2020-05-01 TOEFL: speaking 2, writing

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework (optional): watch one or more history-themed TED talks from https://www.ted.com/talks?topics%5B%5D=history
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-dark-history-of-iq-tests-stefan-c-dombrowski
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Speaking Section: third section, after the break; 4 tasks; 3m45s speaking time; “17 minutes” total
1 independent, choice question - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 integrated reading/listening/speaking, campus announcement and conversation - 30/60
3 integrated R/L/S, academic text and lecture - 30/60
4 integrated L/S, academic lecture - 20/60
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It’s useful, but complicated, to remember all the timings on the TOEFL test:
54 or 72
10/6m30s
15/45/45/30/60/45/30/60/20/60
3/20/30
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Speaking Task 2 (old 3)
- 45 (or maybe 50) seconds to read a text about a change on campus (The change may be planned, only suggested, or it might have already happened.)
	When you’re reading:
	- Identify the change (and whether it’s a plan, a proposal, or a change that already happened)
	- Identify one or two reasons for the change (also note what it says about money, if anything)
	(It’s not necessary to write or remember any specific details beyond this.)
- Listen to a conversation regarding the text (usually between two students)
	- Identify what the student’s opinion is (usually clear who has the strong opinion at the beginning)
	- Identify their reasons for this opinion (usually relate to the reasons from the text)
	  (If money is mentioned in the text, one of the speaker’s reasons is usually about money.)
- read and hear the prompt
- 30 seconds to prepare your response
- 60 seconds to record your response
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You can organize your response like:
1 Introduction: Summarize the text (what’s the change? why?)
2 Thesis/lead-in: State the speaker’s opinion (“The man disagrees with the change for two reasons.”)
3 First point: state the speaker’s first reason
4 Detail/example: explain the first reason
5 Second point: state the second reason
6 Detail/example: explain the second reason
(7 Conclusion - if you have time)
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The question may not ask you to summarize the plan or proposal, but sometimes it might, so it’s better to always summarize that as your introduction.
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Timers:
45 seconds to read the text
30 seconds to prepare (after reading/hearing the prompt)
60 seconds to speak
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Record your responses to ETS 1.4, 1.5, and 2.5 task 3
(professor Fox, campus gym, new stadium)
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Listen to your classmate’s response. What’s good and bad about each one?
Listen to the book’s sample responses. What’s good and bad about each one?
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BREAK
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Writing Practice - ETS 1 test 2 (both tasks)
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Homework (optional): for additional feedback, send me a self-evaluation of your writing from today