2020-02-21 TOEFL: speaking 4

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbnLgetqHs - Penicillin
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Speaking Section: third section, after the break; 17 minutes; 4 tasks; 3m45s
1 (old 2) independent, choice question - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 (old 3) integrated reading/listening/speaking, campus announcement and conversation - 30/60
3 (old 4) integrated R/L/S, academic text and lecture - 30/60
4 (old 6) integrated L/S, academic lecture - 20/60
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ETS 2.3 task 6 - The prompt will include details about the listening, but essentially always just means you need to summarize the main points from the listening.
Response Organization:
1 Introduction: state the overall topic (“The professor talks about important features of intererior design.”)
2 Lead-in: state what kind of points the professor makes (“She describes two specific features.”)
3 First point: “First she talks about unity.”
4 Detail/example: (Explain unity and how it helps make interior design effective.)
5 Second point:
6 Detail/example:
(7 Conclusion - if you have time)
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The lecture in 3 or 4 might describe a single study or experiment rather than examples or reasons. The two “points” from a study can be either:
- method / results
- control group / experimental group (two groups of people involved)

2.2 task 6 - baby empathy: In addition to the experiment, the conclusion about empathy is also part of the lecture, so you should try to include that in your response
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Record your responses to the ETS Guide practice tests.
Listen to your responses and pick the least bad one.
Listen to and evaluate your classmates’ responses.
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BREAK
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Listen to the sample responses. What’s good and bad about each one?
- Omitting a “key idea” means you didn’t get to one of the main points.
- “Minor omissions” might mean you didn’t get to or completely explain the supporting detail or example, but the main point was still there.
(You can have minor omissions, minor mistakes, and minor inaccuracies and still get the maximum score.)
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Singular “they” is older than singular “you”.
- Using “they” to refer to a singular (but indeterminate) person, like “someone” or “a child”, is a convention that has existed in English longer than using “you” instead of “thou” for one person.
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Writing

Especially when comparing the present and the past, it’s important to keep your verb tenses consistent.

Now we just open our cell phone and send a message to a friend that is far from you
-> Use “we” and “us”, or “you” and “you”. Don’t mix them.
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For integrated writing, make sure you include all the points from the lecture and connect them back to points from the text.
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Homework: complete the integrated writing task I sent to you yesterday and email your response to me