Any idea what kinda acccent this guy's got?

Flooding in Kabul

“It’s said the best way to get to know a city is to walk it, but that’s a tall order for the nearly 6 million residents of Kabul.”

TOEFL Skılls rough draght

IELTS 1st Lesson Goal: - Make a study plan. - Talk about target score, Band _/9. - Familiarize with the test. Take a practice test. Size it up, compare our grade with our target grade. - Speaking. Learn about the speaking test. Practice some sample questions. Practice our speaking skill.

Objective: -Find out if s/he wants a lot of advice or if she wants to be heard. Find out if s/he wants me to make a list of mistakes s/he make. - Find out if s/he's done the IELTS before. - Look at the practice test. -Discuss the speaking section. - Assess her with the practice questions. - Talk about the news.

Materials: The 8 week study plan, use this to make our own, with dates. Bring in a practice test.

Anticipated problems/solutions: -S/he doesn't get a chance to speak, I lecture and don't listen./ I incorporate more questions and listening time into this plan than monologue. Say this, "As your teacher, I need feedback from you, you know best. Please tell me if I am speaking too fast or if I say an unknown word." - She might get scared from the beginning because of low pre-test scores or the weight of the test in general. / Say this, "there's no tricks in the IELTS for better or worse. The often are looking for a specific grammar to get full points on a section and they're judging you based on everything from pronunciation to word choice and phrasing. They want a variety of vocabulary. 
There are no tricks, but there are however, hints. Look at our first independent speaking sample question. 

"What friend would you like to go on a holiday with?" Your answer should start _________ "

The International English Language Testing System

-"Tell me what you know about the test." "Students who make a study plan score higher on the test, shall we make a study plan?"

-Show the 8 week plan,

-"What was your grade on the practice IELTS? what is your target grade?"

-"There are 4 parts of the IELTS test corresponding to the 4 basic language skills. Some perform better on the speaking test other's better on the writing test. The test also features combinations, for example, we are going to look at some of the sample speaking questions that ask you to listen to a recording and summarize the recording, which unifies listening and speaking. How do you feel about these combinations of skills?"

-Please rate on a scale of 1 - 10 how important these goals are to you. Note taking, paraphrasing and summarization, increasing your vocablary, improving your pronunciation, reviewing grammar, developing learer strageties such as settig goals and organizing a study schedule.

Speaking - "There are 6 tasks which progressively get more topic specific and .

Independent Speaking Question 1

Who would you like to go on a trip abroad with? Describe this person and say why he/she would be a good travel companion for you?

Independent Speaking Question 2

Your university is planning to allow students to watch TV in their dormitories. What is your opinion and why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV in dormitories? Include reasons and examples to support your response.

Independent Speaking Question 3

Read the Short Passage

Starting next Monday, the children-tutoring center is going to be moved to building NE10 from building SE10. It has been experiencing a decline in enrolment and there is too much unused space, so it is being moved to a smaller building. NE10 is located in the southeast corner of the campus. All currently enrolled students can get additional information from the school library.

The woman expresses her opinion about the announcement. State her opinion and explain the reasons that she gives for holding that opinion.

Independent Speaking Question 4:

Read the Short Passage

Paradox of the choice is a concept regarding the overwhelming choices humans deal with today. By having too many choices, people's expecations rise. That high expectation will result in a bitter disappointment, which ultimately causes anxiety when trying to make a decision.

Paradox Of The Choice

Using The Main Points And Examples Describe Paradox Of The Choice.

Preparation Time: 30 seconds

Recording Time: 60 seconds

Integrated Speaking Question 5: Family Dinner

The two people talk about the woman's problem. Describe the problem and state which of the two solutions you prefer and why. (listening at www.toeflnetwork.com)

Integrated Speaking Question 6: Co-evolution

Using the main point and examples from the lecture, describe Co-evolution.(toeflnetwork.com)

Test is on the 21st of November.

Wants to spend extra time with listening

Got a bit distracted during the listeing test, trying to read at the same time, easy to write

Some students want to know if there is a highlighting option on the reading section.

Let's talk about these skills and their level of importance to you,

-Note taking,

-Paraphrasing and summarization, 

-Increasing your vocablary, 

-Improving your pronunciation,

-Reviewing grammar, letting the student know if he makes systymatical errors, analize your writing

-Developing leaner strageties such as settig goals and organizing a study schedule. YES

Writing assessment-

Thesis -

structure -

content -

grammar/speling -

word choice -
vocabulary - 

TOEFL Listeing

Aim:Get comfortable with the listening section of the  TOEFL, Practice our note taking skills, focus on fluency and understanding at speed.

