2019-10-25 TOEFL: reading simulation, writing

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Reading simulation - ETS Guide test 1
Review your mistakes when you finish.
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Read my comments and corrections on last week’s writing. Do you understand everything I wrote?
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“other”
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Some of my students are Japanese. Another student is Korean. / Another is Korean.
	= some Japanese, one Korean, one or more from elsewhere
Some of my students are Japanese. The other student is Korean. / The other is Korean.
	= some Japanese, one Korean, no one else
Some of my students are Japanese. (Some) other students are Korean. / Others are Korean.
	= some Japanese, some Koreans, one or more from elsewhere
Some of my students are Japanese. The other students are Korean. / The others are Korean.
	= some Japanese, some Koreans, no one else
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“the” means it’s specific. Both the speaker and the listener know which one you’re talking about.
“the other student” means there’s only one other student, and that’s who we’re talking about.
“the other students” means we’re talking about all the rest, not some subgroup of them.

“another” and “some others” means you don’t know which ones I’m talking about, because I’m not talking about all the rest.
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BREAK
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54-72 minutes = reading
40-60 minutes = listening
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-manage-your-time-more-effectively-according-to-machines-brian-christian
Can you think of any ways to apply this to preparing for or taking the TOEFL?
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- Don’t try to prioritize all the questions from easiest to hardest, but it might be helpful to start with the second or third passage if the first one is about a totally unfamiliar topic.
- Then answer the questions in order, but guess (and later come back to) on any questions that will take you more than about one minute to answer.
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the first of November / November first / (November the first)
the 21st of November / November 21st / November 21
In the US, we never say, “21 November”, and we always write it as “11-21”, not “21-11”.
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Homework: integrated writing