2017-06-30 TOEFL: speaking 3

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Speaking Section: 3rd section, after 10-minute break, six tasks, 20-30 minutes
1 independent, open-ended - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 independent, choice - 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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DELTA 7 - test 1 - Read the announcement about parking. What are the main points of the announcement?
Then listen to the conversation and take notes.
What is his opinion? He’s unhappy about the new prices ($15 more than last year)
Why is he unhappy about this price increase?
- It’s not fair to make students pay for the new parking lot when staff and faculty park for free.
- The new parking lot is away from the rest of campus and inconvenient to walk from.
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Your response should have these parts:
1 Brief summary of the announcement: “The announcement is about the new prices for parking permits on campus. Full-time students need to pay $60 for a quarterly parking pass, and they have to park in the new parking lot.”
2 Statement of the speaker’s opinion: “The man is unhappy with the change.”
3 Lead-in: “He gives two reasons for his opinion.”
4 First reason: “The first reason is that it’s unfair to make students pay for the new parking lot.”
5 Detail/example: “Staff and faculty can still park for free anywhere on campus, but students have to pay $15 more than last year and can only park in the new lot.”
6 Second reason: “The second reason is that the new lot is inconvenient.”
7 Detail/example: “It is far from the rest of campus and it takes a long time to walk to and from classes.”
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How long does it take to read the response?
“The announcement is about the new prices for parking permits on campus. Full-time students need to pay $60 for a quarterly parking pass, and they have to park in the new parking lot. The man is unhappy with the change. He gives two reasons for his opinion. The first reason is that it’s unfair to make students pay for the new parking lot. Staff and faculty can still park for free anywhere on campus, but students have to pay $15 more than last year and can only park in the new lot. The second reason is that the new lot is inconvenient. It is far from the rest of campus and it takes a long time to walk to and from classes.”
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DELTA 7 - test 2 - Take 5 minutes to prepare a response with your partner.
test 3 - Take 30 seconds to prepare and then say the response to your partner.
Did your partner’s response include all the parts we talked about?
test 4 - same
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BREAK
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Record your responses to ETS past tests (1) tests 1, 2, and 3
Listen to your three responses and choose the one we can hear as a class.
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Campus Vocabulary:
college - In the name of an institution, this often means it’s a 2 or 4-year program, with no graduate programs.
	- This is also the general word Americans use for undergraduate education.
associate’s degree: two-year degree (generally at a community college)
bachelor’s degree: four-year degree (This is the most typical undergraduate degree.)
master’s degree: 1-2 years after a bachelor’s (This is a graduate degree, master’s students are graduate students.)
doctorate degree: 2 years after a master’s
	(Most TOEFL topics are about the undergrad experience.)
freshman: 1st year student (in high school or college)
sophomore: 2nd year
junior: 3rd year
senior: 4th/final year (You could be a “fifth-year senior” if you take longer to get your bachelor’s degree.)
credit/credit-hour: one “unit” of class time (usually 50 minutes a week for a semester is 1 credit)
major: primary area of study (you could have one or more majors)
minor: secondary area of study (you could have zero or more minors)