2017-12-13 TOEFL: speaking 5

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Handout (Cengage) p. 54-59
29 cut
30 final
31 tiny, “infinitely small”
32 understand
33 expand
34 blurry, unclear, indistinct
exercise 2.2
1 B
2 C
3 C
4 D
5 A
6 D (“nothing if not A” = “definitely A”)
7 B
8 B
9 A
10 A
11 A
12 D
13 C
14 A
15 B
16 D
17 B
18 A
19 C
20 B
21 C
22 A
23 B
24 D
25 D (“by no means plush” = they were not plush at all)
26 B
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Speaking Section: third section, after the 10-minute break
- six tasks, 20 minutes total, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
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 R/L/S, academic text and lecture - 30/60
5 integrated L/S, conversation about a problem and solutions - 20/60
6 integrated L/S, academic lecture - 20/60
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DELTA p. 461 - Listen to the conversation about a problem and solutions and take notes.
What’s the problem?
- He needs to improve his geology grade but doesn’t have enough time to study.
What two solutions are mentioned?
- Get a tutor to help him study.
	He still wouldn’t have time to study.
- Give up something else to have time to study.
	It would be “tough”, and he has to do something fast.
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Your response to the prompt should have these parts:
1 Summarize the problem the speakers are discussing.
2 List the solutions they mention.
3 State which solution you think is better.
4 (optional) Lead-in: “I have two reasons for this opinion.”
5 First reason
6 Detail/Example
7 Second reason
8 Detail/Example
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ETS 1 test 5 - Take 5 minutes as a group to prepare a “perfect” response to this prompt.
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BREAK
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Problem: Biology class is full and there are people who can’t take it.
Solution 1: open a new section so more students can take it
	downside: students may not be available at the time of the new section
Solution 2: push students who don’t need to take it right now drop the class
	downside: some students will be angry
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If your notes are organized like above, then your 20 seconds of preparation can be spent choosing the solution you prefer and coming up with one additional reason for that choice (the other reason is to avoid the disadvantage of the option you didn’t choose).
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Record your responses to the ETS Guide sample tests.
Listen to the sample responses. What is good and bad about each one?
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Homework: fill out the first page of the TOEFL registration form to bring tomorrow. Kim will do a simulated “check-in” before your writing practice in the second half of class.