2018-07-06 TOEFL: speaking 1&2

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Handout - Sample integrated responses for yesterday’s topic.
The first line of A: “The question which is asked is to know if the apparition of a professor on television”
With your partner, look at each response and decide what score you think it should receive and why. (There are descriptions of the integrated writing scores on p. 386 of your DELTA book.)
A - 3 - The second point isn’t very clear due to language problems and adding the idea that the university loses money. It expresses the three main points, but errors and unclear sentences keep the score lower.
B - 1 - This doesn’t simply repeat sentences from the text (so it’s not a 0), but it doesn’t mention any points from the lecture and misrepresents the position of the lecture.
C - 5 - Because the overall writing is clear and correct and accurately explains the points from the lecture, the lack of explicit references to each reading point within the supporting paragraphs isn’t a problem. There are minor errors, but none of them really hurt the understandability of the response.
D - 2 - This only summarizes one (and a half) points from the lecture, and errors make that summary somewhat unclear. “A reader who is not already familiar with the reading passage and the lecture would not understand what the response is about.”
E - 4 - The points are all mentioned but some of the points from the lecture are somewhat incomplete or incorrect.
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Speaking Section: Third section, after the 10-minute break. Six tasks, 5.5 minutes of speaking time, about 20 minutes total for the section.
1 independent, open-ended - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 independent, choice question - 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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Sample task 1 prompt (p. 492):
“Describe a person who has influenced you in an important way. Explain why this person has had an effect on your life. Include details and examples in your explanation.”
Task 2:
“Some people get most of their news from the radio or television. Others read news on the Internet. Which source of news do you think is better and why? Include details and examples in your explanation.”
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A response to either type of question can be organized like this:

1 Introduction: State your answer and describe that person/thing (if asked)
2 Lead-in (optional): “I have two reasons for this opinion.”
3 First Reason: “First, there is a wider variety of sources available on the Internet.”
4 Detail/example: “For example, I can read…”
5 Second Reason: “Second, online news can be more up-to-date.”
6 Detail/example: “For example, people can broadcast live video at any time on social media…”
(7 Conclusion - if you have extra time)
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In your 15 seconds, you’d only write a little:
Internet
- wider variety
- more convenient
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DELTA p. 278 - Take 30 seconds each to read the prompt and write a mini outline (answer, reason 1, reason 2) for all of these prompts.
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Look at the score descriptions on p. 281.
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BREAK
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Walk around the class and talk to other students. Ask them these speaking questions and give them 45 seconds to tell you their answer. Make sure to talk to everyone in the class. (You will hear two answers from a few people, because there are 12 questions and only 7 other students, but don’t listen to more than two from anyone.)
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Record your responses to ETS 2 tests 1 and 2.
Listen to your recordings and decide which one we can hear as a class.
Listen to classmates’ recordings. What’s good about it? What could be improved?
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Homework (optional): If you want more feedback than a score and a sentence or two on yesterday’s writing, email me with a self-evaluation. What did you do well this time? What did you do better or worse than your previous writing? What will you try to improve for your next writing?