2018-12-07 TOEFL: speaking 3

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-life-cycle-of-a-neutron-star-david-lunney
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Speaking Section: third section, after the break, 6 tasks, 20 minutes total, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
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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ETS 1.1 - Read the announcement
announced change: evening computer courses
reason(s): existing courses are too full
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Listen to the conversation and take notes.
Who explains their opinion? - the man
What is his opinion? - He thinks it’s a bad change (and that buying more computers would be better).
Why is this his opinion?
	- students have many other activities during the evening and may not be able to take a class
	- it’s more expensive than simply buying more computers for the existing courses
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Your response can be organized like this:
1 Introduction: Summarize the text (what’s the change? why?)
2 Speaker’s opinion (thesis statement): “The man thinks it’s a bad idea.”
3 Lead-in: “He gives two reasons for his opinion.”
4 First reason
5 Detail/example
6 Second reason
7 Detail/example
(8 Conclusion - if you have time)
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BREAK
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Discussion of writing and speaking scoring rubrics and levels.
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Listen to your classmates’ responses. What’s good and bad about each response?