2018-01-29 TOEFL: college vocab, L/S tests

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Respond to this prompt (from DELTA p. 566):
Some people think that we learn our most important lessons in school. Others think that the knowledge we acquire outside of school is the most important. Which view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
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College Campus Vocabulary - With your partner, read the sentences and try to explain in your own words what the words and phrases mean.
academic advisor (the ‘o’ spelling is more common, especially after “academic”): person who helps you choose your classes
	academic advising office
elective: a class you can choose (sometimes from a list within your major, sometimes outside your major)
scholarship: merit-based money to help pay for school
financial aid: money to help pay for school, which can be need-based (sometimes includes scholarships)
(student loans: money borrowed from a bank to help pay for school)
transcript: document that includes all the classes you took and the grades you received in each one
grad school: a school you attend after you have a four-year (bachelor’s) degree, for a master’s or PhD
	grad student: student in grad school
	undergrad(uate): student still working toward an associate’s or bachelor’s degree
freshman/frosh: first-year student (or the adjective)
sophomore: second-year student (or the adjective)
junior: third-year student (or the adjective)
(senior: fourth or final year student) (or the adjective)
major: primary field of study (noun or verb)
(minor: secondary field of study)
credit (or credit-hour): unit of study (usually one “hour” per week for a full term)
assignment: task you have to do for a class
	assign (verb)
due date: deadline by which you have to finish your assignments (or anything else)
extension: extra time to complete an assignment
	extend (verb)
tuition: the cost of instruction time at a university
dorm: student residence on campus, with lots of other students
make-up test: a test on a different day for students who missed the first one
absent: not present; not in class
	absence (noun)
registrar: person in charge of recording (registering) which classes people are in
	(You probably register online and go to the registrar’s office to make changes, but the registrar usually is a real person.)
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Handout (Collins) p. 73 A - Use words from above to complete the sentences.
1 absent, make-up test
2 grad school, academic advisor
3 scholarships/financial aid, tuition
4 credits
5 dorm, freshman
6 Assignments, due date
7 transcript
8 major, sophomore
part B - Complete the conversation with vocabulary words.
1 dorm
2 scholarship
3 tuition
4 financial aid
5 freshman
6 sophomore
7 due dates
8 assignments
9 academic advisor
10 grad school
part C - Read the passage and write the synonyms for the words on the next page.
1 declare
2 GPA (usually out of 4.0)
3 semester (sometimes “term”)
4 faculty (In British English, “faculty” means something more like “school” or “department”.)
5 associate’s degree
6 commencement
7 community college
8 mandatory
9 prerequisite
	(A corequisite is a class that has to be taken at the same time.)
10 transfer
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p. 74 - What speaking task is this? Take 45 seconds to read the announcement. Take notes on it and the listening.
p. 75 part B - What speaking task is this? Listen to the conversation and take notes.
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TA = teaching assistant: usually a graduate student who teaches a discussion class that goes along with a professor’s lecture class; this is also the person who grades assignments for such a class
RA = resident advisor: an older student in a dorm who helps other students with issues in the dorm
(Most universities have many many acronyms, which might differ from other universities.)
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BREAK
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Write the numbers 1-33 on your paper. (Take notes on a different piece of paper.)
ETS Guide Test 2 - Take notes on the listenings and then answer the questions.
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Speaking Test: Take turns giving your speaking task responses to your partner.
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Homework: if you want more feedback on last weekend’s writing (than a score and one or two sentences), email me with a self-evaluation, in which you tell me what you think you did well and what you did badly on this writing. What will you try to improve next time? If you have written for me before, say what you did better or worse than your previous writing(s).