2020-05-13 TOEFL: listening main idea

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-spot-a-pyramid-scheme-stacie-bosley
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Cengage exercise 3.1 - Check tomorrow
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Homework: exercise 3.2 passages 4 and 5 (pdf pages 8-15)
	(optional - passages 1-3)
Check your answers with a partner (or do the homework now).
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exercise 3.1 (from yesterday)
1 B (This specific method hasn’t changed much, but that doesn’t imply that metalworking in general hasn’t changed.)
2 C
3 C
4 C
5 A
6 B (deeper = dangerous, shallow = safe; pines are safer than oaks but not as safe as beeches = pines are shallower than oaks but not as shallow as beeches = pines are not as deep as oaks but deeper than beeches)
7 A
8 C (Half his books were set there, meaning that’s where the stories take place, but he didn’t necessarily write them there.)
9 B (The first sentence is about the color of the surroundings, not the temperature.)
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 C
15 A
exercise 3.2
24 A
25 C
26 C
27 A
28 B
29 C
30 A
31 D
32 D (The book says B, but the phrase about reducing the distance implies D.)
33 C
34 D
35 C
36 D
37 B
38 B
39 A
40 C
41 D
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BREAK
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Listening: The timing for this section divides the listenings into 2 or 3 sets (1 long, 1-2 short)
- long set = 1 conversation (5Q), 1 lecture (6Q) and 1 discussion (6Q), 10 minutes to choose answers
- short set = 1 conversation (5Q), 1 lecture OR discussion (6Q), 6.5 minutes to choose answers
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea (content or purpose)
- detail
- function/replay
- purpose/method
- prediction
- attitude
- inference
- complete a chart or table
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Cengage exercise 9.1 - Listen to the conversations and answer the main idea questions. Also answer the detail questions I ask you.
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
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req = requirement/requisite
	= something you need for this class (e.g. a portfolio for an art class; permission from the professor)
prereq = prerequisite
	= something you need to have done before taking this class (e.g. a lower-level class)
coreq = corequisite
	= another class you have to take together with this class (e.g. a lab with a chemistry lecture)
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exercise 9.2 - Do the same for lectures and discussions
1 D
2 B
3 A
4 D
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too much time
too many times
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Homework (optional): finish exercise 9.2