MBA TOEFL: Sebastian (READING 1) 20.7.9

ATTENDEES
        ✓        Sebastian

OBJECTIVES

• to acquire key techniques for the speaking part of the TOEFL exam

MATERIAL
        ✓        TOEFL tips (reading)
        ✓        Bruce Rogers IBT2007
                ✓        Introduction SPK (Indpendent) p.6
                ✓        Lesson 15: Personal Preference [task 1] p.16
                ✓        Lesson 16: Paired Choice [task 2] p.24
                ❑        Introduction SPK (Integrated) p.36
                ❑        Preview Test SPK (integrated) p.46
                ✓        Lesson 17: Announcement [task 3] p.51
                ✓        Lesson 18: Passage/Lecture [task 4] p.72
                ✓        Lesson 19: Problem / Solution [task 5] p.90
                ✓        Lesson 20: Summary [task 6] p.106
                ❑        Review Test SPK p.121        

NOTES
personalize 1,2, 5

TASK 2
“If given the choice between A and B, I prefer...”
-state preference
-reason 1
-reason 2 (+/-) -critique
-don’t choose a 3rd alternative
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TASK 3
-Use the announcement to contextualize and anticipate the subject
-Directly answer the question
-summarize the main reaction
-Outline (paraphrase don’t repeat)
        ❑        -use tickboxes in your notes with crosses and ticks to show consent and disagreement

TASK 4
-Topic of the passage
-Topic/argument of the listening and the relationship with the passage
-summary of reading passage
-summary of listening
-connection between the two


TASK 5
-problem
- 2 solutions
-your choice
-reason 1 (+)
-reason 2 (+/-)

VOCABULARY
analogue

errors
experiment = experience(d)
feel = felt
a countryside = the countryside
enjoy an announcement = he thinks it’s a good idea
books who = books which
homerkop = (when talking about a species in the singular) the homerkop -but you’re applying as a rule to all animals of that species.