TOEFL speaking template

English as a Second Language Preparation for and help with the TOEFL® Test and
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I honestly feel that main difference between the one who is able to score more mark and less mark is nothing but strategy.

Hence the best way to crack the speaking session is to create a template. These templates are designed to tackle any kind of independent task and integrated topics.

I would appreciate your thoughts on the same. Fortunately Toefl is not as tough as any other exams like GRE / GMAT … hence I feel strategy should help us out

What say?

TOEFL listening discussions: Why did the professor ask to see the student?

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What strategy would you adopt then Sudhatr?

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Hi Sudhatr and Kitos,
I had a few templates which I made for myself for the speaking section, I share them with you and hope they help you to develop them and create a better one for yourself.

  • For the first task my template is: Let’s see (or interesting question), personally I would like to …, for one thing because/firstly because… and also/secondly/for another reason …

  • For the second task my template is: Personally I prefer to/I choose to … , for one thing because/firstly because… and also/secondly/for another reason …

  • For the third and the fourth ones which starts with a brief passage and then we have a recording to listen to, my strategy can be categorized in two part; for the reading, especially the fourth question which is about a lecture usually, I don’t read the whole passage, I just jot down the important keywords in the first sentence as clear that I could make another sentence with the same meaning when I wanted to answer the question. And as for the listening I will try to get the whole subject by noting the important keywords, then as a template, I can introduce this to you:
    The announcement/lecture is/was mainly about/talks about …, the boy/girl/man/woman/teacher/speaker was disagreeing/agreeing with that because …(for the fourth question your answer usually ends here but in the third one usually you should continue) then he/she agreed/convinced because the man/woman/girl/boy described him/her …

  • For the fifth and the sixth ones you can use the same strategy as in the third and the fourth, they are really similar with each other.

Hope it helps you.

Mixmixi

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Good morning Mix, that was a really comprehensive and helpful post. I’m sure that many serious students will take note of it.

Kitos.

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Good morning Kitos,

Thank you my friend, I hope so. :slight_smile:

Mixmixi

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Thanks Mixmixi. I am making the list myself. Once it is done i shall share the same with you guys.