2018-12-21 TOEFL: speaking 5

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/a-brie-f-history-of-cheese-paul-s-kindstedt
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Speaking Section: third section, after the break, before writing; 20 min total, 5.5 min speaking, 6 tasks
1 independent, open-ended - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 independent, choice question - 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 (old) CD 5.23 - Listen to the conversation
Problem: she got a cat by feeding it, but her landlord doesn’t allow pets
Solution 1: move to another apartment
	but her current place is close to campus
Solution 2: give the cat to her mom
	but her mom already has 2 cats
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Prompt: “The students discuss possible solutions to the woman’s problem. Briefly describe the problem. Then state which solution you prefer and explain why.”
Response:
1 Introduction: explain the problem and list the solutions they discuss
2 Recommendation: state which solution you prefer
3 Lead-in: “I have two reasons for this recommendation.”
4 First reason: “First, her mom already has two cats.”
5 Detail/example: “This means she knows how to take care of them and enjoys cats. Also, having three cats isn’t very different from having two.”
6 Second reason
7 Detail/example
(8 Conclusion - if you have time)
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ETS 2 - test 1 - Listen and take notes on the conversation. Take 5 minutes to prepare a “perfect” response to the prompt.
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Record your responses to tests 2-4
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BREAK
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Listen to your responses and choose one we can hear as a class.
Listen to your classmates’ responses. What is good and bad about each one?
What can you do to improve your task 5 response next time?
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Read samples of yesterday's integrated writing response. What score should each receive? Why?
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Not all typos and spelling mistakes are equal:
“instaed” is easily understood as “instead”, but “In stated” isn’t similar enough to be easily recognized
“neice” and “nice” are not equal misspellings of “niece”
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Homework (optional): if you want grammar and spelling corrections and other suggestions about yesterday’s writing, email me with a self-evaluation about what you think you did well and poorly in each response, and perhaps an estimate of the score you think you should receive according to https://www.ets.org/s/toefl/pdf/toefl_writing_rubrics.pdf