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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Word Roots (list 3) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
- ego (egocentric, egotistical, egomania) = self
- endo (endotherm, endocrine) = inside
- epi (epiphyte, epidermis, epidemic) = on/upon
- equi (equidistant, equation) = same (quantity)
- erg (ergonomic, energy) = work
- esth/aesth (anesthetic, kinesthesia) = perception/feeling (many words that begin with this root are related to beauty)
- eu (eulogy, euphemism, euphoria) = good (the opposite prefix is “dys”)
- ex/ect (ex-husband, exit, excavate, ectotherm) = out/away
- extra (extraordinary, extrovert, extraterrestrial) = outward/beyond (“tra” was originally a comparative)
- fac/fact (artifact, factory) = make/do
- fer (transfer, ferry) = carry
- flect/flex (deflect, reflection, flexible) = bend
- fore (foreground, forecast) = front/before (Along with “pre”, “pro”, “prim”, “first” - these are all related.)
- fract/frag (fracture, fragment) = break
- fug (refugee, fugitive) = flee/escape
- funct (function, defunct) = perform
- gen (generation, generate, genealogy) = make/create (create -> birth -> family -> kind/type: genre/genus)
- geo (geography, geology, geodesy, geocentric) = Earth
- graph (autograph, graphite, seismograph) = draw/write
- grat (gratify, gratuity, grateful) = please
- helio (heliocentric, heliograph, helium) = Sun
- hemo (hemophilia, hemorrhage, hemoglobin) = blood
- hetero (heterogeneous, heteronym) = different
- homo (homogeneous, homonym, homophone, homograph) = same
- hydro (hydrate, hydraulic, hydrophobia) = water/fluid
- hyper (hyperextend, hyperactive, hypertension) = over
- hypo (hypodermic, hypothermia, hypotension) = under
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- Magazines like National Geographic, Smithsonian, Scientific American, etc., can be really helpful to improve your academic vocabulary and knowledge.
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- TOEFL: 4 hours, 4 sections, 120 points total (30/section), $205
- 1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages, about 14 questions each
- 2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets (each = 3 listenings, 5+6+6 questions, 10 minutes to answer)
- (10-minute break)
- 3 speaking: 20 minutes, 6 tasks, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
- 4 writing: about 60 minutes, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of writing time
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- Reading Question Types:
- - vocabulary
- - reference (pronouns)
- - inference
- - fact/detail
- - negative fact
- - paraphrase
- - purpose/method
- - sentence insertion
- - summarize
- - organize
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- BREAK
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- Purpose Questions - why does the author say something?
- Method Questions - how does the author accomplish something?
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- Handout (Cengage) p. 85 exercise 4.1 - Answer the true/false questions about each passage
- Passage 1 - 60s each
- 1 T
- 2 F
- 3 F
- 4 F (purely scientific = optical physics; applied technology = optical engineering)
- Passage 2 - 45s each
- 5 T
- 6 T (“The challenge is like the irritating grain of sand”)
- 7 F
- 8 T
- 9 F (It’s the other way around.)
- 10 T
- 11 F
- Passage 3 - 45s each
- 12 F
- 13 T
- 14 F (These are the cities of her later “triumphant performances”.)
- 15 T
- Passage 4
- 16 F
- 17 F
- 18 F
- 19 T
- 20 T
- Passage 5
- 21 T
- 22 F
- 23 T
- 24 T (A failure to lead is a failure of leadership.)
- Passage 6
- 25 F
- 26 T
- 27 T
- Passage 7
- 28 T
- 29 F
- 30 F
- 31 T
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- Homework: Handout (Cengage) exercise 4.1 (p. 91-101)
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