2018-02-07 TOEFL: reading summary, listening inference

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/how-did-teeth-evolve-peter-s-ungar
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Homework: Finish the handout AND do DELTA p. 157-160 exercise 1.8.B
Check your answers with a partner who also finished the homework.
Cambridge Handout
2 B C F
3 A C D
4 C E F
DELTA 1.8.B
1 (paraphrase) D
2 (fact) A
3 (vocabulary) C
4 (summary) B C E
5 (purpose) B
6 (vocabulary) C
7 (paraphrase) A
8 (summary) A C F
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If you randomly guess, you’ll get an average of 0.55 points on this question.
If you can (correctly) eliminate one answer, you’ll get an average of 0.8 points.
If you can eliminate two answers, you’ll get an average of 1.25 points.
(If you can eliminate three answers, then you get everything correct for 2 points.)
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Listening Question Types:
- fact/detail
- purpose
- inference
- prediction
- main idea (content or purpose)
- attitude
- function
- organization
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Listen to the conversation and answer the questions in your own words (DELTA CD 3.1)
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Cambridge p. 289 exercise L18 - Can each inference be made from the listening passage?
1 Yes
2 No
3 No
4 Yes
p. 290 exercise L20 - Listen to the audio and answer the questions in your own words.
1 She’s probably (interested in being) an art major.
2 As examples of low-tech toys that children don’t get bored with.
3 So students can hear regional accents and experience Spanish-speaking culture outside of class.
4 There has been a recent assault on campus.
exercise L19 - Choose the correct answer to each question.
1 B
2 D
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BREAK
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Listen again to the third and fourth passages.
3 A
4 B
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Handout (Oxford) p. 231 - Answer the pre-listening questions.
exercise 4L5 - What are some abbreviations you could use for these words?
1 ap / appt / apt
2 beh / bhvr
3 cn / cns / cog ns / cog neruosci
4 bio sci / bs
5 spec deg / spclt dgr
6 req / reqmt
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Listen to the conversation between a student and her advisor. Take notes.
Compare your notes with your partner. Did you understand/remember/write down the same information? Did you miss anything important?
p. 231-232 exercise 4L6 - Answer the questions.
1 c
2 a
3 a d
4 b c d
5 c d
6 c - She has to apply by the end of February and that doesn’t give her much time.
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p. 232 answer the pre-listening questions about (physical) exercise and cognition.
Take notes on another piece of paper about the discussion.
Use your notes to complete the outline on p. 232 of the handout.
1. Study
    * participants
    - school children
    * method
    - measured body mass, did exercise to assess fitness, took a (cognitive) test
    * results
    - fittest students scored higher
2. Science behind results = process
    1. move the muscles
    2. produces IFG-1, which goes to the brain
    3. increases the production of BDNF
3. BDNF = Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
    * promotes higher level thought
    * more exercise = more capacity to handle cognitive tasks
    * study: BDNF causes new brain cells and new connections between cells
    * chemical that facilitates learning
Now answer the questions on p. 233 exercise 4L8
1 c
2 d
3 b
4 a c
5 a
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p. 234-5 - Listen to the conversation and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 b
2 b c
3 a
4 d
5 c
6 b
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Homework: DELTA p. 234-237 exercises 2.4.A, B, C - Audio is in your email.