2019-05-22 TOEFL: reading practice, writing feedback

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-mysterious-science-of-pain-joshua-w-pate
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Homework: finish Cengage exercise 8.1 (passages 3, 4, 5)
passage 3 - B D E (E is a general statement about the content of paragraph 5)
passage 4 - A D F (D is paragraph 7)
passage 5 - B C E
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Reading Practice - ETS Guide test 3 (on the computer)
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BREAK
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Review your reading test on the same computer. What types of questions did you have the most difficulty with?
You can count how many of each type you got correct and how many you got wrong in order to figure out which question types are the most difficult for you.
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TODAY:
University Fair, 12:10 in the student lounge, 9 local colleges and universities
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Listening Section: second section, after reading; 60-90 minutes, 2-3 sets of 3 listenings (1 conversation, 1 discussion, 1 lecture; 17 questions; 10 minutes to choose answers)
Listening Question Types:
- prediction
- attitude
- main idea
- inference
- purpose
- detail
- complete a chart or table
- function (replay)
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Identify the question types everyone got wrong on Monday’s listening test.
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Writing from last week
The easiest way to get a low score on independent writing (if your overall skill level is appropriate for the TOEFL class) is to misunderstand the question they’re asking. This means you don’t really answer the correct question and your response is off-topic.
(Does advertising inform us to buy useful products or manipulate us to buy useless products?)

“It could be affect on their life.”
verb “affect”: It could affect their life.
noun “effect”: It could have an effect on their life.