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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Word Roots (list 5) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
- morph (amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology) = shape/form
- multi (multicolored, multilayers) = many (this is the Latin root)
- nat (native, innate, natal) = birth
- neo (neoclassical, neocolonialism, Neolithic) = new
- nom/nym (nominate, misnomer, pseudonym) = name
- nov (innovate, novelty, nova) = new
- nov (November) = nine (At one time the year began with March.)
- ob/op (obstruct, object, opposite) = in front of
- omni (omnipotent, omnidirectional, omnivore) = all (this is the Latin root)
- optim (optimal, optimize) = best
- opt (optician, optometry) = vision
- paleo (paleontology, Paleolithic, paleozoic) = old
- pan (panacea, panorama, pandemic) = all (this is the Greek root)
- path (pathology, antipathy, empathy, apathy, sympathy, pathetic, pathos) = suffering/pain (Many words that start with this, such as “pathology”, are related to sickness and disease.)
- ped (pedestrian, pedicure) = foot
- ped/paed (pediatrician, pedagogy) = child
- peri (perimeter, peripheral, pericardium) = around
- phil (philanthropy, philosophy, bibliophile) = love/attraction
- phob (arachnophobia, claustrophobia) = fear/aversion
- phon (phonograph, microphone, homophone) = sound
- photo (photograph, photosynthesis, photogenic) = light (many words that begin with “photo” have to do with photography specifically, not light in general)
- pod (podium, podiatry, tripod) = foot
- poly (polygon, polyglot) = many (this is the Greek root)
- port (transport, portable) = carry (especially into or out of something)
- post (posthumous, postpone) = after
- proto (prototype, proton, protocol) = first (“protocol” originally related to “first”, but the modern meaning is completely separate)
- pseudo (pseudonym, pseudopod) = false
- psych (psychopath, psychotherapy, psychology) = mind
- pyro (pyromaniac, pyrotechnics) = fire
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- Grimm’s Law describes a series of sound changes that happened in Germanic languages (including English), but didn’t happen in Greek or Latin:
- pyro -> fire
- pod -> foot
- pater -> father
- quod -> what
- Voiced stops lose voicing:
- b -> p
- d -> t
- g -> k
- Stops become fricatives:
- p -> f (This is the most common or noticeable example, especially at beginnings of words.)
- t -> th
- k -> /x/ or h
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- Another sound change that we often see is h -> s in Greek vs. Latin roots.
- hyper -> super
- helio -> solar
- hemi -> semi
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- Other things to remember with word roots:
- 1 Sometimes many words with a root have a more specific meaning:
- “photojournalist” and “photogenic” have to do with taking pictures, not (directly) with light
- 2 Sometimes the history of the word comes from that root, but the modern meaning is unrelated
- “protocol” was originally the word for the first page or cover page of a book or document
- 3 Sometimes words with synonymous roots have different meanings or connotations
- supersonic = faster than sound
- ultrasonic = higher frequency than sound that we can hear
- predict = the normal (non-magical) deductions we naturally make all the time
- foretell = make magical predictions, such as what a fortune teller might make
- prophesy = make “divine” predictions (with information that comes from a god); prophecy (noun)
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- Synonyms in phrases can also have different meanings like this:
- butt dial = accidentally call someone (because your butt “dials” their number in your pocket)
- booty call = call someone to have sex
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- TOEFL Test: 3.5-4 hours, 4 sections, 120 points total, $205
- 1 reading: 54-72 minutes, 3-4 passages, 9-10 questions per passage
- 2 listening: 40-60 minutes, 5-7 listenings (2-3 conversations, 5 questions; 3-4 lectures, 6 questions)
- (10-minute break)
- 3 speaking: 17 minutes, 4 tasks, 3m45s speaking time
- 4 writing: 55 minutes, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of writing time
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- Reading Question Types:
- - vocabulary
- - fact/detail
- - negative fact
- - paraphrase / sentence restatement
- - inference
- - purpose
- - reference
- - sentence insertion
- - summarize
- - organize/categorize into a chart
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- Paraphrase questions
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- - Most of the original sentences have two main parts/clauses, so make sure the answer you pick also has both of them.
- - Wrong answers sometimes switch words around or exchange the subject and object of a verb.
- Cengage exercise 5.1 - Is the restatement correct, incomplete, or false?
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- BREAK
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- Compare your answers with each other. Try to convince your partner if you disagree.
- 1 incomplete
- 2 correct (The original sentence uses “architects” and “builders” synonymously.)
- 3 false
- 4 false
- 5 correct
- 6 false
- 7 correct
- 8 incomplete (It’s true, but it doesn’t say anything about checkers, which is the focus of the original sentence.)
- 9 false (It’s not because of Handel, it was several centuries after Handel.)
- 10 correct
- 11 correct
- 12 false (“rivaled” means they were similar, “didn’t rival” means much less - They had similar talent, but Reynolds was much more financially successful.)
- 13 false
- 14 false (He learned about sand dunes, not about glaciers.)
- 15 incomplete
- 16 false
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- Cambridge exercise R13 - Take 10 minutes to choose the correct restatements. Pay close attention to the subjects and objects of verbs (What does what to what?)
- 2 D
- 3 C
- 4 B
- 5 D
- 6 A
- 7 B
- 8 C
- 9 A
- 10 A
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- Generally, before a double consonant (or ‘ck’) the vowel is almost always “short”.
- (“short” sounds: bad, bed, bid, bod, bud)
- (Also, if a word has only one vowel and it’s between consonants, it’s probably “short”.)
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- Oxford p. 134-136 describes the process for answering paraphrase questions.
- - One type of incorrect answer choice that we didn’t cover is when it includes additional true information that isn’t from the highlighted sentence in the text.
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- If you can recognize question types and you know what question types are most difficult for you:
- - You can devote extra practice to that question type before you take the TOEFL.
- - If time is sometimes a problem, you can skip questions on the TOEFL that you’re unlikely to get right.
- (For reading, come back and guess for questions you skipped. For listening, always guess because you can’t come back.)
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- Homework (to start in class) - p. 137 and 140 (3R4), p. 142 and 144-5 (3R10)
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