2017-06-06 TOEFL: word roots, speaking 6

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word Roots (list 2) - Try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root. Then check your answers with a partner.
cert = sure
chrom = color
chron = time
circum = around
claim/clam = shout
clar = clear
cline = lean
co/col/com/con/cor = together
	Spelling:
	“col” before ‘l’
	“com” before ‘m’, ‘p’, or ‘b’
	“cor” before ‘r’
	“con” before other consonants
	“co” before vowels (and in newer words like “copilot”)
cogni = know
contra = against
corp = body
cred = believe/trust
crypto = secret/hidden
de = down/away
dem/demo = people
di = two
dict = say/tell
domin = master/rule(verb)
don = give
duce/duct = lead
dyna = power
dys = wrong/bad (opposite of “eu”)
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http://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp - Lots of information about words, including how common they are and what genres use them.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/ - Check the frequency of words and phrases in books, throughout history.
http://corpus.byu.edu/ - A bit more technical to use, but you can check things like online news and a couple of other languages as well.
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Four sections:
Reading - 3 or 4 passages, 20 minutes each to answer multiple-choice questions
Listening - 2 or 3 sets of 3 listening passages each, 10 minutes to choose answers for each set (60-90 minutes total)
	(break)
Speaking - six tasks (two independent and four integrated, 5.5 minutes of total speaking time, but about 20 minutes for the whole section)
Writing - two tasks (integrated and independent), about 60 minutes total
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Speaking Section: six tasks
1 independent, open-ended
2 independent, choice
3 integrated reading/listening/speaking, campus announcement and conversation
4 integrated R/L/S, academic text and lecture
5 integrated L/S, problem/solution conversation
6 integrated L/S, academic lecture
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BREAK
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Speaking section: timing
1-2 15 seconds to prepare, 45 seconds to speak
3-4 40-50 seconds to read, time to listen, 30 seconds to prepare, 60 seconds to speak
5-6 time to listen, 20 seconds to prepare, 60 seconds to speak
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Speaking Task 6 - Listen to part of a lecture about a topic and summarize the main points from the lecture.
DELTA p. 322 - Listen and take notes about a world history class.
“Using points and examples from the lecture, describe the mass migrations of peoplein the nineteenth century, and explain why these migrations occurred.”
DESCRIBE: 60 million people from Europe to America, Australia, Africa; Russia to Central Asia; China, India, Japan to SE Asia.
EXPLAIN WHY: new transportation (steamships and railways); financial benefits from banks; most moved for a better life for themselves and their children
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Your response will have these parts
1 Topic statement (what is the professor talking about)
2 Introduction (general description if the prompt says “describe” and “explain”)
3 Lead-in (“The professor gives three reasons for these migrations.”)
4 First point
5 Details/examples
6 Second point
7 Details/examples
(there may be a third point)
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p. 327 exercise 3.9.E - Listen to the lecture and take notes. Then take 5 minutes with your partner to outline a good response to the prompt. Your outline should include these parts:
1 Topic statement
2 Lead-in
3 first point
4 detail/example
5 second point
6 detail/example
7 third point
8 detail/example
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ETS Guide practice test 1 - Give your response to your partner. Did it include all the important points?
Listen to the sample responses. What was good or bad about each one?
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Do the same for practice test 3.