Objective:1) go over practice test 1 reading answer key (panspermia). 2) talk about the listening Practice test part a) osmosoregulators - vocab b) student and professor conversation about changing majors -

Materials: Cambridge practice test 1 answer keys, talk about listing

Anticipated problems/solutions

In listeing section: how can we apply these skills?

Note taking, - We can't skim or scan the text so we need to take the main idea and the keywords not the whole sentences, same with examples

Paraphrasing and summarization,

Vocablary, Are there any special concerns to consider? If I hear a word I don't know I will try to replace it.

Pronunciation, same question:

Time management: so far no problems with this

Grammar,

What are our goals and what will our study schedule be for this. Today we will do a practice test.

Use the resources in your community to practice listening to English: visit places where it's spoken, any ideas?

Prepare for academic situations, we can maximize our vocabulary power by doubling up on skills. Before we practice these skills I would like to give you 2 word that will help you understand the listeings. Estuary, salinity and brackish defintions are given, these words you will probably understand Physiological and Adaptations

And the first word they pause on is Osmoregulaters, which relates to osmosis.

variable, varying

breeding season

hatch

The first listeing example will play and afterwards followed by the first question and than the timer will start. You must answer the questions in order and you won't be able to go back after you've answered questions. On certain questions, relevent parts will be repeated but you can't replay the recording.

part a)Ok let's listen

Let's focus a bit on note taking- we are going to apply many of the things we discussed in the reading section in the listening section too. For example we should understand the speakers' intention, and some of the details about their story. think Who,what,why,where,when,how.

-Write down only what you hear. Be carful not to interpret information based on your personal understanding or knowledge of the topic. Answer questions based on what was actually discussed in the talk.

-develop a note-taking stragetgy to help you organize formation into a hierarchy of main points ad supporting details.

   - make sure your notes follow the organiation of the lecture

    - listen for erlated ideas relationships wthing a lecture and make sure you summarize simlar information together.

   - use notes to write a summary.

3.)listen for signals

part b) is usually a coversation between a student and a professor about school stuff, academic vocab. How is your academic vocabulary? How many majors can you list?-

Now lets talk about how we can prepare for an academic situation, visit academic classes, cultural centers, or museums where people are talking in English about their work.

  -Before you arrive read assigned chapters or background information on academic topics.

  -Visit lectures on a variety of topics

Watch presentations and replay them several times

   - repeat parts to better understand

  - stop in the middle to predict what will come next.

   -practice listening to longer lectures, keep your attention sharp by taking organized notes.

part c) is usually an academic discussion

Let's talk about the organization or structure of these lectures

   - Leture or presentation - inteoduction, body and conclusion

   -narrative story  - beginning , middle and end

Learn to recognize different styles of organiation

   -theory and evidence

 - cause ad effet

  - steps of a process

   - comparison of two things

Think about the propose of a lecture.

  "what is the profeessor trying to accomplish in this lecture?

part d)

Thre are 3 types of questions

 basic comprehension questions

pragmatic understanding questions

connecting information questions

You will have to identify the main idea, determine the purpose, understand detail

TOEFL Reading lesson

Aim:Get comfortable with the listening section of the  TOEFL, Practice our note taking skills, focus on fluency and understanding at speed.

Objective:1) go over practice test 1 reading answer key (panspermia). 2) talk about the listening Practice test part a) osmosoregulators - vocab b) student and professor conversation about changing majors -

Materials: Cambridge practice test 1 answer keys, talk about listing

Anticipated problems/solutions

In listeing section: how can we apply these skills?

Note taking, - We can't skim or scan the text so we need to take the main idea and the keywords not the whole sentences, same with examples

Paraphrasing and summarization,

Vocablary, Are there any special concerns to consider? If I hear a word I don't know I will try to replace it.

Pronunciation, same question:

Time management: so far no problems with this

Grammar,

What are our goals and what will our study schedule be for this. Today we will do a practice test.

Use the resources in your community to practice listening to English: visit places where it's spoken, any ideas?

