2018-08-22 TOEFL: reading org., listening org.

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-new-words-come-from-marcel-danesi/
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Homework: Finish the handout (Cengage)
Check your answers with your partner. Point to where in the text you found the information to convince your partners if you disagree.
1 Homology: C D F
  Analogy: A E
2 European: D E F H
  Asian: B C I
3 Burbank: A B E G
  Carver: C F H
4 Radiation: C E
  Advection: B D F
5 Primary: B E H
  Secondary: C G
  Tertiary: A F
The next word in this sequence is “quaternary”, which is common in geology.
After that are the uncommon words “quinary”, “senary”, “septenary” and “octonary”.
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Listening Section: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets of 3 listenings and 17 questions each
Listening Question Types:
- prediction
- detail
- inference
- organization
- function
- attitude
- purpose
- main idea
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Organization questions in the listening section are about how a listening passage is organized (especially with lectures).
DELTA p. 252-253 describes organization questions
Listen to the lecture and answer the question on p. 252.
p. 253 lists some possible patterns of organization
What are some possible ways to order information?
- chronological
- general to specific
- spatial: center outward / left to right / north to south
- small to large or large to small
- most to least important (or reverse)
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Watch the videos. How is the information organized?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3CjTU7TaNA - Animals seeing in the dark
“One of these adaptations is size.” - What is the signal phrase in this sentence that tells you something about the rest of the lecture? What does it tell you?
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BREAK
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10pc0Kizsc - Brain scans
The techniques were ordered from fastest to slowest, and from least to most spatially precise.
Be sure to recognize words like “trio” and “pair” as telling you how many points will be made.
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DELTA p. 254 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 C
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 D
6 B
7 A
8 A C
p. 255 - Do the same thing.
1 C
2 D
3 A
4 C
5 D
6 O B A O
7 B
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p. 257-8 Quiz 6 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 D - main idea
2 B - function
3 A C - detail
4 C - attitude
5 D - function
6 C - main idea
7 B - organization
8 A - detail
9 D - detail
10 A - purpose
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Handout (Oxford) p. 302 - Answer the pre-listening questions.
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Homework: answer all the Test Questions sections on the handout. Audio is at the link I’ll email to you.