2017-04-26 TOEFL: reading +/- fact, speaking 6

Greg Malivuk
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: handout p. 30-33 - Find and underline the information in each passage that you need to answer these questions.
1 paragraph 1 - “According to legend,...”
2 paragraph 1 - “In emergencies,...” (This is a negative fact question.)
3 paragraph 2 - “made false teeth from African ivory.”
4 paragraph 3 - “and only two of these graduated.”
5 paragraph 3 - “has recently been restored as a museum of dental history.”
6 paragraph 4 - “two methods of reducing pain”
7 paragraph 4 - “Two years later, in 1846,...”
8 paragraph 5 - “Early decay, …”
9 paragraph 6 - “These power drills, which were at first called ‘dental engines’”
10 paragraph 6 - “These drills work...drilling produces.”
11 paragraph 1
12 paragraph 1
13 paragraph 1
14 paragraph 2
15 paragraph 3
16 paragraph 3
17 paragraph 4
18 paragraph 4
19 paragraph 5
20 paragraph 5
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DELTA p. 30 - Beginning of the section on negative fact questions. Look for the information that is mentioned and eliminate those answers.
p. 32-33 - Take six minutes to skim and answer these negative fact questions.
1 C
2 D
3 B
4 A
5 C
6 B
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p. 35-38 exercise 1.2.B - take 6 minutes to do these 10 questions.
1 A
2 B
3 D
4 C
5 B
6 D
7 D
8 B
9 C
10 B
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Speaking Section: third section, after the break and before writing
Six tasks, always in the same order:
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 RLS, academic text and lecture - 30/60
5 integrated LS, problem and solution conversation - 20/60
6 integrated LS, academic lecture - 20/60
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DELTA p. 325 exercise 3.9.A - Listen and take notes about hotel management.
Common organizations for the task 6 lecture are:
- definition and examples
- concept and examples
- theory and studies
- theory and applications
- phenomenon and causes
- phenomenon and effects
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What do hotel managers do in general? They are responsible for the overall operations of the hotel.
What three types of managers does the professor discuss?
- general manager = top executive, may be the owner of a small hotel, directs the work of department managers, skilled in leadership and (financial) decision making
- controller = manages money in a large hotel, expert at accounting and financial statements, consults with other managers about financial matters
- sales manager = responsible for marketing and advertising, in contact with customers, needs courses in marketing and advertising in addition to management
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Your response can be outlined like this:
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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p. 327 exercise 3.9.E - Listen and take notes.
Cambridge CD 1 track 13 (atmospheric phenomena) - Listen and take notes.
“Using the information in the lecture, explain the three atmospheric phenomena that the professor discusses.”
Take 5 minutes with your partner to prepare a response to this prompt.
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Record your responses to task 6 from ETS past tests 3, 4, and 5.
Tomorrow we’ll listen to one from each of you. Listen to your responses and choose which one you would like that to be.
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Homework (optional): fact questions handout, p. 35 to 42 - Answer the questions about the three passages.