2016-11-11 Rodrigo: speaking review

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all my classes
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Independent Speaking (1 and 2) - 6 or 7 parts to your answer
1 State your opinion.
2 Lead-in: “I have a couple of reasons for this position”.
3 “The first reason is…”
4 detail or example to support this reason
5 “The second reason is…”
6 detail or example to support this reason
7 Conclusion (“For these two reasons, I think…”) - if you have time
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Question 3
1 Summarize the announcement (this is necessary for a top score, even though it isn’t mentioned in the speaking prompt).
2 State the person’s opinion.
3 Lead-in (“She has two reasons for this opinion.”)
4 Summarize her first reason
5 Summarize her second reason
(6 conclusion - if time)
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Question 5 (problem/solution)
1 Explain the problem the person is having. (“They are talking about the man’s problem with…”)
2 List the solutions they discuss (“They talk about two possible solutions. First…, Second…)
3 State your opinion (“In my opinion, the man should…”)
4 Lead-in (“I have two reasons for this position.”)
5 First reason (advantage of your choice or disadvantage of the other choice)
6 Second reason (advantage of your choice or disadvantage of the other choice)
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Reasons for a choice (in question 2 or 5) can be advantages of that choice, or disadvantages of the other one.
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Since you don’t really take notes while listening, you can prepare a skeleton of your response while you’re still listening to the conversation or lecture.
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Speaking 1, 2, 3, 5:
(Introduction - summarize the announcement or the problem)
- Your opinion or the speaker’s opinion
- “I have / She has two reasons for this opinion”
- First reason (with detail or example)
- Second reason (with detail or example)
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ETS test 3 speaking 6 - types of attention
- Your response should be generally about active and passive attention. Getting students’ attention was part of the specific example the professor used, but it’s not part of your question.
- Use the lecture and frog examples to explain the details of each type of attention. (The frog example is important, because your question says, “Using points and examples from the talk.”
	“The professor uses the example of bringing a live frog to a biology lecture in order to hold the students’ attention.”
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In questions 4 and 6, you should always start with a general description of the topic (in question 4, this is basically a summary of the reading, in question 6, it usually comes from the first part of the lecture, before the professor gives his or her examples).