INTEGRATED SPEAKING
INDEPENDENT SPEAKING
INTEGRATED WRITING
INDEPENDENT WRITING
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100
This is the only integrated task for which you give your opinion.
What is the Problem/Solution Task?
100
To complete this task you will describe a person/event then give reasons why you chose this person/or event to speak about.
What is the Personal Preference Task?
100
This paragraph briefly summarizes the main ideas of the reading and the lecture.
What is the conclusion of the integrated writing task?
100
These will ask you talk write about a subject such as travel, technology, friendship, or sports and games.
What are prompts for the Independent writing task?
100
Although, even though, and while are examples of these.
What are adverb clause markers showing contrast?
200
In this task you will read an official communication from the university, then listen to 2 students discuss its merits.
What is the Announcement/Discussion Task?
200
To complete this task you will describe two options and state which you think as better and explain WHY.
What is the Paired Choice Task?
200
These paragraph(s) explain a key point of the passage and an important example or supporting information, then describes a corresponding key point and supporting details of the lecture and its relationship to the passage.
What are paragraphs 2,3 and 4 (the body) of the integrated writing task?
200
These explain your 3 key points and give examples, reasons and details that support your answer.
What is the body of the independent writing task?
200
Moreover, furthermore, in addition and besides are examples.
What are transition words showing addition?
300
These integrated tasks take the L/S form (listening/speaking).
What are the Problem/Solution and Summary Response tasks?
300
For which task will you give your own opinion about 2 choices and explain the reasons for your choice?
What is the Personal Preference task?
300
This paragraph states the topic of both the reading passage and lecture, explains the main idea of the passage, the main idea of the lecture and tells how it relates to that of the passage.
What is the introduction of the integrated writing task?
300
This will provide a summary or statement illustrating the significance of your opinion.
What is the conclusion of the Independent writing task?
300
These tasks follow the R/L/S (read, listen, speak) format.
What are the Announcement/Discussion and General/Specific Tasks?
400
To complete this task you will describe the topic of the reading and give 2 - 3 key characteristics, then state the specific topic of the lecture, then explain the relationship between the specific points of the lecture and the topic of the reading?
What is the General/Specific task?
400
For this/these independent task(s) you will have 15 seconds to prepare and 45 seconds to speak.
What are both the Personal Preference and Paired Choice tasks?
400
A student whose written response explains most of the important information of the reading and relates it to the most important points of the lecture, although somewhat inaccurately or imprecisely, would receive this.
What is a score of 4 out of 5 on the integrated writing task?
400
This introduces the topic and includes a statement of your preference or opinion.
What is the introduction of the independent writing task?
400
Verbs such as claim, argue, onclude, suggest explain and state are examples.
What are verbs used to cite someone's words?
500
For this task you will listen to a lecture then describe and define the topic, provide supporting information then conclude by summing up the main topic.
What is the Summary Response task?
500
A students whose response addresses the question and is generally coherent and unified but fails to adequately support the main ideas with specific examples would receive this.
What is a score of 3 out of 4.
500
A student whose response includes important information from the passage and relates it to information in the lecture, but in very general terms would receive this.
What is a score of 3 on the integrated writing task?
500
A student receives this when he writes an organized, well-developed and coherent response with an less varied sentence structure and various grammatical and mechanical errors.
What is a score of 4/5 on the Independent writing task?
500
This is done by showing similarities between two points or by contrasting differing point.
What is synthesizing?
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