2019-02-05 TOEFL: word roots, reading inference

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Parents are the best teachers.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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- Note that it says “best”, so you’re not just arguing about good, you’re arguing about whether parents are better teaches than everyone else who might teach you things.
- If you talk about two or three of the most important things you’ve learned in your life, and who you learned them from, these could be supporting ideas for a wide range of similar TOEFL questions.
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Word roots (list 4) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
icon (iconography, iconoclast, iconic) = image
idio (idiomatic, idiosyncrasy, idiot) = oneself / unique / peculiar
il/im/in/ir (illegal, impossible, inconsiderate, irresponsible) = not
il/im/in/ir (illuminate, impress, inhale, irradiate) = in
	il before L
	ir before R
	im before M, P, B (immobile, imbibe)
	in before everything else
infra (infrastructure, infrared) = under
inter (interview, international, intercept) = between/among
intra/intro (intravenous, introvert) = into/inside
ject (interject, eject, inject) = throw/thrust
junct (junction, conjunction, adjunct) = join
kine (kinetic, kinesthetic, telekinesis) = move (The Latin spelling of this root was “cine”.)
lab (labor, collaborate, elaborate) = work
lex/lect/log (lexical, dyslexia, lecture, dialect) = word
loc (location, dislocation, relocate) = place
luc (translucent, elucidate) = light
lum (illuminate, lumen) = light
macro (macroeconomics, macroevolution) = big
magni (magnify, magnificent, magnate) = great (in size or quality)
mal (malpractice, malaria, malicious) = bad
man/mani/manu (manual, maneuver, manuscript) = hand
mar (marine, maritime) = sea
mega (megabyte, megastructure, megalith) = huge (unit prefix = 1,000,000)
meta (metamorphosis, metastasis, metabolism) = change
meta (metaphysics, metacognition, metadata) = beyond/about (Metacognition is thinking about thoughts.)
micro (microscope, microphone, microbe) = small (unit prefix = 1/1,000,000)
migr (immigrate, migrant) = move (from one place to another)
mis (misbehave, misnomer) = wrong/incorrect
miss/mit (dismiss, transmit, missile) = send
mono (monochromatic, monotonous, monologue) = one
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TOEFL Test: four sections, four hours, 30 points per section, $205
1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages, about 14 questions for each passage
2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets=(1 conversation, 1 lecture, 1 discussion, 17 questions, 10 minutes)
	(10-minute break)
3 speaking: 20 minutes, 5.5 minutes of speaking time, 6 tasks
4 writing: 60 minutes total, 50 minutes of writing time (20+30), 2 tasks
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Inference: something you can conclude from the reading or listening, but which nobody said directly
Cengage p. 63 explains inference questions
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Homework: Cengage p. 64-66 exercise 3.1 - Choose the correct inference about each statement.