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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: p. 11-12 - Answer these vocabulary questions.
- 1 a
- 2 c
- 3 d
- 4 c - Note that it’s ungrammatical to directly replace the phrase with this.
- 5 b
- 6 b
- 7 b
- 8 c
- (“motherly” and “fatherly” describe a person’s personality as being similar to what’s typical for a mother or a father)
- 9 d
- 10 a
- 11 b
- 12 d
- 13 b (Make sure you understand the difference between “parental” and “paternal”.)
- 14 d (The ‘esque’ ending is similar to the ‘ish’ ending in English.)
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- Cengage 2.1 - Explain the meanings of each highlighted word in your own words.
- 1 drab = simple; boring; not glamorous
- 2 constant = continuous; without stopping; without rest
- 3 dusk = end of the day; sunset or the period after sunset
- 4 rudimentary = basic; elementary
- (take for granted = treat as normal and unremarkable)
- 5 faint = weak; dim
- 6 refuse (n) = trash; waste
- 7 roam = walk around without purpose (It’s very common with the word “free” or “freely”, about animals.)
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- “refuse” is an example of a word that can be a noun or a verb with different pronunciation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial-stress-derived_noun
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- https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/ - Search for the frequency and examples of English words or phrases
- *esque - all words that end with “esque”
- *chem* - all words that include “chem” somewhere
- depend * - all phrases that are “depend” and another word
- _j* man - all adjectives used immediately before “man”
- - Every list of results has the most common examples first.
- (The numbers are how many times the word or phrase appears in the whole corpus of 560 million words.)
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- https://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp - Type a list of words in the box and click “search”.
- Then you can click on each word on the right side to find out a lot more information about it.
- NOTE: the numbers for this website are rank, so lower numbers are for more common words.
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- passage 3
- 1 cluster = group or bunch, close together
- 2 mist = fog
- 3 luminous = bright; light-emitting
- 4 debris = pieces of something after construction or destruction
- 5 a handful = between “a few” and “several” (Or the amount that can fit in your hand.)
- 6 mourning = grieving because someone died
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- BREAK
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- Word Roots (list 4) - With your partners, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
- icon (iconography, iconoclast, iconic) = symbol; image
- idio (idiomatic, idiosyncrasy, idiot) = peculiar; oneself
- il/im/in/ir (illegal, impossible, inconsiderate, irresponsible) = not
- il/im/in/ir (illuminate, impress, inhale, irradiate) = in
- il before L
- ir before R
- im before B, M, P (imbibe, immobile)
- in before everything else
- infra (infrastructure, infrared) = under
- inter (interview, international, intercept) = among/between
- intra/intro (intravenous, introvert) = into/inward
- (The “tra” or “tro” ending is also in “contra”, “extra”, and “retro”. It adds movement or direction.)
- ject (interject, eject, inject) = throw/thrust
- junct (junction, conjunction, adjunct) = join
- kine (kinetic, kinesthetic, telekinesis) = movement (The Latin spelling of this root is “cine”.)
- lab (labor, collaborate, elaborate) = work
- lex/lect (lexical, dyslexia, lecture, dialect) = words/read
- loc (location, dislocation, relocate) = place
- luc (translucent, elucidate) = light
- lum (illuminate, lumen) = light
- macro (macroeconomics, macroevolution) = big (in size)
- magni (magnify, magnificent, magnate) = great (in size or quality)
- mal (malpractice, malaria, malicious) = bad
- man/mani/manu (manual, maneuver, manuscript) = hand
- mar (marine, maritime) = sea/ocean
- mega (megabyte, megastructure, megalith) = huge (also the unit prefix for 1,000,000)
- meta (metamorphosis, metastasis, metabolism) = change
- meta (metaphysics, metacognition, metadata) = beyond/about (Metacognition is thinking about thoughts.)
- micro (microscope, microphone, microbe) = small/tiny (unit prefix for 1/1,000,000)
- migr (immigrate, migrant) = move (from one place to another)
- mis (misbehave, misnomer) = wrong/incorrect
- miss/mit (dismiss, transmit, missile) = send
- mono (monochromatic, monotonous, monologue) = one
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- https://www.ets.org/toefl/ibt/scores/improve/ - Click on your real (or expected) score range for advice on how to improve your scores in that area.
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- For reading and listening practice outside of class, look for material about topics that are similar to TOEFL topics (academic topics, especially ones that you find difficult or boring).
- For reading, magazines like Smithsonian or National Geographic.
- For listening, TED-Ed and TED Talks, podcasts about specific topics.
- (These are usually directed at interested but non-expert audiences.)
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- Listening Question Types:
- - detail/fact
- - purpose (why does the speaker talk about ____?)
- - inference (what can you conclude about _____?)
- - main idea / gist (content or purpose)
- - function/replay (Listen again. Why does the speaker say this?)
- - attitude (How does the speaker feel about something?)
- - prediction (what will the speaker probably do?)
- - complete a chart or table / connecting content (Like detail questions with multiple parts.)
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- Oxford p. lvi (diagnostic test) - Listen to the conversation and take notes.
- Then answer the questions.
- 1 d - He gives her time management techniques, but that’s not why she talks to him.
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- Homework: finish this and do p. lix-lx (DL3)
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