2017-07-27 TOEFL: speaking 1&2, reading paraphrase

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/would-winning-the-lottery-make-you-happier-raj-raghunathan
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Homework: For the questions in the rest of the handout, take 15 seconds to write a mini-outline of a possible response.
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DELTA p. 272 prompt 4 - Give your response to your partner.
p. 275 prompt 4
Remember, a response should have these parts:
1 Introduction: topic statement (and possibly description, especially for task 1)
2 Lead-in
3 Reason 1
4 detail/example
5 Reason 2
6 detail/example
7 conclusion (if you have time)
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Record your responses to tasks 1 and 2 from ETS 2 tests 3 and 4
DELTA p. 281 - Use these score level descriptions to decide on a score for each of your recorded responses. Also choose the one we can listen to as a class.
Listen to your classmates’ responses. What was good and bad about each one? What score would you give them?
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Reading Section: First section, 3 or 4 passages, 20 minutes to answer 14-15 questions about each
- You probably shouldn’t try to read the full text before answering questions. Many of the questions can be answered just from skimming the paragraph the question is about.
Reading Question Types:
- vocabulary
- fact
- negative fact
- purpose
- inference
- reference
- paraphrase
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize
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Paraphrase questions:
“Which of the following sentences best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence? Incorrect answer choices omit important information or change the meaning of the original sentence in an important way.”
The correct answer choice will include all and only the important information from the original sentence.
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Handout (Cengage) p. 103-105 - For each restatement, decide if it is Incomplete, (X) incorrect, or Correct.
1 Incomplete (it leaves out the part about modern reptiles), (also incorrect because “lizard” is not the same as “reptile”)
Take 5 minutes to answer 2-6
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BREAK
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Check your answers with your partner and try to convince your partner that your answer is correct if you disagree.
2 correct
3 incorrect - It’s the town of Muncie, not Middleton
4 incorrect
5 correct
6 incorrect - All the formations have two-word names
Take 5 minutes to do 7-11. Then check with your partners.
7 correct
8 incomplete
9 incorrect (You should be able to infer that Handel wrote clarinet music before the mid-19th century.)
10 correct
11 correct
Take 5 minutes to do 12-16. Then check with your partners.
12 incorrect - They were equally talented.
13 incorrect
14 incorrect
15 incomplete - It doesn’t mention the visual spectacle.
16 incorrect - Initials will not be elevated by the growth of the tree.
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Handout (Cambridge) p. 188-190 - Choose the correct restatement of the highlighted sentences. Then check with your partner.
1 B
2 D
3 C
4 B
5 D
6 A
7 B
8 C
9 A
10 A
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p. 191 - Take 3 minutes to read the paragraphs and answer the paraphrase questions after each one. Then check with your partner.
1 A
2 B
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DELTA p. 110-113 - Description of paraphrase questions and some clues for answering them.
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Homework: DELTA p. 114-121 - Read the paragraphs and passages and answer the following questions.