2018-05-09 TOEFL: r. paraphrase, l. organization

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-left-brain-vs-right-brain-myth-elizabeth-waters
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Homework: Handout (Oxford) exercises 3R4 and 3R10 (p. 140 and 144-5)
	- For every person more than 3 who doesn’t do the homework, we will do one full speaking test.
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Compare and discuss your answers. Try to convince your partner(s)
3R4
1 c - There is a hole in the work, which functions like a looking glass. There’s no looking glass.
2 a
3 c - Matisse wasn’t disabled or executed.
3R10
1 d - They sold their business, not their first shop.
2 c
3 c
4 c
5 c
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea / gist
- detail
- inference
- prediction
- function/meaning
- attitude
- purpose
- organization
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DELTA p. 252 - Listen and answer the question - D
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BREAK
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10pc0Kizsc (Brain Scans video) - Listen (without seeing) to the video about brain scans from last week.
How was this organized? - Three techniques to find out about how the brain works.
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DELTA p. 449 - Listen and take notes on a botany lecture.
How is the lecture organized? - Three examples of aromatic trees that Europeans used, and how they used them.
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p. 455 - Listen and take notes from a physics class.
How is most of the lecture organized? - Definition and examples.
en = ab 2 do wk - This is more useful than full sentence notes that you don’t complete.
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Writing Section: two tasks, 20 and 30 minutes to write
1 integrated: read a passage, listen to a lecture about the same topic, write about the points from the lecture and how they relate to the points from the reading
2 independent: read a prompt (choice question), 30 minutes to state and support your opinion
- agree/disagree: “Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?”
- some people/other people: “Some people prefer… Others think… Which do you prefer?”