2019-09-13 TOEFL: speaking 3

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: fix the run-on sentences on the handout
1 My mother, father(,) and sister are coming to dinner tonight.
2 I like learning English, but it makes me tired.
3 My sister was taller than me when we were young; now I am the tallest. It is fun.
4 I love school and learning, and my teacher is nice.
5 I don’t want much for Christmas, just some chocolates and a little toy car.
  I don’t want much for Christmas—just some chocolates and a little toy car.
  I don’t want much for Christmas: just some chocolates and a little toy car.
  I only want a couple things, some chocolates and a little toy car, for Christmas.
6 Blue is my favorite color. It is the color of the sky and the sea. It reminds me of my favorite insect, which is the butterfly.
  Blue is my favorite color because it is the color of the sky and the sea and it reminds me of my favorite insect, which is the butterfly.
7 When I get older, I want to have a big family. I like big families.
  When I get older, I want to have a big family because I like big families.
8 We usually leave at 11:00, but today is different, so we are leaving at 10:30.
9 *I like Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday.
	This says the reason you like Tuesdays and Wednesdays is because of the weekend.
  I like Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and/but I also like Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday.
10 We should get moving; there’s no time to waste.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma - There is debate about the serial comma (before “and” or “or” in a list). I usually use this comma, but most other languages don’t.
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Another use for the semicolon is like a “super comma”. We can use it in lists where one or more items includes a comma:
I visited Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	(We always put commas around the state if it’s included after a city.)
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Speaking Task 3 (old 4)
- 45 seconds to read part of a textbook, which usually explains a general idea or concept
- listen to part of a lecture about the same topic, which usually gives specific examples
- 30 seconds to prepare
- 60 seconds to speak: explain the general idea or concept using the specific examples from the lecture

Your response can be organized like this:
1 Introduction: Summarize the definition from the text (which may have been repeated in the lecture)
2 Lead-in: State what kind of point(s) the professor makes (examples, case study, experiment(s), etc.)
3 First point
4 Detail/example
5 Second point
6 Detail/example
(7 Conclusion - if you have time)
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Examples (ETS Guide test 1, ETS 1.1, Cambridge symbiosis)
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BREAK
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Record your responses to ETS 1 tests 2-4.
Listen to your responses. What was good or bad about each one?
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/dark-matter-the-matter-we-can-t-see-james-gillies