2019-02-22 TOEFL: ind speaking, ind writing

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Independent Speaking: you answer with “your own” ideas and experiences (or experiences you invent)
“Who was your favorite teacher? Describe this person and explain why they were your favorite. Use details and examples to support your opinion.”
Your full response can be organized like this:
1 Introduction: state your answer and give a brief description if necessary
2 Lead-in: “I have a couple of reasons for this choice.”
3 First reason: “First, she always gave me good advice about my academic career.”
4 Detail/example: “For example, when I was deciding where to go to college, she…”
5 Second reason
6 Detail/example
(7 Conclusion - if you have time)
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For a choice question, one or both of your reasons can be disadvantages of the other choice.
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You have 15 seconds to prepare this response. During that time, you should write a very brief mini outline:
answer
- reason 1 (example)
- reason 2 (example)
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Handout (Oxford) p. 46-47 - Take 6 minutes to write a mini-outline for each of the 12 prompts.
Stand up and talk to your classmates. Answer a different question for each classmate and mark the parts that are in each response.
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Record your responses for ETS 2 tests 1 and 2.
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BREAK
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Listen to your own responses and choose one we can hear as a class.
Listen to your classmates. What was good about each one? What could be improved?
Listen to some sample responses. What was good or bad about those?
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Writing Section: fourth and final section, two tasks
1 integrated: read a passage, listen to a lecture about the same topic, 20 minutes to write about how the points from the lecture relate to the points from the reading passage
2 independent: read a choice question prompt, 30 minutes to write and support your answer
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- Take some time after reading the prompt to think of reasons and examples you could use for both choices. Choose the option that you can think of more/better reasons and examples to support.
- Choose an order for your points and write a short outline to help you remember how to organize it.
- Focus on writing your thesis statement and part of each supporting paragraph before you finish your intro, conclusion, and details.
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Your response can be a typical five-paragraph essay. This is the standard “beginner” essay that American students learn.
1 Introduction: introduce the topic, summarize the options you’re choosing between, state your choice in a thesis statement, write a lead-in to preview your body paragraphs
2-4 Body: state your reasons, show readers the reasons are true, show readers the reasons support your thesis
5 Conclusion: restate your opinion and summarize your reasons, wrap up with a generalization or recommendation/prediction for the reader to take away
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Homework: write a response to the prompt on the handout. Email me when you finish it.