2018-04-19 TOEFL: integrated writing

Greg Malivuk
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Integrated Writing: The first writing task (before independeng writing, which is the last thing on the test)
DELTA 7 test 1 - Read about “super foods”. What are the three main points?
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- 3 minutes to read a text
- listen to a lecture
- 20 minutes to write about the points from the lecture and how they relate to points from the reading
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R0 (main idea from the reading) = some foods are “super foods” with a lot of nutrients and other helpful properties
R1 = blueberries: good for the brain, protect from Alzheimer’s and (due to antioxidants) cancer
R2 = tomatoes: red pigment lowers cholesterol and reduces cancer risk
R3 = garlic: reduces blood cholesterol and prevents cancer
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Listen to a lecture on the same topic and take notes. (You’ll see the text again while you write, but you only hear the listening once.)
L0 = the evidence for superpowered foods is incomplete and not as strong as the text says
L1 = blueberry studies have only been on animals; we can’t say they have super powers without human data
L2 = they might have these effects but we need direct evidence, not speculation
L3 = garlic helped cholesterol for three months, but not six months; cancer studies were only done on animals, not humans
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How should you organize your response to this prompt?
1 Introduction: state the topic, summarize the main ideas from the reading and listening and explain how they relate (support or contradict?)
2 First point: summarize this point from the reading and from the lecture, and explain how the point from the lecture relates to the one from the reading
3 Second point: summarize this point from the reading and from the lecture, and explain how the point from the lecture relates to the one from the reading
4 Third point: summarize this point from the reading and from the lecture, and explain how the point from the lecture relates to the one from the reading
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If the lecture casts doubt on the reading, some of the relationships between points could be:
- This casts doubt on the point from the reading that…
- This should make us doubt the point from the reading…
- This should make us question the point from the reading…
- We should therefore be skeptical of the point from the reading…
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Read and listen to DELTA 7 test 2 and identify the main points
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BREAK
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Writing Practice - ETS 1 tests 1 and 2 (integrated)
Email me with your responses when you're finished.