Prepare for academic situations, we can maximize our vocabulary power by doubling up on skills. Before we practice these skills I would like to give you 2 word that will help you understand the listeings. Estuary, salinity and brackish defintions are given, these words you will probably understand Physiological and Adaptations

And the first word they pause on is Osmoregulaters, which relates to osmosis.

variable, varying

breeding season

hatch

The first listeing example will play and afterwards followed by the first question and than the timer will start. You must answer the questions in order and you won't be able to go back after you've answered questions. On certain questions, relevent parts will be repeated but you can't replay the recording.

part a)Ok let's listen

Let's focus a bit on note taking- we are going to apply many of the things we discussed in the reading section in the listening section too. For example we should understand the speakers' intention, and some of the details about their story. think Who,what,why,where,when,how.

-Write down only what you hear. Be carful not to interpret information based on your personal understanding or knowledge of the topic. Answer questions based on what was actually discussed in the talk.

-develop a note-taking stragetgy to help you organize formation into a hierarchy of main points ad supporting details.

   - make sure your notes follow the organiation of the lecture

    - listen for erlated ideas relationships wthing a lecture and make sure you summarize simlar information together.

   - use notes to write a summary.

3.)listen for signals

part b) is usually a coversation between a student and a professor about school stuff, academic vocab. How is your academic vocabulary? How many majors can you list?-

Now lets talk about how we can prepare for an academic situation, visit academic classes, cultural centers, or museums where people are talking in English about their work.

  -Before you arrive read assigned chapters or background information on academic topics.

  -Visit lectures on a variety of topics

Watch presentations and replay them several times

   - repeat parts to better understand

  - stop in the middle to predict what will come next.

   -practice listening to longer lectures, keep your attention sharp by taking organized notes.

part c) is usually an academic discussion

Let's talk about the organization or structure of these lectures

   - Leture or presentation - inteoduction, body and conclusion

   -narrative story  - beginning , middle and end

Learn to recognize different styles of organiation

   -theory and evidence

 - cause ad effet

  - steps of a process

   - comparison of two things

Think about the propose of a lecture.

  "what is the profeessor trying to accomplish in this lecture?

part d)

Thre are 3 types of questions

 basic comprehension questions

pragmatic understanding questions

connecting information questions

You will have to identify the main idea, determine the purpose, understand detail

TOEFL Speaking

64 thesis- must pertain to the main ideas of the reading passage and the lecture and must say whether your ideas ares similar or opposite

Type 1 Independent essay What if I blank out? just start writing, remember writing is thinking

Type 2) read he passage about color and take notes

Plan Listen to the recording and take notes

-take notes

     reading

     listening, idea maps

-outlines and idea maps

General +specific ideas + 1general

           

1)Understand and answer the question, stay on point. - If the question asks for your opinion, make sure you write about what you think.

2)Use short simple sentences - Good writer's can express complex idea simply,

Write

3)Give your esays a beginning middle and end.

4)Thesis statement - Directally answer the essay question, tell the reader what your opinion is. No details. What your essay is about. gun control, Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? politicians banking transactions should be public. Use keywords from the question.

5) Master the conditionals

6) Never begin a sentences with and, but or because

7) different paragraphs get different transition words - Point of view - Reporting verbs to restate the ideas, Believe, think, suggest, describe, propose, assert, tell, warn, state, say, point out, explain.

"

-Compare and contrast

Start with the hook - transition - opinion

-write the supporting details

- citing

- response

Revise

-revision checklist

-Check spelling and punctuation

Pragmatic understanding quetions, let's get these for Gizem

TOEFL Fınal Lesson Make a study plan, target score 100

-Please rate on a scale of 1 - 10 how comfortable you feel with these skills

Speaking about your personal experiences and preferences and opinions -

Pronunciation -

Understanding various accents ie. English, American -

Taking notes from a recording -

Taking notes from a written passage -

Verbal paraphrasing and summarization -

Vocablary -

Producing grammatically correct sentences -

Self study-

Test structure

Familiarize with the test. Speaking 6 tasks, preperation/speaking time will vary usually 30/60

Say personal experiences or preferences * Say pros/cons than personal opinion * Read a short announcement than listen to someone give their opinions, state the speaker's opinion and reasons she gives for holding that opinion * Read a short passage and using the main points, and examples to describe something * Listen to a discussion between 2 people and respond with who you agree with and why * Listen to an academic lecture and describe the topic.

