2018-01-31 TOEFL: reading vocab, listening detail

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Handout (Cambridge) - Answer all the questions.
Check with your partner and try to convince them their answer is wrong if you disagree.
1 B
2 D
3 A
4 D
5 C
6 A
7 B (“notorious” means famous for something bad)
8 C
9 A
10 D (“scores” has at least three other meanings, but the point is to pick the correct synonym in context)
    - Make sure you check the context, even if you think you already know the meaning of a word.
11 D
12 B
13 C
14 D
15 B
16 C
17 A
18 A
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If you know the highlighted word but not all the words in the answer choices, what should you do?
- Eliminate as many as you can and then guess.
connotation: the positive or negative “mood” that a word has
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To improve your vocabulary when reading:
- try to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words from context
- use a translator if you don’t think you’ll need to remember the word
- use a dictionary if you think you should remember the word
To practice new words:
- Make flash cards with the word on one side and the definition and a sentence with the word missing on the other side. Look at the side with the definition and sentence and try to remember the word on the other side of the card.
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https://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp - Type a list of new words in the box and click “search”. Then click on each word and focus on learning the ones with the lowest numbers.
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Listening Section: second part of the test; 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets of three listening passages each
- Each set has about 17 questions, which you have exactly 10 minutes to choose answers for.
Listening Question Types:
- purpose
- detail/fact
- inference
- attitude
- function
- organization
- prediction
- main idea (content or purpose)
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DELTA p. 204 - Examples of what detail questions sound like.
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BREAK
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Listening Detail Questions (Cambridge handout) exercise L13 - Listen to the statements and choose the answer that gives the same information.
1 B
2 A
3 B
4 B
5 A
6 B
7 B
8 A
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Handout p. 276 exercise L14 - Listen to the passages and take notes. Then read the questions and choose TWO answers to each one.
1 A C
2 B D
3 A B
4 B C
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p. 277 exercise L15 - Choose ALL the correct answers (there could be 2 or 3 for each question)
1 A B D
2 A B
3 A D
4 B C
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p. 278 exercise L16 - Choose “yes” or “no” for each answer choice. (This is a type of question you might get on the TOEFL. The questions from L15 aren’t.)
1 Y Y N Y N (C and E are about racing, not training)
2 N Y Y Y N
3 N N Y Y Y
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Homework: complete (at least) page 2 of the TOEFL registration handout
	Also: complete the handout and do DELTA p. 206-207 2.2.A and 2.2.B (audio will be shared at the link I will email you)