2016-11-02 TOEFL: summary, college vocabulary

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 152-156 - Read the passages and answer the summary questions.
1 A C F
2 B E F
3 B D E
4 A B E
5 A C E
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Handout (Cambridge) p. 217-218 - For each of the four passages, decide whether the following statements are Summaries, Details, or Not mentioned
1 a N
  b S
  c D
2 a N
  b D
  c S
3 a S
  b N (“Cigarettes without any of this chemical” = not all cigarettes contain nicotine)
  c D
4 a D
  b N
  c S
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College Campus Vocabulary - This is used in the conversation listenings (the first passage in each part) and speaking tasks 3 and 5
On p. 72 of the handout (Collins Vocab p. 72-75), explain each term in your own words (with a partner).
academic advisor (the -or spelling is more common after “academic”) = someone who gives advice about your academic courses and major, etc.
elective = optional class that is part of your degree (e.g. you may have to choose four from a list of 20 offered classes)
scholarship = money to help students pay for school (usually merit-based and not a loan)
financial aid = money to help (usually need-based)
transcript = document that shows your grades in every class you took
grad(uate) school = study that follows a (usually 4-year) undergraduate (bachelor’s) degree
freshman (or sometimes “frosh”) = first-year student in high school or college
sophomore = second-year student
junior = third-year student
(senior = fourth-year or last-year student)
(grad student = student in grad school)
major = primary area of study
(minor = secondary area of study, with fewer requirements)
credit = “unit” of study, usually equivalent to one class hour per week for a semester
	(these are sometimes referred to as credit-hours)
assignment = task you must complete for a course
due date = deadline for completing an assignment
extension = extra time to complete a task
tuition = fees for instruction (not residence, food, or supplies)
dorm(itory) = residence for students to live on campus
make-up test = a test held on a later date (because you missed the original test)
absent = not present in class
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BREAK
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Gotcha. = (I’ve) got you. = I understand.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/wotcher.html - On the origin of the British greeting “Wotcher!”
“What’cha doin’?” = What are you doing?
goodbye <- god b’ye <- God be with you.
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The book we’re using is called Vocabulary and Grammar for the TOEFL Test, published by Collins.
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p. 73 part A - Complete the sentences with words from the first page.
1 absent, make-up test
2 graduate school, academic advisor (you register for electives, you don’t apply)
3 scholarships or financial aid, tuition
4 credits
5 dorm, freshman
6 Assignments, due date
7 transcript
8 major, sophomore (“declare” is the verb we use with majors and minors, sometimes you can’t take certain classes in a department if you are not a declared major)
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part B - Complete the conversation with the new vocabulary words.
1 dorm
2 scholarship (count noun)
3 tuition (noncount noun)
4 financial aid (noncount noun)
5 freshman
6 sophomore
7 due dates
8 assignments
9 academic advisor
10 grad school
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p. 73-74 part C - Read the passage about undergraduate degrees and then write the correct words next to each definition on p. 74
1 declare
2 GPA (usually out of 4.0)
3 semester
4 faculty (in British English, “faculty” usually refers to the largest divisions within a university)
5 associate’s degree
6 commencement
7 community college (sometimes they have 4-year degrees, but not graduate programs)
8 mandatory
9 prerequisite (often referred to as a “prereq”)
10 transfer
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college = the generic term for any post-secondary academic education
	also: part of the name of the largest divisions within a university
	or: part of the name of an institution that doesn’t offer graduate degrees
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associate’s (2-year) and bachelor’s (4-year) degrees are undergraduate degrees
master’s (+2) degrees are graduate degrees
PhD’s (+2) are post-graduate degrees
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Handout p. 74 - Take 45 seconds to read the announcement, then listen to the conversation and take notes
Prepare and give your spoken response
- This is an example of speaking task 3.