2017-02-08 TOEFL: reading purpose, speaking 6

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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http://ed.ted.com/lessons/would-winning-the-lottery-make-you-happier-raj-raghunathan
“Wealth doesn’t correlate with happiness beyond a certain point.”
- What does this mean?
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If you have the long reading (4 passages) or the long listening (3 sets), it means one of those will not count toward your score (but you don’t know which one).
Reading question types:
- vocabulary
- fact
- negative fact
- paraphrase
- inference
- reference
- sentence insertion
- summary
- purpose
- organize/categorize
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DELTA p. 90 - Purpose questions
- Read the paragraph and choose the best answer to the question.
Often the purpose of a phrase or sentence has to do with how it relates to the main idea of that paragraph or the passage as a whole.
p. 91 part 2 - Do you understand all of these purposes?
praise = talk about how good someone or something is (opposite of criticize)
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p. 94-95 - Read the passages and answer the purpose questions. Then check with your partner.
1 A
2 D
3 B
4 A
Take 6 minutes to complete 5-10 on p. 96-97, then check with your partner.
5 C
6 D
7 C
8 C
9 A
10 C
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Answering purpose questions quickly
- read the answer choices first
- skim the text quickly before reading the question and answer choices
- focus on the sentence with the key word or phrase, and the sentences immediately before and after it
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p. 98 - Try to answer these questions quickly using the techniques above.
1 A
2 D
3 B
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BREAK
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Handout (Cengage) p. 85-86 - Read Passage 1 and decide if each statement is true or false.
1 T
2 F
3 F
4 F
p. 86-87 Passage 2 - Take 7 minutes to answer the questions about the passage.
5 T
6 T
7 F
8 T
9 F
10 T
11 F (If there isn’t a specific reason to think otherwise, assume the author agrees with factual statements in the reading passage.)
p. 87-88 - Take 4 minutes to read passage 3 and answer the questions.
12 F
13 T
14 F
15 T
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Speaking Section - Third section, after 10-minute break.
- 20 minutes total, including 5.5 minutes of speaking time to do 6 tasks:
1 independent, usually open-ended: 15s to prepare / 45s to speak
2 independent, usually choice: 15/45
3 integrated reading/listening/speaking, about an announcement and a conversation about a student’s opinion: 45s to read / time to listen / 30s to prepare / 60s to speak
4 integrated reading/listening/speaking, about an academic text and lecture: 45/time/30/60
5 integrated listening/speaking, about a problem/solution conversation: time to listen / 20 / 60
6 integrated listening/speaking, about a lecture: time/20/60
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Speaking task 6 requires you to summarize the main points of a lecture. Listen to the example and take notes.
DELTA p. 322 - “Describe the mass migrations of people in the nineteenth century and explain why these migrations occurred.”
description: people moved from one place to another in greater numbers than ever before
explanation:
	1 People from lower classes wanted better lives
	2 Free lands and benefits in the US and Canada
	3 Cheaper transportation
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The organization will be determined by the question, but usually requires you to define or describe something, and then give two or three reasons, details, or examples related to it.
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p. 325 - Listen to a lecture in a hotel management class. (CD 5.30)
Three types of manager:
general manager - overall operation, finances, might be the owner
controller - manages the money and improves efficiency in a large hotel
sales manager - advertisement and marketing, responsible to the public
Your response should still start with a general summary of what managers do in hotels.
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In general, a response to task 6 will have these parts:
1 Explain the topic and main idea of the lecture (possibly with some description, as in the mass migration example): “The professor talks about mass migrations of people in the nineteenth century.”
2 Lead-in: “The professor explains three reasons for the migrations.” / “The professor describes two studies that support this theory.” / “The professor gives a couple examples of types of …”
3 First point: “The first reason is…”
4 Detail
5 Second point
6 Detail
(If there’s a third main point, your details will be simpler and shorter.)
(7 Conclusion - if there’s time and if it fits with the format)
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Speaking responses are scored based on organization, content, pronunciation, grammar, and fluency.
The most important are organization and content. Fluency and accuracy are important to the extent that the grader can understand you.
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Homework: Handout p. 91-94 - Read the passage and answer the questions
	Optional: finish the T/F section of the handout