2017-09-14 TOEFL: listening purpose, speaking 4

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Listening Section: second section, after reading
- 60-90 minutes to answer questions about 6 or 9 passages (in 2 or 3 sets of three)
- 10 minutes to answer questions from each set (about 17 questions per set)
- Each lecture has one conversation and two classroom settings (lecture or discussion)
Listening Question Types:
- main idea (content or purpose)
- attitude
- inference
- detail
- function
- organization
- prediction
- purpose
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purpose: Why does the professor mention _____?
function: What does the professor mean when she says this?
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Purpose quesitons in the listening section are similar to in the reading section.
(In many books, purpose questions are grouped with attitude and sometimes function questions.)
Handout (Cambridge) p. 291 - Listen to the conversations and identify the attitudes of each speaker.
1 A D
2 B D
3 B C
4 A C
p. 292 exercise L22
1 D
2 A
3 D
4 C
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The root “gen” means to make or create, and the ending “-genic” means a thing creates or is created by the other part of the word:
cariogenic = causes caries (cavities); pathogenic = causes disease; photogenic = makes (good) photos (in the sense of looking good in photos)
anthropogenic = caused by humans; iatrogenic = caused by doctors
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p. 293-4 exercise L23
1 C
2 D
3 A (“What jumps out at you?” = What do you notice immediately?)
4 C
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Listen to the lecture and take notes. Then answer the questions on p. 295.
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 A
5 D
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BREAK
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Listen to the discussion and answer the questions on p. 296.
6 B
7 D
8 A
9 B
Listen to the talk and answer the questions on p. 297.
10 A
11 A
12 A
13 A
14 D (“Let’s toss some ideas around.”)
Listen to the discussion and answer the questions on p. 298.
15 D
16 A
17 B
18 C
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- To improve your TOEFL listening skills, listen to people talking about academic topics (in particular academic topics that you don’t find interesting).
- YouTube has many lecture-style educational videos (such as the TedEd channel). Try listening and taking notes on these videos without watching the video (and especially without subtitles).
- There are podcasts about any topic you can imagine. You might choose topics that aren’t interesting or easy for you, to improve your familiarity with the vocabulary of that field and to be less nervous if you encounter it on the TOEFL test.
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Speaking Section: third section, after the 10-minute break
- About 20 minutes total, 5.5 minutes of speaking time for six 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 p. 335 - Take 50 seconds to read about reciprocity. Then listen to a lecture about the same topic.
“Use the examples from the lecture to explain the concept of reciprocity.”
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Your response should have these parts:
1 Introduction: briefly explain the reading (define reciprocity)
2 Lead-in: Say what points the professor gives (“The professor talks about reciprocity in friendship.”)
3 First point
4 Detail/example
5 Second point
6 Detail/example
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In this case, you could think of friendship-with-reciprocity and frienship-without-reciprocity (without balance) as the two points the professor makes.