2016-09-23 TOEFL: speaking question 3

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: rewrite the sample response to the dinosaur question in block format
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the idea of R. robustus being a predator
the idea that R. robustus was a predator
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Speaking Question 3

- 45 seconds to read a campus announcement
- Listen to a conversation (usually between two students, or between staff and student) about the announcement
- 30 seconds to prepare your response
- 60 seconds to speak
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Handout p. 343 (Cambridge) - Read the announcement and take notes on the important points
Listen to the conversation and take notes about each person’s opinion.
“The woman expresses her opinion about… State her opinion and give her reasons.”

You first need to explain what’s happening (the announcement), then answer the question.
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With your partner, compare your notes (did you hear all the same information?), then together prepare a response to the task

1. The announcement says that a class has been cancelled and will be replaced by a another literature class. Students who don’t want to take the new class can go to the registrar’s office and drop it.
2. The woman does not want to take the new class. She gives several reasons for her opinion.
3. Her first reason is that the new class includes a lot of Hispanic literature. She has already taken a class about that, and she wants the challenge of another course.
4. The second reason is that the new course will be crowded and she prefers to work with a small group.
C. These two reasons are why the woman has decided she will not take the new course.
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p. 458 of the handout - Task B “Library Amnesty Program”
	(From the title, you can guess that the library will not charge late fees for returned books.)
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p. 460 Task C
p. 348 Read and listen and Student A give a response.
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BREAK
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(Cengage book) p. 349-351 - Record your responses to these questions.
Listen to other students’ responses.
- What information from the conversation and the reading does the response include?
	- Is the information accurate?
- Can the response be easily understood? Why or why not?
- Does the response answer the question effectively? Why or why not?

(Repeat example 3 on p. 350)
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DELTA p. 286 - Read the announcement and take notes. Then listen to students discuss the announcement and take notes on their opinions.
Record your response to the question.