新东方在线雅思为同学们整理了雅思大作文范文之特长教育VS素质教育，供考生参考学习。

雅思大作文题目：

Some people think that older school children should learn a wide range of subjects and develop knowledge. But other people think that they should only learn a small number of subjects in detail. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

有些人认为年龄较大的学生应该学习广泛的科目和发展知识。但是其他人认为他们应该只学习少量的课程细节。讨论两种观点并给出你自己的观点。

【思路解析】

本题是一道双边讨论类型的题目，在作文时需要考生对两方面的观点都进行比较重点的分析，最终给出自己的立场。题目的核心逻辑并不罕见，是针对教育方面的“特长教育”以及“素质教育”之间的冲突。

针对特长教育，结合实际生活中的案例，不难发现其优势——在申请学校时更加容易，同时也更有利于学生在某个领域发挥其特长。

而素质教育的优势则恰好相反，更有利于学生发掘隐藏的才能，并且学生在不同科目之间切换有利于提高学习效率。

最后确定文章立场。结合现实，不难发现目前社会上的主旋律，特别是欧美国家普遍采纳的立场是素质教育优先，也就是说本文站在素质教育的角度更容易获得读者的认同，因此最终立场可以选择站边素质教育，支持学生学习多样化的科目。

【高分范文】

In modern society, with the continuous increment of population, students, even for those young ones, face fierce competition. To help their kids earn a competitive edge among peers, some parents believe it’s better for the children to learn subjects related to various fields, while others hold that focusing on a few courses is the best solution. From my points of view, I lean towards the former.

It is true that children will get more ideal grades when they merely focus on one subject or two. One’s energy is limited, and this is especially the case for young teenagers who cannot master so much knowledge both psychologically and intellectually. By contrast, if they allocate much time on single subject, such as academic ones like math and language, and aesthetic ones like dancing and painting, they will be very likely to get much better performance in that domain than others. This specialty can help them get enrolled in a good middle school in many cases. Furthermore, many educational practitioners argue that older school children are not suitable to learn so much academic curriculums including physics and chemistry mentally, as these content are too hard to be understood by kids at that young age. As result, for the sake of kids’ near future, they should mainly focus on a few subjects.

However, the fallacy of the idea mentioned above is also obvious, and I believe school kids should try as many subjects as they can. Initially, no one, including the parents, could be completely certain about the talents hidden inside a child. Although the education only focusing on a few subjects is helpful for application to middle schools, this is definitely harmful to the discovery of the kid’s true talent, and could exert profound influence on the teenager in the long run. For another, as we all know, young teenagers are not so psychologically mature to concentrate themselves on one single subject for a relative long time as adults do. Forcing these youngsters on a sole subject not only leads to a decreased efficiency in learning, but also ends up with family conflict in many scenarios. By contrast, if children are allowed to learn as many subjects as they want, all these problems can be avoided from happening. Not only can children exploit their potentials in various spheres, they can also keep their mind sharp and learn the knowledge effectively.

In conclusion, although making older school children focus only a few subjects is beneficial to their near academic career, I believe only a wide range of subjects could ensure a promising future for the students, as long as the subjects are carefully selected and are not too hard to be understood by them.