2018-01-25 TOEFL: speaking 4, reading simulation

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: DELTA p. 254-255 exercises 2.6.A and 2.6.B. Audio will be at the link in your email.
p. 254 exercise 2.6.A
1 C
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 D
6 B
7 A
8 A C
p. 255 exercise 2.6.B
1 C
2 D
3 A
4 C
5 D
6 Opposite Basal Alternate Opposite
7 B
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Speaking Section: third section, after the break, 20 minutes total, 5m30s speaking time for six tasks
1 independent, open-ended - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 independent, choice - 15/45
3 integrated reading/listening/speaking, campus announcement and conversation - 30/60
4 integrated R/L/S, academic text and lecture - 30/60
5 integrated L/S, conversation about a problem and solutions - 20/60
6 integrated L/S, academic lecture - 20/60
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Speaking Task 4
- about 45 seconds to read a short academic text (it could be 40, 45, or 50)
- listen to a professor talk about the same topic (usually with specific examples)
- read/hear the prompt and take 30 seconds to prepare your response
- speak for 60 seconds
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Oxford - speaking task 4 outline
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DELTA p. 292 - take 50 seconds to read about the effects of color
- Colors can have physiological effects in how we react to them. Sometimes subjective, sometimes universal.
- red = warm, blue = cool
Listen to the professor and take notes
warm colors - comfort, love, anger
	red: warmest, raise bp, hr; X hosp/pris
	orange: energy, enth.; malls/rest.
cool colors - calming effect
	blue: peace, security, water, sky; bedrooms, doctors’ waiting rooms
	green: fresh, nature, health; improves vision; office, workroom
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Prompt: “Use the examples from the lecture to explain the effects of color.”
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Your response should have these parts:
1 Introduction: topic statement and summary of the reading
2 Lead-in: “The professor gives two examples of ...”
3 First point
4 Detail/example
5 Second point
6 Detail/example
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Cambridge p. 472 - Symbiotic relationships.
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Possible notes:
symbiosis = int. relat. bet. org’s
1 mutualism = both benefit (+ +)
2 parasit- = + -
3 commensal- = + 0
	obligate = necessary
	facultative = optional
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Listen to the lecture (CD 7.11) and take notes
(review of the three types)
not all relationships are clear
- bee orchid: looks like a bee to trick male bees into pollinating; (plant + / bee ?)
sometimes the relationship changes
- skin bacteria: normally C, but if there’s a burn it can cause infection and harm us (P)
- shrimp and crabs on coral: normally C, but if starfish attack coral, the animals help it (S)
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Notice that the prompt only asks about the relationships that change. You can immediately cross out the notes you took about the bee orchid, because you won’t need those to answer the question.
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BREAK
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Reading simulation on the computer. Identify questions that you got wrong and don’t understand the explanation for.
Why are the correct answers correct, and your original answer wrong?