2017-04-28 TOEFL: listening gist, ind writing check

Greg Malivuk
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-dracula-become-the-world-s-most-famous-vampire-stanley-stepanic
obituary = description of someone’s (life and) death in a newspaper
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Listening section: second section, after reading and before the 10-minute break
- two or three sets of three listenings each (1 conversation and 2 academic lectures or discussions)
Listening Question types:
- gist/main idea
- detail
- attitude (how does the speaker feel about something?)
- purpose (why is the conversation or talk happening?)
- inferences (what does the speaker imply?)
- predictions (what will the person probably do next?)
- function (why does the speaker say this?)
- organization (how is the lecture organized?)
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DELTA p. 197 - Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
not A - it’s about a class, not an organization
yes B - A course reading list
not C - political science, not physical science
not D - the main topic is about the book list, not the program itself (also “summer school” usually means elementary school or high school, not a college program)
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Topic: what is the subject of the conversation or lecture?
Main Idea: what does the person say about the topic?
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p. 199 - Listen and answer the questions.
1 C
2 C
3 B
4 A
5 D
p. 200 - Listen and answer the questions.
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 A
p. 201 - Listen and answer the questions. Then compare your answers with your partner and explain why you think the other answers are wrong.
1 A
2 D
3 B
4 C
5 A
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Handout (Cengage) p. 261-265 exercise 9.1 - Listen to the conversations and take notes, then answer the main idea questions.
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
p. 266 exercise 9.2 - Do the same with these lectures.
1 D
2 B (it’s more general than the experiments at Duke)
3 A
4 D
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Independent Writing from yesterday - Read each response and note what’s good and bad about each one. Then work with a partner and decide what score you think it should get, based on the descriptions on p. 419 of your book.
Essay 1 - Weak introduction means we have to read most of the essay to find out what options the writer is choosing between and what specific choice the writer makes.
Essay 2 - Some incorrect wording and minor grammar mistakes. First reason isn’t well developed (examples aren’t about interest)
Essay 3 - No sentence breaks and a number of grammar mistakes make this very difficult to follow.
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Homework: Email me about your other essay (kids doing work at home) to say what score you think it would get and why.