Next class we will have a chance to use the PC room and I have installed the TOEFL program in 25 computers. PLEASE bring your own purple CD that came with your book since each PC needs a disk inside to operate. Those students who forget their CDs will be writing an in class essay on a topic of my choosing...BRING BOOKS AND CD!!!!
HOMEWORK -do lesson 10 -write the words on your cards -bring book and CD
B set will go to the PC room in period 2 A set will take an early lunch period 4 and then meet in the PC room at 12:30 lunch time for the class.( as I said in class before Mr. Sato has a regular PC class every Thursday periods 3-4..this will be only once a month or so that A set will have to go at lunch)
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We worked on pages 184-188 in our Toefl book. The students had to listen and read a short passage and then prepare a spoken answer to the question asked.
Our second class was based upon "Listening" pages 121-128 in which students had to answer questions in the book based upon what they heard.
HOMEWORK -finish lesson #6 -write words in flash cards -study for vocabulary test on lessons 5-6
Last day we had a lessons 3-4 vocabulary quiz and then we worked on pages 247-252 on Topic of reading passages.
Homework -do lesson 5 -study for ibt info quiz next class -write new words on flash cards
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How to prepare TOEFL essay? You might ask yourself this question as you prepare for the new TOEFL iBT writing test.
It's a good question to ask because you will need to be prepared in order to write good TOEFL essays on the iBT.
It's true that in order to do well on a TOEFL essay, you will need to have a high level of vocabulary and grammar in your writing.
But first of all, you will need to know about the format of essays on the new TOEFL iBT.
So here are the details about the essays on the new iBT TOEFL:
TOEFL iBT Essay Task 1: IBT TOEFL essay 1 is an integrated essay. "Integrated" means that the essay will ask you to combine and summarize information from two different sources. For the first TOEFL essay on the iBT, you will be given 3 minutes to read a passage on your screen. Then you will have to listen to a brief talk that lasts for 2 minutes. Finally, the iBT asks students to complete the TOEFL essay task 1 writing test. This TOEFL essay is a summary of the points from the reading and lecture.
TOEFL iBT Essay Task 2: The second essay on the new iBT TOEFL is an independent task. "Independent" means that you write this TOEFL essay from your own ideas and experience. Essays for the second writing task of the iBT TOEFL will be about familiar topics. For instance, a TOEFL essay on task 2 might be about the topics of study abroad or the internet. You will be given 30 minutes to write the second TOEFL essay.
We had a vocabulary quiz on units 1-2 today at the start of class.
We then checked our answers for lesson #2 on "DISASTERS".
In newly formed groups we had students talk for 1 minute while the other 3 or 4 group members listened and wrote down notes on what they heard. After 1 minute we rotated to the next student until everyone in the group had a chance to talk.
Students in their groups had to think about one good topic and then create a group question on that topic and take turns talking and listening to each others answer about the specific question that they agreed to ask each other.
Our last activity was a conversation between student and advisor and six questions on that conversation followed.
HOMEWORK -do lesson #3 vocabulary -write down 10 words from lesson #3 in your flash cards -finish student/advisor six questions
