2017-03-28 TOEFL: word roots, listening gist

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word Roots 4 - With your partner, think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
icon = image
idio = one’s own (it can also mean “unique” or “strange”; an “idiot” was originally someone who didn’t participate in society with others)
il/im/in/ir = not
il/im/in/ir = in/into
infra = under
inter = among/between
intra/intro = inside/within
ject = throw
junct = join
kine = move
lab = work
lect/lex = word
loc = place
luc = light (This root is usually followed with ‘i’ or ‘e’, so the ‘c’ is pronounced like /s/.)
lum = light
macro = big (usually in physical size)
magni = great (in physical size or in quality)
mal = bad
man/mani/manu = hand
mar = sea
mega = big (= 1,000,000 in unit prefixes)
meta = change (in some words means more specifically “extended” or “beyond”)
micro = small
migr = move
mis = wrong
miss/mit = send
mono = one (This is the Greek root. The Latin root is “uni”.)
(The word “myriad” originally meant 10,000, but now just means “a lot”.)
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The TOEFL test has four sections:
1 reading - 3-4 passages, 20 minutes to answer questions about each
2 listening - 2 or 3 sets of 3 listenings, 60-90 minutes total
	10-minute break
3 speaking - 6 tasks, 20 minutes total
4 writing - 2 tasks, about 60 minutes total
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Listening question types:
- attitude
- main idea
- detail
- function
- inference
- purpose
- organization
- prediction
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DELTA p. 197 introduces topic and main idea questions (also sometimes called “gist” questions)
topic = the subject of a conversation or lecture
main idea = what the person says about that topic
Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
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p. 199 exercise 2.1.A - Listen and take notes, then answer each question.
1 C
2 C
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BREAK
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Handout (Cengage 261-274) p. 261-265 Exercise 9.1 - Listen and take notes about each conversation, then answer the main topic or main purpose questions.
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
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Handout p. 265-274 Exercise 9.2 - Now do the same with these academic lectures and discussions. Why are the other answers incorrect?
1 D
2 B
3 A
4 D
5 C
6 A