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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-three-gods-riddle-alex-gendler
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- Writing practice in the computer lab - ETS Official Guide test 2 - integrated and independent
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- BREAK
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- DELTA p. 386 - Scores for the integrated writing task.
- If you know what the third point from the reading is, and you recognize that the listening opposes the points from the reading, you should be able to “fudge” your way through an okay final paragraph. You can sometimes make educated guesses about the details from the listening even if you don’t remember them exactly.
- DELTA p. 419 - Scores for the independent writing task.
- Remember that it’s always an option to pick a third or in-between option (In this case, perhaps young people and older people enjoy life equally, but in different ways.)
- You will have been doing the TOEFL for about 3 or 3.5 hours by the time you start your independent writing.
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- Contrary to the text, the lecture states…
- In contrast to the text, the lecture states…
- The lecture contradicts the text, stating…
- The lecture states…, contradicting the text.
- The lecture states…, which contradicts/challenges/refutes/opposes/casts doubt on the point from the text.
- It doesn’t help the university, because the professor…
- Because the professor…, it doesn’t help the university.
- It doesn’t help the university, due to the amount of time the professor spends on TV appearances.
- It doesn’t help the university as the professor spends too much time…
- The professor spends too much time… so it doesn’t help the university.
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- (In this case, I wouldn’t recommend using “the professor” to refer to the speaker in the listening passage, because professors are also the topic of the reading and listening.)
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- ETS Guide p. 450-457 - Look at the sample responses to this independent writing task. What are the main problems with the low-scoring responses?
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- Homework (optional): To get detailed feedback and corrections on today’s writing, send me a self-evaluation of both your responses. What do you think you’ve improved since the last time you wrote? What do you know you need to do better for next time?
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