2019-05-01 TOEFL: reading vocab, speaking practice

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-wild-world-of-flesh-eating-plants-kenny-coogan
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Homework: 1R11 (p. 13-15) - Compare your answers with a partner. Convince your partner of your answer if you disagree.
1 a
2 b (propagation = continuation + spread)
3 d
4 b (A litter is made up of offspring, but the offspring are the individuals and the litter is the group. “Offspring” is also more general, because all animals have offspring but only some have those offspring in litters.)
5 d
6 d
7 b
8 a
9 b
10 b (“Specifically, brain activity for both…” - This tells you about something that is the same for both romantic and maternal love.)
11 b
12 c (This is an example of a word with multiple meanings. In other contexts, “critical” can mean very important or even fundamental, but here they’re talking about “negative assessment”, so “critical” in this sentence means “negative”, like when you criticize something.)
13 d
14 b (“Demystify” literally means to remove the mystery from something.)
15 d
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Happiness is one of the most important things in our lives.
The happiest thing in my life is health. (Health is happy?)
The most important thing to happiness in my life is health.

How can people know whether they are happy or not?

For instance, the doctor who found the vaccination against polio made the world healthier.
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If you transcribe your speaking responses to make corrections, focus on significant grammar problems or organization problems. Don’t worry about occasional pauses or “um”s, because those are part of natural speech.
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p. 436 - speaking practice test - Record your responses on your phones.
task 3 - The question usually doesn’t ask this, but you should briefly summarize the content of the announcement before explaining the speaker’s opinion.
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Listen to your responses and decide, in your opinion, which is your best and which is your worst one.
- We will focus on speaking task 3 on Friday.
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p. 588-589 - You can read sample notes and sample responses for each question.
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Homework: use https://www.ets.org/s/toefl/pdf/toefl_speaking_rubrics.pdf to estimate a score for each of your responses from today (p. 610-611 has score descriptions as well)