2020-02-06 TOEFL: speaking 2

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 302-305 exercises 5L6 and 5L8
5L6
1 c (The lecture includes the other things, but only c describes the overall organization. (The others are more or less part of the introduction.)
2 a
3 a 2
  b 1
  c 1
  d 2
5L8
1 c (When “compare” and “contrast” are both used, “compare” is specifically about similarities.)
2 d
3 - 2 1 2 1 1 2
4 - 2 2 1 2 1 1
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Speaking Section - third section, after the break that follows listening, 4 tasks, 3m45s speaking
1 (old 2) independent, choice question - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 (old 3) integrated reading/listening/speaking, campus announcement and conversation - 30/60
3 (old 4) integrated R/L/S, academic text and lecture - 30/60
4 (old 6) integrated L/S, academic lecture - 20/60
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Task 2 - Campus Situation
- 45 seconds to read an announcement, proposal, suggestion, plan about a change at the university
- listen to a conversation between students about the change
- 30 seconds to prepare
- 60 seconds to speak about the announcement and the speaker’s opinion
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Your response can be organized like this:
1 Introduction: summarize the text (state the change and briefly explain the reasons for it)
2 Thesis/Lead-in: State the student’s opinion and (optional) lead in with something like “She gives two reasons for her opinion.”
3 First reason: “First, she says the construction will be very noisy for two years.”
4 Detail/example: (how does the student’s reason relate to the reason in the text?) “She thinks this will result in more students moving off-campus to get away from the noise and inconvenience.”
5 Second reason: “Second, housing prices will go up to pay for the plan.”
6 Detail/example: “This means many students will prefer to live off-campus to save money.”
7 Conclusion - if you have time (“In conclusion, the woman thinks that the noise and price will make the problem of students living off-campus even worse than it already is.”)
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- The introduction can take up to 15 seconds, and then the organization and timing of the rest of the response can be the same as in question 1: Make sure to start explaining your first reason with at least 30 seconds left, and make sure to move on to the second reason with at least 15 seconds left.
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BREAK
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Record your responses to the ETS Guide questions.
Listen to your responses and choose the best one.
Listen to your classmates’ responses. What’s good and bad about each one?
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Homework (optional): Use the scoring rubric at https://www.ets.org/s/toefl/pdf/toefl_speaking_rubrics.pdf to estimate the scores of your speaking responses.