Fluent Mastery of each TOEFL Speaking Question
Here's
the good stuff. As I mentioned earlier, speaking smoothly is an
incredibly important, and often overlooked, skill. As you watch these
videos, notice how each word flows from the other without many unnatural
interruptions. Copy this in your answers as you study. If it's a bit
challenging, don't worry; our programs have videos, exercises, and recordings that are meant to help you with this.
Now,
there are 6 questions on the TOEFL and each of these instructional
videos teaches you everything you need to know to answer a question and
earn a 4 with some extra points written below to help you further.
Enjoy!
TOEFL Speaking : Question 1 and 2
Here are two fast key points worth repeating to ensure that you're going
to earn a 4 on these questions. First, in general, you should provide
enough content to show that you're fluent, so record one of your answers
and do a word count; it should be over 100 words. Second, you can be
asked about anything. Sometimes, you'll have to adjust or modify the
format to fit the question well. Your success on this question depends
on how you stayed on topic and demonstrated your fluency with an
intelligent development of your idea.
TOEFL Speaking : Question 3
Here are the two key points. Be exact. Don't paraphrase. You are asked
to report what you heard, not paraphrase it. Also, remember that you're
not just repeating your notes but using them to explain exactly why the
student did or did not agree with the announcement.
TOEFL Speaking : Question 4
The two key points? Don't say everything. You won't demonstrate fluency
to the graders, you won't finish on time, and you won't earn a 4.
Furthermore, explain how the lecture illustrates the definition. One way
to make sure that you do this is to underline the part of your notes
(this should only be a few key words) that is most important in
connecting the lecture to the definition. For example, if the definition
is "light makes people happy" and your notes from the lecture are: "boy
went outside; boy saw sun; boy felt light on face; boy felt happy." You
should underline: "felt light on face" and "felt happy."
TOEFL Speaking : Question 5
Two points: say everything about the problem. For some reason many
students summarize this and don't express the problem completely; don't
be one of these students; you need the complete answer to get a 4 on
this question. Also, don't stress the "even though" statements too much.
I often hear students try to say so much in the "even though"
statements that they don't have time for the more important "as"
statements. So, if you don't finish this question on time, drop the
"even though" statements.
TOEFL Speaking 26: Question 6
Two what? Points. Here they are. Just as in question 4, don't say
everything. Use your timer to guide you and make sure that you don't go
over time. Finally, keep it simple. There is so much to explain in this
question that you don't need to focus on what's not 100% clear to you.
Instead, skip the stuff that's unclear to you because if you try to say
it you'll be inaccurate and that will cost you. Stick to what you know,
say it, and move on.
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