（海外大學教師謝振禮Jeenn Lee Hsieh投稿）

前言筆記：

雅思與托福寫作測驗全算是難題，所以烤鴨使用英文的能力假若不高，那簡直更是難上加難。內行的中教也一樣承認每一道試題都很不容易下手，于是部分名師傾向猜題分析，真是說得頭頭是道，但就是不愿寫范文。其實連教英語的老外都懶得動手，聲聲推辭，紛紛叫煩！當然困難的英文不可能變得容易，倒是作文的格式可以簡而化之——采用隱形模板。

2012年1月14日的A類真題如下，如有出入當以原試題為準。真題問：這年頭在就業市場上，社交技巧與合格資歷是不是一樣重要？

答題舉例：考生先定立場而生主題。開頭第一句申論主題：二者都同樣重要。第二句：集中焦點：如果光靠資歷，但是缺乏社交技巧則難以鶴立雞群。第三句：一分為二：分兩點--求職與升官的優勢。

所有的論說文的唯一題型是沖突，沒有例外。謝振禮老師認為合格資歷與社交技巧毫無沖突。焦點在于具有社交技巧與缺乏社交技巧的抽象沖突。抽象化就是用想象力搞比喻的能事。把合格資料比為IQ，又把社交技巧比作EQ。IQ與EQ早已經是口頭禪，考生考官都清楚無誤。

心圖大綱，圓形邏輯，四段18句：起3承6轉6合3

起——社交技巧+合格資歷=求職與工作的優勢。
承——社交技巧造成求職應征的優勢。
轉——社交技巧造成工作升職的優勢。
合——求職與升職=社交技巧+合格資歷。

雅思真題 Nowadays it is widely accepted that social skills are as important as good qualifications. Do you agree or disagree?

When it comes to employment, qualifications as the intelligence quotient (IQ) always matter; and in addition, gaining social skills as the emotional quotient (EQ) is useful for one to stand out from the crowd. Those who want to make themselves desirable employees may be wise to focus on their social skills since it is no longer enough for people to rely on good qualifications. Qualifications being not the issue, social skills can make a difference when competing for employments and promotions.

In the first place, the importance of social skills can be noted in today's typical job interviews. In fact, it is commonly accepted that the EQ is often directly tied to the degree of success one may have in the workplace. In terms of employability, to be successful the emotional abilities are as important as the intelligent abilities. That is probably why IQ testing is administered not very frequently these days. In comparison, some companies are testing the EQ instead to measure one's adequacy in such areas as self-awareness, empathy, and dealing sensitively with other people. This kind of exam is increasingly popular because employers try to keep away some job seekers who appear to be inclined to take a more negative attitude toward social inter-relationships.

Obviously, some employees with better social skills stand better chances of being promoted to higher job levels, for good reasons. As valuable as qualifications, social skills may determine one's well-being and effectiveness both at work and in life. Whether in verbal or nonverbal forms, the opposite of social skills is social ineptitude, roughly meaning the lack of a set of personal skills to communicate, relate and socialize with others. In plain words, employees in higher positions usually have made themselves good communicators for being able to be at ease, converse fluidly, grasp social "rituals" such as what to say, when to say and how to say it in certain situations. On the other hand, some other employees, although having high IQs as well, do not seem to be particularly adept at maintaining social interactions and seem socially shy or awkward at best. This viewpoint goes to imply why, among employees with similar concepts of literacy and numeracy and knowledge, some happen to excel others from beginning to end.

Qualifications plus social skills can be one of the best formulas for one's career success, the IQ and the EQ being equally crucial in the modern job market. Ignoring social skills may often lead to undue conflict or disharmony when working as a group because there are circumstances under which logical reasoning alone could not entirely tackle day-to-day sensitive problems. So, as long as employability is concerned, there is no "either/or" question but the answer must necessarily be "both."