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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-chess-alex-gendler
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- Word Roots (list 6) - With your partners, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root
- re (recycle, rebound, reuse, recline) = again/back
- reg (regulation, regent, regime) = rule
- retro (retrograde, retroactive, retrospect) = backwards (The “tra” or “tro” ending suggests direction.)
- rupt (disrupt, rupture) = break/burst
- scend (ascend, descend, transcend) = climb
- scope/skep/spec (microscope, skeptic, spectacle) = see
- scrib/script (transcript, scripture, inscribe) = write/draw
- sect/seg (section, bisect, sector, segment, insect) = cut/divide
- semi (semicircle, semiannual) = half (This is from Latin. The Greek root is “hemi”.)
- sol (solitude, desolate) = alone
- sol (solar, solarium) = Sun
- soph (philosophy, sophisticated) = knowledge/wisdom
- struct (construct, structure) = build
- sub (subterranean, submerge, substandard) = under
- super (superstructure, supersonic) = over
- tele (telephone, telescope, telepathy) = far
- term (determine, terminate, terminus, terminal) = end/limit
- (When you make a word for something, you define or determine limits around an idea.)
- terra/terri (territory, terrain) = earth/land
- therm (thermometer, thermal) = heat
- trans (transport, transaction, transverse, translucent, transcontinental, transatlantic) = across/through
- ultra (ultraviolet, ultrasound) = over
- uni (universe, unique, unilateral) = one
- vac (vacuum, vacate, evacuate) = empty
- veri (verify, veracity) = true
- viv/vit (vital, vivacious) = life
- vol (benevolent, volunteer, volition) = will
- xeno (xenophobia, xenophile) = strange/foreign/alien
- zoo (zoology, zooplankton) = animal
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- metathesis - change in pronunciation where two sounds switch places
- three / thirteen (the ‘r’ moved after the vowel)
- front / first (the ‘r’ moved)
- spec / scope (the ‘c’ and ‘p’ switched)
- comfortable / “comfterble” (the ‘r’ moved to the next syllable)
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- TOEFL: 3.5 hours, four parts, 120 possible points (30/part), $205
- 1 reading: 54-72 minutes, 3-4 passages, 9-10 questions per passage
- 2 listening: 40-60 minutes, 2-3 conversations (5Q each), 3-4 lectures (6Q each)
- (10-minute break)
- 3 speaking: 17 minutes, 4 tasks, 3m45s speaking time, record your responses on the computer
- 4 writing: 55 minutes, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of typing time
- - The test changed in August, 2019, but there are still no new books about it. The new test is a bit shorter in every section except writing, which didn’t change.
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- Reading Question Types:
- - fact/detail
- - negative fact
- - vocabulary (Which word is closest in meaning to ‘_____’?)
- - purpose (Why does the author say _____?)
- - inference (What can be inferred about _____?)
- - reference/pronoun (What does _____ refer to?)
- - paraphrase / sentence restatement (Which sentence best expresses the information?)
- - sentence insertion (Where in the paragraph should this new sentence go?)
- - summarize (Choose the three most important ideas from the passage.)
- - organize/categorize
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- Cambridge exercise R9 - Read each passage and decide if the following statements are true or false.
- Then compare your answers with your partner’s. Try to convince them of your answers if you disagree.
- 1 A. T
- B. F
- C. T
- D. T
- E. F
- F. F - There was no construction in 1930, so it couldn’t have led to anything.
- G. F
- H. T
- (We often say something is “cost-prohibitive” if it’s too expensive to do.)
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- BREAK
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- 2 A. T
- B. F - This is the size of the animal, not the fossils.
- C. F
- D. T
- E. T
- F. F (The middle ear isn’t what’s in vestigial form, and they can recognize the source of sound because their bones are separated from each other.)
- G. T (“The separation of these bones in marine whales enables them to detect the direction.”)
- H. T (“The separation of these bones in marine whales” means whales that live in the sea have separated bones.)
- - Even if you and your partners agree that a statement is false, make sure you can explain why it’s false.
- 3 A. T
- B. F
- C. F
- D. T
- E. T
- F. F (1 - it’s the hybrid potato, not the wild one; 2 - it just reduces aphid populations that much, not all insects)
- G. T (“check” or “keep in check” can mean stop or slow down the progress of something undesirable)
- H. T
- 4 A. F (“unmatched” means other violins can’t match its tonal quality, not the other way around)
- B. T
- C. T
- D. F
- E. F (The varnish, yes, but not its color.)
- F. T
- G. F
- H. T
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- Longman p. 51 - Scan for key information in the text to answer each question in 30 seconds or less.
- 1 D (The numbers should eliminate the other three options.)
- 2 A
- 3 D
- 4 C
- 5 B
- Do the same for the postage stamp (at least try to eliminate one or two incorrect answers, even if you can’t decide on the correct choice)
- 6 C
- 7 A
- 8 D
- 9 B
- 10 C
- Clovis Culture
- 11 A
- 12 D
- 13 C
- 14 B
- 15 D
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- Delta p. 20 exercise 1.1.A
- 1 A
- 2 C
- 3 D (A and C are the same, so they’re both wrong. Ground tissue “makes up the bulk of a plant”.)
- 4 B
- 5 A
- 6 C
- 7 B
- 8 C
- 9 D
- 10 B
- exercise 1.1.B
- 1 D
- 2 D
- 3 A
- 4 C
- 5 C
- 6 B
- 7 B (However, “volcanically active area” is NOT the same as “active volcano”.)
- 8 B
- 9 C
- 10 A
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- Homework: Cengage p. 35-42 (don’t worry too much about number 4)
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