2018年一共进行了47次托福考试，我们将所有独立作文话题大致分成5类，与2017做出对比，具体情况请参考下面汇总图片：

2017年全年托福写作话题分布

　　01教育类话题

　　教育类占比大幅度减少
与2017年相比，今年的教育类话题占比降低，缩减了三分之一。
家庭教育比例遽减
今年家庭教育话题只在11月25日考了一道老题：
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is easier for parents to raise their children than 50 years ago.
新题不多但集中关注大学教育
今年的教育类只出现了4道新题，其中1题是关于政府，另3题都是关于大学教育。
1月28日 教育-政府
Which one government should fund to improve children’s education?
1. hire more teachers to teach in a small class
2. preschool education before kindergarten
3. to provide some training courses so that teachers can be more professional.
8月25日 教育-学校
You may choose between two professors who will be teaching a course that you must take at your university. If the following statements are the only information available to you about the differences between the two professors, which professor would you choose? Why?
--One professor was voted most popular in a survey of students about their teachers.
--One professors has just been given an award for outstanding research.
9月8日 教育-学校
Agree or Disagree: Professor should prohibit the use of devices that can connect to the internet in class.
12月16日 教育-学校
Some professors prefer to give students the recording of the lecture in advance and focus on practice and discussion in class. Do you think it is effective?
02生活类话题
运动健康、交友两个大类维持了去年的热度
生活类话题当中，有超过三分之一的是关于运动类的，超过四分之一的是交友类的
同一个小类反复考察
今年在大学教育、运动话题和交友这几个话题中，同一个话题小类在一段时间内会每隔一个月左右就考察一次。基于这样一个规律，我的建议是同学们要多关注我们因学托福公众号里地托福考试回顾，因为近期所考的话题小类，很可能就是你实考时候遇到的话题了。
03成功类话题
成功类话题考得不多，但一直都是比较热的、也是绕不开的话题，在2018年全年话题总数中成功类占比大约为19%，比2017年的11%相比，几乎多了一倍，印证了我们去年对于成功类话题的趋势判断。
成功类新题
03月10日
Which one is the most important factor to help you work productively?
1）Having an environment which is free of noise and distractions.
2）Knowing that you will receive a reward.
3）Doing something you are interested in.
08月26日
Imagine you need to improve your performance in order to get better grades or higher work payment which way would you choose?
1）doing more extra work or assignments that are required;
2）participate more actively or contributing your own idea more frequently in the group discussion.
10月14日
Do you agree that it needs to take risks, or keep cautious and careful and take less risks for a person to finally reach success?
04政府与社会类话题
政府类话题
5道老题全部重复16年、17年的题目。
ETS对政府话题考察的方向全面而完整。
社会类话题
总共考察4道，全部是老题，重复16年和17年题目，当然了也是考察方向各不相同，在这里不再详述。
总趋势及备考建议

　　01新题会继续三选一居多的趋势，而且描述很具体，各个大类平均分布，同学们要对于不同话题都熟悉。

　　02无论新题还是旧题，关注的点并没有变化，每个话题的小key words并没有变化，并且也是轮流考察，同学们要注意题干意义的把握。
03由于托福写作的电脑自动评分系统，也就是E-rater的关系，同学们要注意平时语言基本功的训练，否则就会直接被E-rater限制住分数，无法取得高分。
2019年上半年预测话题
教育类（家庭教育）
Which one of the following values is the most important to share with a young child（5-10 years old）？
1）being helpful;
2）Being honesty;
3）Being well organized.
教育（教师教学）
In many places, students aged 12-18 are typically taught different subjects by different teachers, while younger students are usually taught by only one teacher all day long. Some people think it would also benefit younger students to be taught by several different teachers every day.
教育类（大学教育）
A university should require all the students to take public speaking class.
生活类（人际交往honest）
It is impossible that always be honest with your friends.
生活类（健康）
Which way would you like to change to improve your health?
1）The kind of food you eat;
2）The amount of exercise;
3）The amount of stress.
成功品质
To be a successful person, one must open up to new ideas and willing to change his or her mind.
Taking a lot of time to make an important decision is often considered as a bad quality for a person, but in fact, it is a good quality for a person to have.
成功类（工作职场）
Companies should pay for the employees to get a degree in the university.
政府类（环境）
Which one do you think is the most useful to improve our environment?
1）Walking or bicycling to reduce driving;
2）Only consuming organic food （reduce pesticide）；
3）Reusing wastes.
社会媒体
Some people think the media （including newspapers，televisions，radio and internet sources）are less concerned with the accuracy of news. some people think the information from the media are becoming incorrect . Do you agree with this opinion or not and explain why？Include examples and specific reasons.