TOEFL Video Lecture Questions 5 & 6

More tips on TOEFL speaking questions 5 & 6. Check out the  TOEFL video lecture here

Help TOEFL Students Stop Saying Um

Students often use the word um, any time they are searching for their next word. An easy way to fix this is to just make a short pause in your sentence while you think of the next word. The pause won't effect your score at all. Here is a quick video highlighting the same thing- Stop Saying Um

TOEFL Speaking Section Video Lecture Part 2

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This is part two of the TOEFL Speaking section lecture. He gives some great examples of how to complete the speaking section. Don't forget you only have 30 seconds to prepare, and 60 seconds to speak.

TOEFL Speaking Section Video Lecture

TOEFL Listening Lecture Part 1 ( Further Explanation)

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I took some notes on the lecture about TOEFL Speaking I posted yesterday. Use the notes and the video to your advantage. They are both a great resource.

TOEFL Speaking Lecture Part 1


Notes

Grading

·        Organization or Topic Development

·        Language Use

·        Delivery

*** Review TOEFL Rubric***

6 Areas of TOEFL

2 Independent Speaking Questions- Your job is to give a choice. Then, give examples and reasons why you made your choice. (For example, Talk about a book you recently read.)

2 Integrated Questions-  You will have one reading passage, and one listening passage. Then, you must speak about both.

2 Categorizing/ Summarizing – Only listening.

Further Explanation

1.     

Question 1 & 2

·        Make a choice (5-7 seconds)

·        Give a reason why (17 seconds)

·        Added example/detail

·        Give another reason  (17 seconds)

·        Added example/detail

·        Conclusion (5 seconds)

*** One reason is ok. Just make it longer****

***Examples must be relevant. But, they can’t check if it is true.***

Question 1 and 2 Example Structure

Choice

Reason- To begin

Added example

Give another reason- Not only

Added example

Conclusion

*** Outline while speaker reads question***

*** Try to get good at finishing the question***

Question 3

Question Type- Summarize Reading

·        What  (University notice- closed library, building something, school closed)

·        Why

Opinion

Reasons- comes from the why

Details

TOEFL Speaking Lecture

We will cover this video in class on Saturday. I strongly suggest you watch it ahead of time if possible.

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