2017-10-12 TOEFL: listening inference, speaking 3

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 295-298 of the handout. The audio link is in your email.
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 A
5 D
6 B
7 D
8 A
9 B
10 A
11 A
12 A
13 A
14 D
15 D
16 A
17 B
18 C
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Take notes on another piece of paper as you listen to Oxford CD 2.27.
The discussion is about physical exercise and cognition in a kinesiology class.
Handout p. 232 - Use your own notes to complete the outline on the page.
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
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p. 233 exercise 4L8 - Answer the test questions for this listening.
1 c
2 d
3 b
4 a c
5 a
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p. 234 - Listen and take notes about the conversation between a student and a librarian.
Exercise 4L9 - Answer the test questions about this conversation.
1 b
2 b c
3 a
4 d
5 c
6 b
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Boolean = just the values “True” and “False”
Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT, (XOR, NOR, NAND)
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Speaking Section: third section, after listening (and the 10-minute break)
- about 20 minutes total for 6 tasks; 5.5 minutes of total speaking time
1 independent, open-ended - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 independent, choice - 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 p. 459 - Take 45 seconds to read the announcement.
- The university is offering online courses that students with a computer can participate in for 10-15 hours a week.
Then listen to the conversation and take notes.
- She doesn’t think online courses are that good.
- You have to be self-motivated to do all the reading and studying on your own.
- Many students prefer the face-to-face contact of a regular class.
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BREAK
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Your response to task 3 should have these parts:
1 Summary of the announcement (1-2 sentences)
2 State the speaker’s opinion
3 Lead-in (“She has two reasons for this opinion.”)
4 First reason
5 Detail/Example
6 Second reason
7 Detail/Example
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p. 493 - Read the announcement and listen to the conversation.
Take 5 minutes with a partner to prepare a “perfect” response to this prompt.
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Give your partner your response to the ETS guide practice tests.
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Record your responses to ETS past tests 3-5.
Listen to your own responses and decide which one we can hear as a class.
Listen to your classmates’ responses. Did they include all the key points? Was their speech easy to understand?