Three strategies to gain points Three strategies to gain points on TOEFLon TOEFL®® iBT Speaking tasks iBT Speaking tasks

Dr. Pamela J. SharpeDr. Pamela J. SharpeAuthor of the bestseller Author of the bestseller Barron’s TOEFLBarron’s TOEFL® ® iBTiBT

(c) Dr. Pamela Sharpe/teflprep 2010(c) Dr. Pamela Sharpe/teflprep 2010

Strategy 1Strategy 1

Start with a directStart with a direct

statement statement

Get to the point!Get to the point!

Task 1 My favorite Task 1 My favorite pastime is reading.pastime is reading.

Task 2 I think that Task 2 I think that class attendance class attendance should be optional.should be optional.

Task 3 The Task 3 The university plans to university plans to build a radio build a radio station.station.

Get to the point!Get to the point!

Task 4 The experiment Task 4 The experiment proves that babies can proves that babies can communicate before communicate before they speak.they speak.

Task 5 The problem is Task 5 The problem is that the woman’s that the woman’s passport has expired.passport has expired.

Task 6 Two types of Task 6 Two types of farming methods were farming methods were discussed in the discussed in the lecture. lecture.

What do you notice about What do you notice about all of these sentences?all of these sentences?

Strategy 2Strategy 2

Support your Support your answersanswers

BecauseBecause, , because, because!because, because!_____because_________because____

The reason_____The reason_____

An example of _____ An example of _____ is_____is_____

According to_____According to_____

In my experience _____ In my experience _____

Strategy 3Strategy 3

Learn the language Learn the language of of

citationcitation

It wasn’t my idea!It wasn’t my idea!

Introduce the Introduce the sourcesource

According to…According to…

Be strong!Be strong!

Use strong verbs to Use strong verbs to report ideasreport ideas

The lecturer _____The lecturer _____

claims, proposes, claims, proposes, suggests, mentions, suggests, mentions, point outs, states,point outs, states,argues, concludes, argues, concludes, maintainsmaintains

Get the reference right!Get the reference right!

Use the 1-2-3 Use the 1-2-3 referencereference

Marie Curie Marie Curie

Curie Curie

SheShe

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