Guidelines on Brainstorming for Speaking

Yesterday I finished writing for my school an outline on how students can brainstorm for TOEFL iBT speaking questions. 

Enjoy 

Speaking Test Results

Thanks to everyone who did the speaking test today.  It’s good to see you’re taking it seriously   The average speaking mark was 74%, with Jessica getting the top mark (80%).  She used a lot of new words and she was clear when presenting the information.

Ciao! 

Tomorrow’s Speaking Test

Hi all, remember that in Lesson 2, tomorrow, we have a speaking test.  Please bring your articles, your voice, and your confidence    Very nice 

Test Results (Chapter 10)

The average class test score this week is 79%.  The top three students this week are:

1) See Won from Korea;

2) Justin from Korea;

3) Sophie from Korea.

So the Koreans have done well!!  However, you need to remember that good grammar test scores are not the most important things in life.  If you didn’t do extremely well in your grammar test it’s not a big life problem so don’t stress too much about it.

Remember that next Wednesday is the speaking test, so please give me your article by tomorrow.  Speaking has the same importance as grammar so please prepare well.  Your afternoon teacher Andrew will be showing you how to give good presentations tomorrow, so please listen to what he tells you 

See you tomorrow 

Expressions of Emphasis: so and such a/an, Chapter 10 Vocab, and Speaking Test

Hi all,

Grammar and Vocabulary

Here is a very very very very very short summary of so and such an/ an.  Also here is the vocabulary for Chapter 10.  This week’s speaking test was interesting:  both the average class grammar mark and the average class speaking mark were 79%.  So your speaking and grammar are at the same level    Let’s try and get that up to 85%+!

The next speaking test

With the next speaking test, I’d like you to choose an article about something you studied at university.  For example, Sophie studied geography and zoology at university so she should give a presentation on that subject.  Why?  Because if you know about a subject well then you’ll be more confident talking about it    So please think about your presentation this weekend and give me something by Friday of next week.

Have fun and enjoy your weekend!

Haydn.

PS- Sadly, it was Satoshi’s last day at Ability today.  Thanks for being in my class Satoshi: it was great having a Japanese sugar daddy in class and hopefully we’ll see you again in the future.

What I’m looking for in tomorrow’s speaking test

Hi everyone,

Here’s what I’m looking for in tomorrow’s speaking test.  Page 2 is really important!

Very nice, Haydn.

Next Tuesday’s Speaking Test

Hi all,

 Thanks to 95% of you who gave me an article yesterday.  If you haven’t given me an article, you won’t be doing the speaking test.  Sorry but I asked you to give me an article by Friday and if you haven’t done that then you can’t do the test and I can’t help your speaking :(

Have a good weekend!

Speaking Test, Week 7

Hi everyone,

As I mentioned in class, you need to do a speaking test next Tuesday.  You need to:

1) Find an article, about 2-4 paragraphs in length;

2) Look up/ research the new words that you find in a dictionary;

3) Read the article many times to understand the meaning of the story;

4) Talk to me if you have any questions about pronunciation or meaning;

5) Before the end of this week, give me a copy of your article;

6) Tell the class about your article next week!

Your article can be about celebrities (famous people), sports, hobbies, science, or anything.  Your article can be funny, serious, strange, or … anything!  However, it mustn’t be dirty – keep it clean!  Your article can’t be about sex or anything with rude words. 

  Have fun!

Haydn.