2017-04-27 TOEFL: speaking 6, ind writing

Greg Malivuk
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework (optional): fact questions handout, p. 35 to 42 - Answer the questions about the three passages.
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http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-sloths-so-slow-kenny-coogan
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Speaking Task 6
1 Introduction: summarize/paraphrase the main topic (“The professor talks about hotel managers, who are responsible…”)
2 Lead-in: describe what specific things the professor says about it (“The professor then describes three types of hotel managers.”)
3 First point with detail (“The first type of manager is the general manager. This is the top executive responsible for leading other managers in the hotel. …”)
4 Second point with detail (“The second manager the professor talks about is the controller.”)
(sometimes: 5 Third point with detail)
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Listen to the responses. Do they include all the above points? Are they easy to understand?
p. 331 describes the score levels for integrated speaking.
You can always start your response by more or less paraphrasing part of the prompt.
“The professor is talking about ways to create emphasis in written dialogue. She describes two techniques to do this.”
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Writing: fourth and final section of the test
- two writing tasks
1 integrated: 3 minutes to read some text about a topic, then the text goes away and you listen to a lecture about the same topic, then the text reappears and you have 20 minutes to write about how the points from the lecture relate to the points from the text
2 independent: read a prompt and take 30 minutes to answer the question
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The independent prompt is always a choice question which can take one of two forms:
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
- Some people think…. Others believe…. Which do you agree with?
A typical response will be the kind of five-paragraph essay that most Americans have to do many many times throughout middle school and high school.
1 Introduction: background on the topic and a description of the options you’re choosing between, followed by your opinion (thesis statement) and maybe a lead-in (“I have three reasons…”)
2 First reason, supported with details and examples
3 Second reason, supported with details and examples
4 Third reason, supported with details and examples
5 Conclusion: restate the thesis and summarize your reasons, then a generalization with predictions or recommendations for the future
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DELTA p. 395 also describes these parts of the essay, as well as what to do when prewriting.
p. 396 gives examples of the two types of questions, agree/disagree and some people/other people.
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Some people think… Others believe… In my opinion… I have three reasons for this.

First, ...
For example,...

Second, …
For example,...

Third/Finally/Lastly, …
For example,...

(To sum up, ) Because of …, …, and …, I believe …. In the future, …
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BREAK
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p. 397 exercise 4.6.A - Take thirty minutes to write a complete response to prompt 1
Then do the same for prompt 2.
Email your responses to me.
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There are websites to improve your typing or keyboarding speed (“keyboarding” is the name in American schools for classes about typing, so it’s a good Google term).