2019-05-17 TOEFL: speaking 5

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/can-a-black-hole-be-destroyed-fabio-pacucci/
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Homework: p. 452-3 exercise 7W2 - Make corrections in the sample response. (Change underlined words, add necessary words where there aren’t underlines.)
1 prevalence (word form)
2 serves (s/v agreement)
3 are (need a verb)
4 advertising/it (need a subject)
5 by (preposition to show the method)
6 to (infinitive)
7 their (need a determiner)
8 it (need an object)
9 a (need a determiner)
10 items (singular/plural)
11 they (need a subject)
12 aspires (word form)
13 the (need a determiner)
14 approached (word form)
15 appreciated (word form)
16 a (need a determiner; indefinite after “such”)
17 for (correct preposition)
18 a (need a determiner)
19 goods (singular/plural)
20 would (second conditional)
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Speaking Section: third section, after the break, 20 minutes total, 5.5 minutes of speaking, 6 tasks
1 independent, open-ended opinion - 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 professor response - 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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Task 5
- Listen to a conversation about someone’s problem and two proposed solutions.
- 20 seconds to prepare your response
- 60 seconds to speak about the problem, the solutions, and your choice and reasons
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Listen to Oxford CD 3.24 (p. 320)
What’s the problem: Her roommate makes a mess and doesn’t clean or help at all.
What two solutions does the man suggest?
- Refuse to do any of roommate’s chores (no dishes, no laundry, no cooking for her), she’ll eventually realize she needs to contribute
	but: woman is too nice
- stay with the man for 2 weeks, leave a mess and don’t clean it, leave a note saying tired of cleaning and need brerak
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During the 20 seconds, you can write a “key-words-only” outline, basically the same as what you’d have for task 2:
choice: S2
reason 1: rm realize she needs to do something
reason 2: woman can relax and avoid an argument
(Remember, with choice questions one or both reasons can be disadvantages of the other choice.)
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You don’t need to note every detail of the conversation. Once you identify the problem, the rest of your notes can be like:
S1:
	but:
S2:
	but:
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“The students discuss two possible solutions to the woman’s problem. Describe the problem. Then state which of the two solutions you prefer, and explain why.”
You can organize you rresponse like this:
1 Introduction/Summary: summarize the problem and list the two solutions they discuss
2 Topic/thesis statement: state your opinion about which solution is better
3 Lead-in: “I have two reasons for this choice.”
4 First reason
5 Detail/example
6 Second reason
7 Detail/example
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BREAK
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Record your responses to the ETS Guide questions.
Listen. What was good or bad about each one?
Timing: 20 seconds to summarize the problem and solutions and state your opinion
	20 seconds to state the first reason and give supporting details or examples
	20 seconds to state the second reason and give supporting details or examples
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Homework: if you want more feedback on your writing than a score and a sentence or two, send me a self-evaluation about what you think you did well or badly, particularly in comparison to previous writing you’ve done