且，作为教师，自身一定要首先能够透彻地理解这一概念，否则就会事与愿违，甚至误人子弟。

为什么要在雅思写作中引入价值判断这一概念

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什么是价值判断

IELTSWritingTask2measuresyourabilitytodotwothings:1)toevaluateotherpeople’sopinion;2)todefendyourownopinion.

Asamatteroffact,evaluatingothers’opinionisequivalentofdefendingyourown.Theyarethesame.Thisisbecausewhenyouagreewithothers’opinion,youtakeitasyourownopinion.Inthiscase,todefendtheiropinionistodefendyours;ifyoudisagreewithothers’opinion,youtaketheoppositeposition.Inthiscase,tochallengetheiropinion,youhavetodefendyoursaswell.

So,eitherway,youhavetopresentanopinionanddefendyourself.ThisisthenatureofIELTSWritingtask2.Itisalsothisverynaturethatwarrantstheintroductionoftheconceptofvaluejudgment.

Tounderstandthat,youhavetounderstandwhatanopinionisinthefirstplace.

Whatisanopinion?

TherearetwotypesofopinionthatyoumightholdorencounterinIELTSWritingTask2:1)avaluejudgment;2)factualanalysis.

Whenyouaremakingadecisionaboutwhethersomethingshouldorshouldnotbedone;whethersomethingisnecessaryorunnecessary;whethersomethingisbeneficialorharmful;whethersomethingisusefuloruseless;whethersomethingisimportantorunimportant;whethersomethingisgoodorbadetc.youaremakingavaluejudgment.Youaremakingthisjudgmentbasedonyouranalysisoftheprosandconsofsomething(thesubjectofyourconsideration).Togoonestepfurther,itiscalledvaluejudgment,differentfromfactualanalysis,becausethisjudgmentismadewiththeconsiderationofyourowninterestsortheinterestsofhumanity,notanobject,notananimal,notaplant,nottheobjectiveworld,buthumanbeings.

Forexample,whenyousayenvironmentalprotectionisnecessary,youaremakingavaluejudgment.Thereasonwhyyouwoulddeemthatenvironmentalprotectionisnecessaryorimportantisthatenvironmentalprotectionbenefitsyouandtheentirehumanity.Conversely,environmentalproblemsareproblems"onlybecausetheycreateamenacetothehealthanddevelopmentofhumanrace.Ifenvironmentalproblemsareharmlesstohumanbeings,wewouldn’tcallthemproblems"anymore.

Inmanycases,theIELTSWritingTopicswouldcontainsomeone’sopinion.Andyouwillberequiredtoeithersupportorchallengethisopinion.Forexample,

(1)Somesaycriminalpunishmentsshouldbefixed,whereasothersarguethatcriminalpunishmentshouldbeflexibleandthecircumstancesandmotivesmustbeconsidered.

(2)Somesayallgovernmentsshouldprioritizeenvironmentalprotectionovereconomicdevelopment.

(3)Somesayartscannotimprovethequalityoflivingdirectly,sothepublicmoneyshouldbespentinotherfieldsofthesociety.

(4)Somesayitisunnecessarytotraveltootherplacestolearnaboutthelocalculture,becausewecanlearnasmuchfromtheinternet,booksandfilms.

Theopinionsgivenintheabovewritingtopicsareallvaluejudgmentswhicharebasedontheanalysisoftheprosandconsofthesubject.

Itisbecausevaluejudgmentshavetobebasedontheanalysisoftheprosandconsofthesubjectthatyoumustconductananalysisoftheprosandconsofthesubjectinordertoformavaluejudgmentortoevaluateone.Andtheanalysisoftheprosandconsofthesubjectisatypeoffactualanalysis.