2018-04-05 TOEFL: speaking 4, business vocab

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/the-most-successful-pirate-of-all-time-dian-murray
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Speaking Section: third section, after the 10-minute break after listening, 20 minutes total, 6 tasks
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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DELTA p. 292 - Take 45 seconds to read about the effects of color
Then listen to the lecture and take notes.
“Use the examples from the lecture to explain the effects of color.”
How should your response be organized?
1 Introduction: state the topic (“The reading and the lecture are about the physiological effects of color.”)
2 Summarize the reading: (“The reading says that some effects of color are universal.”)
3 Lead-in: state what points the professor makes (“The professor discusses the effects of warm and cool colors.”)
4 First point: (“First, the professor describes warm colors such as red and orange.”)
5 Detail/example: (“Red can raise…”)
6 Second point: (“Then the professor talks about the effects of cool colors, such as blue and green.”)
7 Detail/example: (“Blue causes…”)
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DELTA p. 298 - Take 45 seconds to read about spatial memory (Remember, this is the only time you will see the text)
Then listen to a lecture.
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ETS 2 test 5 - Take 5 minutes with your partner to prepare a “perfect” response to the prompt.
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Record your responses to the ETS guide practice tests.
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BREAK
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Listen to your responses and choose one we can hear as a class.
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“The group that they knew they were being watched had more mistakes.”
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Business and Economics Vocabulary - Match the words with the best definitions, using the sentences at the top of the page for context.
1 B - economic, economist, economize
2 K - (n and v), supplier
3 D - (n and v)
4 G - inflate, inflated, inflationary
5 V
6 C
7 L - capitalism, capitalist, capitalize
8 R - invest, investment
9 S - shareholder (= stockholder)
10 T - (n and v), budgetary
11 J - allocation
12 O
13 M - generation
14 P - (n and v), profitable, profiteer
15 I - (n and v), measurement
16 U - (n and v)
17 N - promotion
18 H - (n and v), marketing, marketable
19 Q - (n and v)
20 A - (Note: the plural is “crises”.)
21 F - competition, competitor
22 E - consume, consumption, consumerism
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revenue = the money received from selling a good or service
(Usually, profit = revenue - cost)
deflation = opposite of inflation
hyperinflation = very very high rates of inflation