2019-04-25 TOEFL: reading practice, speaking overview

Homework: p. 234-238 - Answer the listening “test questions”. (4L9, 4L11, 4L12)
4L9
1 b
2 b c
3 a
4 d
5 c
6 b
(In the Oxford book, sometimes the differences between correct and incorrect answers are very small.)
4L11
1 d
2 b c e
3 a
4 c
5 d - The reason the emotional response is faster is that the signal to the amygdala is quicker.
6 b
	“mistake a snake for a garden hose” = see a snake and think it’s a garden hose
	“mistake a garden hose for a snake” = see a garden hose and think it’s a snake
4L12
1 c
2 b c d
3 c
4 d - She comments on how precisely he summarized it, which means he has some basic knowledge.
5 c
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For Reading and Listening:
raw score = the direct fraction of correct answers you have (usually out of 45 for reading and about 34 for listening)
TOEFL score = an adjustment of the raw score up or down (depending on difficulty), scaled to fit from 0 to 30 points (ETS makes this adjustment using “secret math”)

(more or less, the “raw score” for speaking and writing is the 0-4 or 0-5 you get on each task, but the adjustment is done differently)
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Speaking Section: third section, after the 10-minute break
	- 20 minutes total, 6 tasks, 5.5 minutes of total speaking time
1 independent, opinion - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 independent, choice - 15/45
3 integrated R/L, student response (to announcement text) - 30/60
4 integrated R/L, professor response (to academic text) - 30/60
5 integrated L, problem/solution conversation - 20/60
6 integrated L, academic lecture - 20/60
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In your book (on p. xiii), these are called:
1 stating a preference
2 choosing and supporting
3 stating a student’s opinion and reasons
4 relating reading to lecture
5 summarizing and paraphrasing problem and solutions
6 explaining and supporting
The important thing isn’t what you call them, but whether you remember what each one includes.
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BREAK
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Reading Test (on the computers)
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Homework: p. 214-217 - read the text and do parts 4R11 (about academic vocabulary) and 4R12 (fact and inference practice questions)