2017-02-06 TOEFL: listening gist, reading test

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework (optional): email me a self-evaluation of your writing from today (It’s simplest if you send this as a reply to the email where you sent me your essay.)
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Listening question types:
- main idea / gist
- detail
- purpose
- attitude
- inference
- prediction
- function
- organization
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Topic / Main Idea questions (begins on p. 197) - sometimes called gist questions
- CD1.1 - What is the subject of the conversation?
The conversation is not about the course in general (that’s too general).
The conversation is not about one book (that’s too specific).
On p. 197 there are other options. It’s about a political science class, not a political organization or a physical science class.
The topic is the noun phrase that describes the subject of a lecture or conversation.
The main idea is what the speaker says about that topic.
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p. 199 describes possible reasons an answer is wrong. Irrelevant answers usually include some of the same words as the correct topic or main idea.
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Take notes on another piece of paper. (You generally shouldn’t need many notes to correctly answer main idea questions, but it’s good to practice anyway.)
p. 199 exercise 2.1.A - Answer the questions about each listening.
1 C
2 C
3 B
4 A
5 D
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p. 200 exercise 2.1.B - Answer the questions about each listening. If you disagree, explain why you think your partner’s answer is wrong.
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 A
p. 201 exercise 2.1.C - Do the same thing.
1 A
2 D
3 B
4 C
5 A
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p. 212-3 - Listening quiz 1 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
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BREAK
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1 B
2 B
3 D
4 C
5 C
6 B
7 A
8 B D
9 D
10 C
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Reading Test (DELTA Test 1)
For time management, you shouldn’t carefully read the whole passage before answering any questions
1 skim the passage to get an idea of what it’s about
2 read the questions (maybe answer the ones you can answer without reading the whole passage)
3 read the passage to look for specific answers to the remaining questions
(4 guess the answer to remaining questions before the time runs out)