2017-07-19 TOEFL: reading summary, listening gist

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 153-156 - Complete exercise 1.8.A
	Also: p. 162-163 - Complete exercise 1.8.C
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Compare your answers with a partner.
exercise 1.8.A
2 B E F
3 B D E
4 A B E
5 A C E
exercise 1.8.C
5 A - inference
6 B - vocabulary
7 D - paraphrase
8 A D F - summary
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Listening Section - Second section, after reading
- 60-90 minutes total for 2 or 3 sets (Each set has 3 listenings and 10 minutes to choose answers.)
Listening Question Types
- main idea (purpose or content)
- inference (Infer something about the content of the conversation or talk.)
- detail
- function (Why does the speaker say this specific thing?)
- purpose (Why does the speaker mention this?)
- organization (How is the topic developed?)
- prediction (What will probably happen after the conversation?)
- attitude (How does the speaker feel about this?)
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Main idea questions are sometimes called gist questions.
DELTA CD 1.1 - Listen to the conversation and answer the question in your own words. Then go to p. 197.
Notice that the wrong answers are still related or sound related to the conversation.
p. 199 describes some other ways answer choices can be wrong
Listen to the conversations and answer the questions in exercise 2.1.A
1 C
2 C
3 B
4 A
5 D
You should be able to infer from the last conversation that xylem starts with an ‘x’ and phloem starts with a ‘ph’, even though you probably couldn’t guess the complete spellings.
p. 200 exercise 2.1.B - Listen to the lectures and answer the questions.
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 A
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Handout (Cambridge) p. 265 exercise L9 - Listen to each statement and write what you think the main topic will be.
1 the United Kingdom
2 an architecture award (or the winner of the award)
3 Irish linen
4 figures carved into hillsides
5 the geology of Mars
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exercise L10 - Listen to the statements and choose the likely topic of the lecture.
1 C
2 B
3 D
4 D
5 A
6 D
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exercise L11 - Listen to the introductions for lectures. Is the topic stated in the first sentence?
1 Yes (magic squares)
2 No (public zoos)
3 No (pony express)
4 Yes (butterfly farm)
5 No (gargoyles)
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p. 268 exercise L12 - Listen to the introductions and write the main topic.
1 (development of) systems for writing down dance movements
2 (reasons for) the settlement of the New World
3 the lack of historical value for modern photographs
4 (the lack of an) official language in the United States
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Handout (Oxford) 166-173
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p. 167 - Listen to the lecture and take notes on important points.
3L5 - Review your notes with your partner. Do you have or remember information about each of these 11 things?
3L6 - What is the lecture mainly about?
b - The causes and effects of global warming.
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p. 168 practice 2 - Listen to the conversation and take notes.
3L7 - Compare your notes with your partner and answer these questions.
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https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/7/14/15963544/climate-change-individual-choices - An article about why talking about private individual choices is not a good way to address climate change.
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p. 170 - What is culture shock?
3L13 - Listen to the conversation and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 b
2 a b e
3 b
4 b
5 a 3
  b 2
  c 1
  d 4
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Homework: Answer the “test question” parts for the rest of the Oxford handout
	3L10, 3L12, 3L14