2017-05-23 TOEFL: word roots, listening gist

Greg Malivuk
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Word Roots (list 6) - With your partner, try to think of one or two phrases to explain the meaning of each root.
re = again/back
reg = rule
retro = backward
rupt = break
scend = climb
scope/skep/spec = see
scrib/script = write (often the verb ends with “scribe” and nouns with “script” or “scription”)
sect/seg = cut
semi = half (from Latin; “hemi” in Greek)
sol (solitude) = alone
sol (solarium) = sun
soph = wise/wisdom
struct = build
sub = under
super = over (something supersonic has a speed faster than sound)
tele = far
term = end (this can more generally refer to something with limits, including words, which put limits on the idea being discussed)
terr = Earth/land
therm = heat
trans = across
ultra = over (ultrasound has a higher frequency than sound we can hear)
uni = one
vac = empty
veri = true
viv/vit = life
vol = will
xeno = foreign/strange
zoo = animal (possibly “zo” is the root, as we see in “paleozoic”)
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super/hyper/ultra/over - these have meanings related to “more” or “too much”
sub/hypo/infra/under - these have meanings related to “less” or “not enough”
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DELTA p. 53-54 has a shorter list of some common word parts
- Note that these are more useful for figuring out what a new word means than for generating new words.
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Listening quesiton types:
- main idea
- inference
- purpose
- detail
- function
- attitude
- organization
- prediction
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p. 446-450 - Identify the question types in the test you had yesterday.
1 main idea/purpose
2 function
3 detail (Sometimes “why” questions are about the topic being discussed, so they’re detail questions.)
4 inference
5 detail (Sometimes questions about the future are also detail questions.)
6 main idea/topic
7 organization/main idea
8 function
9 detail
10 inference
11 function/purpose
12 detail
13 detail
14 detail
15 function
16 detail
17 inference
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BREAK
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DELTA p. 197 - Main Idea Questions - Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
The main topic is the reading list, not the program, and not an organization or anything about physics.
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Cengage handout - Listen to the sample item and take notes. Then answer the question at the top of p. 261.
p. 261-265 - Now listen to the other conversations and answer the main idea quesitons about each.
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
266-274 - Answer the main idea questions about lectures and discussions.
1 D
2 B
3 A
4 D
5 C
6 A
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Homework: DELTA p. 199 and 200 - Exercises 2.1.A and 2.1.B