*NOTES - Try to focus on the present task, while reading pay attention to the text and write main ideas and details

Familiarize with the test. Reading 3 or 4 passages, usually 700 words from academic texts. 60-80 minutes 36-56 questions. The question is on one side of the screen and the passage is on the other, it's best to read it quickly. In each passage you can choose the order you answer questions. You can answer easy first. There is a review button to check your progress. The first passage, 20 minutes and the following passages and questions share the remaining time.

Some words will be highlighted, hold your mouse over these words for a definition.

Before the test:

-Read read read- regularly read acadmic texts from Uni textbooks or other materials. Not just topics you are interested in but a variety of subjects - science, social science, business, arts, geograpy, history economics and others.

-Keep a vocab list, by topic. Topics could be business, science, speaking, transition phrases... Look for opportunities to use these words while practicing writing and speaking.

At the test:

-Take detailed notes in shapes while reading, and listening. Organizing your notes in shapes helps your mental organization. Note taking is necessary for all sections of the TOEFL ibt. You don't have the opportunity to revisit reading or listening passages after they are finished.

-Read the first paragraph and look for the main idea.

-Continue the body paragraphs by skiming for the author's intention and new vocab.

-Read carefully for supporting arguments and details.

-Write down facts so you can find them when you need them.

The purpose of the passage: Is the author trying...

...to explain and present information on a specific topic? These texts contain mostly factual information.

            ...to resolve and find a solution for some sort of dilemma or questions that need answers? Usually there would be a debate.

            ...to convince and to persuade the reader of the validity of a certain viewpoint or idea?  This would be options and supporting evidence.

In the questions you may be asked to...

...highlight pronouns and link them to the nouns they refer to.

...practice making general conclusions based on what's on the text

            ...

Famaliarize with the test. Listening 60–90 minutes, 34–51 questions. Listen to lectures, classroom discussions and conversations, then answer questions.

Before the test:

In the test:

Note taking - Manage your listening time with your note taking time. Practice doing both simultaneously. We can't skim or scan the text so we need to take the main idea and the keywords not the whole sentences, same with examples.

Paraphrasing and summarization - Your attention will often be drawn to scientific or technical vocabulary, listen carefully after these words because often they are defined afterwards.

Prepare for academic situations, we can maximize our vocabulary power by doubling up on skills. Before we practice these skills I would like to give you 2 word that will help you understand the listeings. Estuary, salinity and brackish defintions are given, these words you will probably understand Physiological and Adaptations

And the first word they pause on is Osmoregulaters, which relates to osmosis.

variable, varying

breeding season

hatch

The first listeing example will play and afterwards followed by the first question and than the timer will start. You must answer the questions in order and you won't be able to go back after you've answered questions. On certain questions, relevent parts will be repeated but you can't replay the recording.

part a)Ok let's listen

Let's focus a bit on note taking- we are going to apply many of the things we discussed in the reading section in the listening section too. For example we should understand the speakers' intention, and some of the details about their story. think Who,what,why,where,when,how.

-Write down only what you hear. Be carful not to interpret information based on your personal understanding or knowledge of the topic. Answer questions based on what was actually discussed in the talk.

-develop a note-taking stragetgy to help you organize formation into a hierarchy of main points ad supporting details.

   - make sure your notes follow the organiation of the lecture

    - listen for erlated ideas relationships wthing a lecture and make sure you summarize simlar information together.

   - use notes to write a summary.

3.)listen for signals

part b) is usually a coversation between a student and a professor about school stuff, academic vocab. How is your academic vocabulary? How many majors can you list?-

Now lets talk about how we can prepare for an academic situation, visit academic classes, cultural centers, or museums where people are talking in English about their work.

  -Before you arrive read assigned chapters or background information on academic topics.

  -Visit lectures on a variety of topics

Watch presentations and replay them several times

   - repeat parts to better understand

  - stop in the middle to predict what will come next.

   -practice listening to longer lectures, keep your attention sharp by taking organized notes.

part c) is usually an academic discussion

Let's talk about the organization or structure of these lectures

   - Leture or presentation - inteoduction, body and conclusion

   -narrative story  - beginning , middle and end

Learn to recognize different styles of organiation

   -theory and evidence

 - cause ad effet

  - steps of a process

   - comparison of two things

Think about the propose of a lecture.

  "what is the profeessor trying to accomplish in this lecture?

part d)

Thre are 3 types of questions