2017-08-11 TOEFL: business vocab, ind writing

Business and Economics vocabulary - Read the sentences, then match the words with their definitions below.
1 B (economic, economics, economist)
2 K (supplier)
3 D
4 G (inflate, inflated) (opposite: deflation)
5 V
6 C
7 L (capitalism, capitalize, capitalization, capitalist)
8 R (invest, investment)
9 S (shareholder = a person who has (or holds) shares in a company)
10 T (budgetary)
11 J (allocation)
12 O
13 M (generation, generator, generated)
14 P (profitable)
15 I (measurement)
16 U
17 N (promoter, promotion)
18 H (marketing, marketed, marketable, marketer)
19 Q
20 A
21 F (competitor, competitive, competition, competing)
22 E (consume, consuming, consumption, consumerism)
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Handout (Collins) p. 45 part A - With your partner, choose the word from the other handout to replace each italicized word in the sentence.
1 a compete
  b consumer
2 a budget
  b economy
3 a investors
  b capital
4 a measured
  b output
5 a inflation
  b crisis
6 a sector
  b generates
7 a firms
  b promote
8 a demand
  b supply
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hyperinflation = inflation that is so high it causes serious economic problems
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part B - Write the correct form of one of the words to complete each sentence.
1 promoting
2 firm
3 consumers
4 market
5 competitive
6 demand
7 profit
8 budget
9 allocated
10 supply
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p. 46 - Listen to the lecture and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 A - main idea
2 C - detail
3 B - detail
4 A - inference
5 C - function
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BREAK
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Writing Section - fourth and final part of the test, includes two writing tasks
1 integrated: read a passage, listen to a lecture, 20 minutes to write about how the points from the listening relate to the points from the reading
2 independent: read a prompt (a choice question), 30 minutes to answer the question
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Independent Writing
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Delta p. 404 - Notice the two types of independent writing prompts.
- 1,2,3,5: agree/disagree
- 4,6: some people/other people
For many (if not most) prompts, your true answer may be something like “it depends”. However, it’s generally easier to pick one of the stated options and support that.
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p. 410 prompt 1 - In two minutes write as many reasons as you can for why to agree or disagree with this statement. Then compare your reasons with your partner. Who has more/better reasons? Which option should you write about, if you have to pick the same side?
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The independent response should be a typical five-paragraph essay:
1 Introduction - summarize the options you’re choosing between and state which one you choose
2 Body 1 - First reason with examples and details
3 Body 2 - Second reason with examples and details
4 Body 3 - Third reason with examples and details
5 Conclusion - Restate your opinion (and summarize the reasons) and wrap it up with a prediction or recommendation for the future
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Sample Introduction (p. 410 prompt 1)
Some people think that students in high school should have three years to study a foreign language Other people have a different point of view, and believe that foreign languages are useful but students should not be required to study one. In my opinion, high schools should require three years of foreign language study. I feel this way for three reasons.
- This has 61 words. Five paragraphs of this length will have 305 words, which is a good length for the independent writing response.
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A body paragraph needs to do these things:
- State your reason or other main idea of the paragraph.
- Explain why you think this reason is true.
- Explain how this reason supports your thesis. (For example, if your reasons are all about why learning a foreign language is useful, you should also explain why that means high schools should require it.)
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Homework: Write a response to the independent writing prompt on p. 566 of your DELTA textbook. Email your response to me at [email protected]