Monday: TOEFL Speaking
Question Type 4
STEP 1:
1. Paraphrase the main concept in the reading passage.
2. Write down the topic meaning in the listening passage.
3. Write down the first example.
4. Write down the second example.
Step 2:
1. Begin your answer by defining the topic's meaning.
2. State that the professor used two examples.
3. State the examples in full details.
Use this following transitional phrases to make your response sound more sophisticated.
The writer mentions/states/defines/explains…
The speaker mentions/states/explains/illustrates/demonstrates…
The speaker/writer refers to + noun
The speaker/writer refers to the fact that + subject +verb
According to the writer, … /According to the lecturer,…
Based on the reading,… /Based on the lecture, …
Note: Avoid changing tenses from the present to the past when using reported speech. Ideas which show facts may remain in the present tense as a general truth.
Reading Passage:
System Thinking
System thinking is understanding the elements that are closely linked and interactive in the whole system. It is a way to understand the reality that stresses the relationship between the system's parts. In order to get the results that one desires, system thinking helps him or her to see more accurate and clear pictures of the reality so that he or she can relate to the natural force of the system Additionally, it helps one to realize the wider perspective towards the reality when thinking about problems and solutions
Affiliation in Advertisement companies
Affiliation refers to having a close relationship with one person or a group. This concept claims that a person wants to have good and stable relationship with other people and groups; as a result, many advertisement companies use this method to their own benefit. There are two ways that the affiliation method is used in companies; showing a good personal and social relationship between the consumer and the product, and showing negative consequences of what could occur in the society when people use products other that the companies' own
Climate Change
Climate change refers to the variation in the Earth's global climate or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere - or average weather-over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. Higher temperatures threaten dangerous consequences: drought, disease, floods and lost ecosystems. Climate change affects not only humans but animals and natural resources all around.
MONDAY #2
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Reading Passage:
Remorse
Emotional expression of personal regret is the state of remorse. This is closely related to guilt and self-directed resentment. People feel remorse when they believe their actions were wrong. Consumers remorse is the concept of regretting a purchase after buying an item. Buyers may focus on the negative aspects of the product they have just purchased and feel regret about their actions. People in Marketing are fully aware of this concept and have tried to find ways to counter that phenomenon. It is indeed their job to convince consumers to buy a certain product, but it is also true that marketers have to make sure that the consumer is happy with the product and that they wont return it out of regret.
Forgetting
Forgetting is a casual or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalles from the memory storage. How humans encode, store and recall memories is unknown, but it contributes to a phenomenon of short term memory which is categorized as either decay theory which states that passage of time always increases forgetting after something new is learned, or the interference theory, which takes effect when the recall of a certain memory interferes by recall of another memory.
Cyclic Population Change
An ecosystem is a functional system that includes an ecological community of organisms together with the physical environment, interacting as a unit. One aspect of ecosystems, cyclic population change, refers to species changing the size of their population cyclically. Populations change over time due to many different circumstances such as their size and their climate change. However, as these circumstances repeat, the populations of these species return to their original state.
MONDAY #3
Tuesday: Conversation
1. An interesting place you have been to recently
2. An interesting person you have met
3. What you would like to do when you get older
4. What you would like to learn in the future
5. A frightening experience you had when you were young
6. A person you like to spend time with
7. An exciting experience you had
8. A favorite pet
9. Something you like to do when you have free time
10. A place you would like to visit in the future
11. A person you would like to meet some day
12. A person who has influenced your life
13. Something you have never done but would like to do
14. Something you have done but never want to do again
15. An experience which made you laugh
16. An experience which made you cry
17. What you would do if you had a million dollars
18. What you would do if you were President of your country
19. A gift you could give others
20. A gift you would like someone to give you
21. A special talent you have
Thursday:
Transitional Phrases:
1. Why do you think Oprah Winfrey is one of the most famous person and even considered influential all around the world?
Use the following transitional Phrases to answer the question:
First and foremost.....
Not only that....
As you can see...
2. Why do you think people enjoy going to church?
Use the following vocabularies to explain your answer.
At church...
meditate
reflect on oneself
pray to God
3. Why do most people enjoy going to the park?
Use the following vocabularies to explain your answer.
quiet and fresh
relax and relieve stress
enjoy exercising
make someone a healthier person
4. Why do some students enjoy going to the library?
Use the following vocabularies to explain your answer.
borrow books for free
no need to buy books
enjoy reading
be able to learn many things
5. Why do almost women love to go to shopping malls?
Use the following vocabularies to explain your answer.
do various things
window shopping
by doing A, I can know about B
hang out
Friday: Practice Teaching (speaking)
"file will be sent through your email"
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