2017-02-02 TOEFL: speaking 5, paraphrase, ind writing

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Speaking task 5
DELTAp. 317 - Record (on your phone) responses to 3.8.D and E and (p. 333) 3.10.B
Then listen to your three responses and decide which one you’re most confident in.
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When you listen to your classmates’ responses, check if they have all the required parts:
1 summary of the problem
2 list of the solutions
3 statement of opinion about which solution is better
4 reason 1 to support the opinion (and detail/example)
5 reason 2 to support the opinion (and detail/example)
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Speaking section review: third part of the test, after a 10-minute break after listening
There are six speaking tasks -
1 independent, open-ended: read the prompt and take 15s to prepare and 45s to speak
2 independent, choice: 15s/45s
3 integrated reading/listening/speaking, about a conversation about an announcement (30s/60s)
	(summarize the announcement, the student’s opinion, and the student’s reasons)
4 integrated reading/listening/speaking, about an academic text and lecture (30s/60s)
	(summarize the text and explain how the lecture relates)
5 integrated listening/speaking, about a conversation about a problem (20s/60s)
	(summarize the problem, give your opinion about the best solution)
6 integrated listening/speaking, about an academic lecture (20s/60s)
	(summarize information from the lecture)
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Reading section: first part of the test, 60 or 80 minutes (3 or 4 passages)
Question types for reading:
- vocabulary
- fact
- negative fact
- inference (something you can conclude but it isn’t directly stated)
- reference (questions about what words like “this” and “he” refer to)
- purpose (“Why does the author mention the example of ___?”)
- paraphrase (Which sentence is the best summary of another sentence?)
- sentence insertion (Where in a paragraph does the sentence best fit?) - always second-to-last
- summarize (Which three sentences best express the main ideas?) - always last
- organize/categorize information (especially for comparison essays) - last (either this or summary)
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Paraphrase questions
DELTA p. 110 - Read the bold sentence. Which of the four answer choices expresses all of the important information?
D - you should be able to guess this even if you haven’t read the rest of the paragraph (At least, you should eliminate A and C, and then you can read more to see that “these studies” are about species reacting to climate change.)
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p. 111-112 - Read about the clues that can help you choose the correct answer.
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Handout (Cengage) p. 103-104 - Read the statements. Write C if it is a correct paraphrase. Write X if it’s inaccurate/incorrect according to the original. Write I if it’s incomplete (because it leaves out important information). (Do 1-9 with your partner.)
1 I (Doesn’t include the information about no reptiles capable of flight today.)
2 C
3 X (Middleton is the name of the study, Muncie is the name of the town.)
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BREAK
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Finish the exercise with your partner.
4 X (It’s the opposite of what the sentence says.)
5 C
6 X
7 C
8 I (it doesn’t mention checkers)
9 X (Handel used it, but it wasn’t popular at that time. We can infer that Handel wrote music before the mid-19th century.)
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DELTA p. 114-115 exercise 1.6.A - Answer these four questions and check with a partner. (If you disagree, explain why you think the other answer is wrong. Is it incomplete or inaccurate, or does it include extra information?)
1 D
2 A - “This” refers to the previous sentence.
3 C
4 B
Take 6 minutes to quickly answer 5-10 (p. 116-118). You may not have time to read the complete paragraph in detail, but you shouldn’t need to in order to answer a paraphrase question.
Then check with a partner (and explain why you disagree if you don’t have the same answer).
5 D
6 B
7 C
8 A
9 D
10 C
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Writing Section: final section (after speaking), about 1 hour total, two tasks
1 integrated reading/listening/writing - 3m to read a text, time to listen to a lecture about the same topic (the lecture usually challeneges points form the reading, but sometimes illustrates them with examples), then 20 minutes to write about how the points from the lecture relate to points from the reading
2 independent writing - read a prompt, 30 minutes to write your answer to the question.
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Independent writing has two possible formats of question:
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
- Some people believe ___. Others believe ___. Which do you agree with?
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
	Boston is a great city in which to study English as a foreign language.
Use specific reasons and details to support your response.
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Your response should have about 5 paragraphs (4-6)
1 Introduction: Some background, a restatement of the topic, and your personal opinion.
	(You might also include a lead-in with an overview of the supporting points you’ll use.)
2 First supporting point and details or examples to support that point (and how it relates to the main idea)
3 Second supporting point and details or examples to support that point (and how it relates to the main idea)
4 Third supporting point and details or examples to support that point (and how it relates to the main idea)
5 Conclusion: restate/summarize your reasons and opinion, generalize with a recommendation or prediction
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Homework: Handout p. 105 AND DELTA p. 119-121 exercise 1.6.B (try in 10 minutes if you can)
	Bring a laptop if you have one that’s easy to bring and type with.