The TOEFL Yes or No Question type.
Sample Question: Yes or No
Your professor is teaching a class on marketing. Write a post responding to the professor’s question. In your response, you should:
express and support your personal opinion
make a contribution to the discussion in your own words
An effective response will contain at least 100 words.
Professor: Hello class! Next week we will be discussing the impact of social media influencers on consumer behavior. With the rise of social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube, we’ve seen the emergence of a new type of celebrity: the social media influencer. These influencers have large followings and can sway consumer behavior by endorsing products or services. Here’s a question for the discussion board:
Do social media influencers have a major impact on consumers? Why or why not?
Jack: I think social media influencers have a significant impact. When young people start admiring these influencers and trust their recommendations, they are more likely to buy products or services that they endorse. However, I also think there are some concerns about the authenticity of these endorsements, as some influencers may promote products that they don’t actually use or believe in.
Emily: I’m not convinced that social media influencers have a significant impact on consumer behavior. While they may have large followings, most people are smart enough to make their own purchasing decisions based on their needs and preferences. Plus, there are so many influencers out there promoting different products that it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Sample Response.
Though the topic is quite challenging, I vehemently partake Emily’s idea that people are too smart to be influenced by social media influencers, I think social media influencers are not as significant as some people suggest. Probably in the past, but nowadays people have a lot of formation resources on the same topics influencers give. The internet is now a custodian of all sorts of information from more authoritative people than influencers. In any case, sundry influencers are paid, so they lack real authoritative knowledge about what they say. Even if Jack’s view of young people being vulnerable is convincing, parents have stepped up monitoring kid’s internet use. It is highly probable thus that youngsters will hardly make impromptu decisions because of influencers.