2017-02-23 TOEFL: listening organization, speaking 3

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Handout (Cengage) p. 167-174 - Answer the questions about all 5 passages.
Check your answers with your partner. Find the supporting information in the text and show your partner if you disagree on the answers.
Passage 1
	homology: C D F
	analogy: A E
Passage 2
	European: D E F H
	Asian: B C I
Passage 3
	Burbank: A B E G
	Carver: C F H
Passage 4
	radiation: C E
	advection: B D F
Passage 5
	primary: B E H
	secondary: C G
	tertiary: A F
a means to an end = the way you achieve some goal
What things were difficult about this task? What things were easier than on a real TOEFL?
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Listening - Organization
DELTA p. 255 - Listen and answer the rest of the questions in 2.6.B
3 A
4 C
5 D
6 opposite
  basal
  alternate
  opposite
7 B
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p. 257-258 Quiz 6 - Take notes on each listening and then answer the questions.
Compare your answers with a partner. Refer to your notes if you disagree.
1 D
2 B
3 A, C
4 C
5 D
6 C
7 B
8 A
9 D
10 A
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Speaking questions:
1 independent, open-ended
2 independent, choice
3 integrated reading/listening/speaking, conversation about a student’s opinion about an announcement
4 integrated reading/listening/speaking, academic text and lecture
5 integrated listening/speaking, conversation about a problem and solutions
6 integrated listening/speaking, academic lecture
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Speaking task 3 - Campus announcement conversation
DELTA p. 286 - Take 45 seconds to read the announcement. Then close your book and summarize the announcement.
Then listen to the conversation and take notes. What is the man’s opnion? What two main reasons does he give for this opinion?
After you hear the question, you will have 30 seconds to prepare your response. Then you’ll have 60 seconds to give your response.
Your response should include:
1 Summary of the announcement
2 Statement of the speaker’s opinion
3 Lead-in (“He gives two reasons for this opinion.”)
4 First reason
5 detail/example about the first reason
6 Second reason
7 detail/example about the second reason
(8 conclusion, if there’s time)
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BREAK
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p. 289 - Take 45 seconds to read the announcement and take notes. Then listen and take notes.
Take 5 minutes with your partner to prepare a “perfect” response to this question.
p. 290-291 - Tell your partner your response to these two tasks.
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Record your responses to ETS Official Guide practice tests 1, 2, and 3.
Listen to your responses and choose the least bad one.
Listen to other students’ responses. Did they include all of the important parts? Was their pronunciation and vocabulary easy to understand?
Listen to the mid-level responses from the ETS book. What problems did the speakers have?
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You have one jug of 3 gallons and another jug of 5 gallons. You need to measure exactly one gallon.
How can you do it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_algorithm