2019-03-08 TOEFL: speaking 4, int writing

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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A typical week in this class:
Monday: R/L test
Tuesday: word roots, reading question type
Wednesday: reading, listening question type
Thursday: writing focus, writing practice
Friday: discuss writing, speaking practice
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Speaking Task 4
- read: 45 seconds to read a paragraph about an academic topic (introduces the general idea)
- listen: about 1 minute to hear a professor talk about the same topic (with specific research/examples)
- prepare: 30 seconds to prepare your response
- speak: 60 seconds to record your response
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Read the passage for ETS 1.2
What is the topic? Target marketing
What is target marketing? A marketing strategy to sell to a specific group that has specific needs
Listen to the lecture.
“Using the professor’s examples, explain the advertising technique of target marketing.”
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Your response can be organized like this:
1 Introduction: explain the topic (summarize the information from the text)
2 Lead-in: state what kind of points the professor makes (“The professor describes two examples of target marketing to advertise a cell phone.”)
3 First point: “First, he talks about targeting young people.”
4 Detail/example: “They can emphasize how fun…”
5 Second point: “Then he describes advertising the same phone to businesspeople.”
6 Detail/example: “In this case, they would emphasize…”
(7 Conclusion - if you have time)
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Take 5 minutes to prepare a “perfect” response to ETS 1.3.
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During your 30 seconds, you’ll only have time for a very short outline:
car billboard on hwy (car = Panther)
- no consc. memory
- said “panther” when asked P-animal (not most common)
=> implicit memory exists and affects what we do later
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Record your responses to the ETS Guide practice tests.
Listen and choose one response to hear as a class.
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BREAK
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Listen to your classmates’ responses. What’s good or bad about each one?
Listen to the good sample responses. How did they organize their responses? What information did they leave out?
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Writing: fourth and final section, about 1 hour total, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of writing time
1 integrated: read a text, listen to a lecture about the same topic, write about how the lecture relates to the reading
2 independent: read a choice question prompt, explain and support your choice
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Integrated Writing
- 3 minutes to read a short text about something (note the main idea and 3 supporting points)
- listen to a lecture about the same topic (again, note the main idea and 3 points)
- read/hear a question like, “Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they _____ the points presented in the reading passage.”
	“_____” can be: oppose/challenge/contradict/respond to/answer/support/show/illustrate
- 20 minutes to write about the points from the lecture and how they relate to points from the reading
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Read the text for DELTA 7.1 (superfoods)
R0 (main idea) = foods can have “superpowers” to cure and prevent diseases
R1 = blueberries - high antioxidents and anti-inflammatories, prevent brain aging and Alzheimer’s
R2 = tomatoes (and broccoli and cabbage) - can reduce cholesterol and different types of cancer
R3 = garlic - reduces cholesterol and risk of cancer
- Before listening, can you predict some opposing points you might hear?
	The amount might be more than anyone eats.
	The evidence might not be enough.
	The research has been done on animals, not humans.
Listen and take notes.
L0 = there’s not enough good scientific evidence for superfoods
L1 = blueberry research only on animals, not humans; too soon to make conclusions about humans
L2 = tomatoes might prevent cancer, but there’s no direct scientific evidence; it’s uncertain guesswork
L3 = garlic only reduced cholesterol temporarily; cancer studies were only in rodents
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Your response could be organized like this:
Paragraph 1 - Introduction: state the topic, summarize the main ideas of each source (R0/L0) and be clear how they relate
Paragraph 2 - First point: summarize R1 and L1 and be clear how they relate
Paragraph 3 - Second point: summarize R2 and L2 and be clear how they relate
Paragraph 4 - Third point: summarize R3 and L3 and be clear how they relate
	“Finally, the text says that garlic can reduce LDL cholesterol and reduce the risk of cancer. However, the speaker challenges both of these claims. She explains that the cholesterol reduction is only temporary, and it increases again after six months. Research on garlic and cancer has only been done in animals, so again it’s too soon to say what effects it will have in humans.”
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Homework: R. robustus integrated writing