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    TOEFL Class 1 - Writing Skill (Integrated Tasks)

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    The document provides an overview of the Integrated Writing task on the TOEFL exam. It consists of three steps: 1) Read an academic passage for 3 minutes, 2) Listen to a mini-lecture by a professor on the same topic for 2-3 minutes while taking notes, 3) Write an response integrating information from both the reading and listening passages. The document offers tips for both the reading and listening sections, including identifying the professor's stance, main points, and level of detail to include in notes.

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    The document provides an overview of the Integrated Writing task on the TOEFL exam. It consists of three steps: 1) Read an academic passage for 3 minutes, 2) Listen to a mini-lecture by a professor on the same topic for 2-3 minutes while taking notes, 3) Write an response integrating information from both the reading and listening passages. The document offers tips for both the reading and listening sections, including identifying the professor's stance, main points, and level of detail to include in notes.

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    The document provides an overview of the Integrated Writing task on the TOEFL exam. It consists of three steps: 1) Read an academic passage for 3 minutes, 2) Listen to a mini-lecture by a professor on the same topic for 2-3 minutes while taking notes, 3) Write an response integrating information from both the reading and listening passages. The document offers tips for both the reading and listening sections, including identifying the professor's stance, main points, and level of detail to include in notes.

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    TOEFL Class 1 - Writing Skill (Integrated Tasks)

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    The document provides an overview of the Integrated Writing task on the TOEFL exam. It consists of three steps: 1) Read an academic passage for 3 minutes, 2) Listen to a mini-lecture by a professor on the same topic for 2-3 minutes while taking notes, 3) Write an response integrating information from both the reading and listening passages. The document offers tips for both the reading and listening sections, including identifying the professor's stance, main points, and level of detail to include in notes.

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    TOEFL

    Integrated Writing Task


    Integrated writing task overview

    The Integrated Writing


    task: 1 task

    Step three:
    Step one: Step two: Write a response 20
    Read an academic Listen to a mini-lecture minutes
    passage (reading disappears) (reading reappears)
    • Now read and discuss the Integrated Writing
    Rubrics with your teacher

    •http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/
    Writing_Rubrics.pdf
    The reading passage: Overview
    • The topics
    - Generally academic in nature
    • The organization
    -Like an encyclopedia entry
    -Depends on the academic discipline
    • The purpose of the reading
    -To provide background information
    -To introduce new vocabulary words/ concepts
    ...
    • The tone/ stance
    - Positive to neutral
    • The length
    - around 200 words
    • The time
    - Usually 3 minutes
    The reading passage: Forestry Science
    • Questions to consider while reading;
    - What do you already know about this topic?
    - What tipe of reading is this? (From which
    academic discipline? Science? Education?
    History?
    - What are 3-4 main points in the reading?
    Where can you find that information?
    -Are there any new vocabulary words/concepts?
    How do you know?
    To take notes or...
    • Considering you have only 3 minutes to read
    the text, it might be a good idea NOT to take
    notes;
    • It depends on how fast you are as a reader!
    To take notes or...
    • The key is to recognize that there will
    probably be around 3-4 main points (and new
    vocabulary/ concepts) that the reading will be
    trying to adress, and these points will most
    likely be addressed in one way or another by
    the professsor in his/her lecture;
    • Don’t forget, the reading WILL return during
    the writing portion of the task
    The listening passage: overview
    • Who is speaking?
    - A professor giving a lecture
    • What is he/she saying?
    - The professor will be responding to the
    reading, possibly adding more information or
    giving more details
    The listening passage
    • How long is the lecture?
    - Usually around 2-3 minutes
    • What should I be doing while I listen
    -Take notes!
    -Try to identify the professor’s stance from the
    beginning
    The listening passage: the professor

    • Questions to consider while listening:


    - What is the professor’s stance?
    - What are the 3-4 main points the professor
    discusses?
    • Does he mention any new vocabulary/
    concepts?
    Tips
    • Stance
    • Just as we discussed in the TOEFL listening series, the
    professor is going to indicate his/her STANCE fairly
    early in the mini-lecture;
    • On this part of the test, the professor is going to have
    basically one of two possible opinions:
    -He/she basically agrees with the information and the
    purpose will be to ADD more information.
    -He/she basically disagrees with the information and
    will contrast the text with other ideas.
    Words/Ideas Signaling Additional
    Research/ Information
    • Conjunctive adverbs or connectors
    -Also
    -In addition
    • Referent Ideas
    -Other
    -Another
    -Additional
    • Other Signal Ideas
    -Research
    -Studies
    -Further
    Words/Ideas Signaling Disagreement
    • Conjunctive adverbs or connectors
    -However
    -But
    -Instead
    Negative words
    - Not
    - Didn’t
    - problem
    - Difference
    - Missing
    It’s in the details…
    • As discussed in the TOEFL Listening Series,
    merely understanding and getting the basic
    ideas in the listening passage is NOT
    enough;
    • The better responses to the TOEFL task
    involved accomplishing MOST or ALL of the
    following ideas when it came to taking notes:
    Taking notes: The listening passage
    • The stance
    -Negative
    -Adding reseach/examples
    • Accuracy
    -Did you get all the information correct?
    • Order
    -Did you get the information in the right order? (Following the
    professor)
    • Level of detail/ comprehensiveness
    - Did you include all of the examples/details from the presentation?
    - Did you include some of the same vocabulary/terminology as the
    professor?
    …It’s in the details
    • When taking notes, it would be better to think
    of this as a dictation-like activity, writing
    down as much information as possible while
    listening;
    • You will have time after you listen to sort
    through the information to try and figure out
    what the important points are.

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