2019-05-09 TOEFL: int writing practice

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: 2L3 and 2L6 (p. 90-93)
2L3
1 b
2 b
3 a
4 d
5 c d
6 a 3
  b 4
  c 2
  d 1
2L6
1 c
2 made: (b) (d), not made: (a) (c)
3 c
4 a
5 d
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More Integrated Writing: p. 124-125
- 3 minutes to read a text about an academic topic
- 2-3 minutes to listen to a lecture about the same topic
	You will hear the lecture only one time.
	You will not see the text during the lecture, but it will reappear while you write.
- 20 minutes to write about the points from the lecture and how they relate to points from the text
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Both the reading and the lecture will have three main supporting points, usually presented in the same order. (Not always, so make sure to correctly identify which point from the text each point from the lecture relates to.)
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p. 126 - Take 3 minutes to read the text.
R0 (main point) = alcohol is bad
R1 = lots of calories -> weight gain, also it increases appetite which causes more weight gain
R2 = causes other health issues in liver, heart, brain (strokes), pregnancy issues
R3 = neg. impact on social behavior: violence, lowered inhibitions and impulse control
Now listen and take notes
L0 = moderate drinking is good (1/day for women, 2/day for men)
L1 = lower risk of heart attack and stroke; increases HDL; reduces blood clots; lower dementia; less diabetes
L2 = can help weight; increases metabolism, which increases calories burned
L3 = improve social behavior; improved sociability is the main reason people drink; more social and popular; more likely married
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p. 128 has a sample response, which talks about the lecture first and then only has one sentence about each point from the text. (It also has a conclusion, but that’s not necessary.)
- If the text and lecture present points in a different order, be sure to match them correctly (and choose one, text or lecture, for your own order)
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Writing Practice
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In the first one, the lecture attacks the evidence from the text more than the conclusion. (Really the third point is the only one where the lecture gives evidence for the opposite conclusion.)
In the second one, the text gives three different explanations for something, and the lecture challenges each of them. (The “main point” from the text could be that we have some possible explanations for the buildings, and the point from the lecture is that each of those explanations has serious problems.)
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For both of these topics, you almost certainly wouldn’t be able to predict counterpoints from the lecture (especially the second one). However, if you keep in mind that the lecture usually contradicts the reading, and if you catch even one or two key words from each point of the lecture, you can still probably guess well enough to “fill in the blanks” and write a decent response.