SpeakingResponses:FormalorInformal?
ATOEFLTIGERVISITORWROTE:
DearToefltiger,
HimynameisSamarthandIhavejustrecentlystartedreadingyour blogandfinditveryhelpfulinmypreparationforthetoefl.WhatI wantedtoknowwas:onthespeakingsectionisitokayifour responsesarefilledwithsomecolloquialtermssuchasuhmean.
youknowandyouwouldntwantto..Orshouldwesticktoa slightlymoreacademicwayofspeaking?
Secondly,shouldwerestateourpositionacoupleoftimesduringthe 45secondstoremindthelistener,ornotriskdoingthatatall?
Thankyouforyourhelp.Sorryfortheinconvenience.
Thanks,
Samarth.
TOEFLTIGERRESPONSE:
ImpleasedthatwerehelpingyouonyourTOEFLquest!Thisisanimportantquestion.SpeakingresponsesneedtobegiveninwhatETScallsanaturalspeakingvoice.Whilethismightseemtomeanthatyoucansayuhwheneveryouwant,Iadviseyoutotakeadifferentapproach.
Ifyougettocomfortable,Ithinktheresponsewillsufferinmanycategories.Firstly,itwillseemtooinformal,thisisatestafterall.Secondly,itmightencourageyoutomakemoremistakesbecauseyourenotonguard(formal).
Thirdly,itsaneasywaytowastetimeandgradersknowthis.Mostimportantly,itwillnotresultinthemostspecificresponsepossible.Myopinionisthatifyouwantatopscorethenyouneedtoseparateyourselffromthecrowd.
Onewaytodothisistoperfectyourspeech.Youdonthavetospeakwithouterror.Thatsimpossible.However,itshouldbeclearthatyourespeakingaswellasyoucan.Anybeginnercanusethesephrases,butnotanyonecanelevatetheirspeech.Remember,
whenyouregivingaresponse,youreprovingyourselftothegrader.
Ifthisischallenging,recordyourresponseandthenwritedowneverysinglewordandsoundthatyousaid.Theneditthatresponseandtrytosayitagainwithinthetimelimit.Thiswillhelpreduceanybadhabits.
Now,thesecondquestionwantstoknowifweshouldrestateinquestiononeandtwo.Whenthetimelimitisforty-fiveseconds,thistimeistooshorttobotherwithrestatingunlessifyouranoutofthingstosay.
Ideally,statethetopicwithinfivesecondsandspendtheremainingfortyonreasonsandexamples.Thanksfortheinsightfulquestionsandfeedback!
POSTEDBYTOEFLTIGERAT5:07AMLINKSTOTHISPOST
LABELS:REALIBTTOEFLTOPICSANDQUESTIONS
TUESDAY,OCTOBER9,2007
- 相关推荐
【托福考试的英文作文】相关文章：
托福考试优秀作文01-27
失败与成功托福考试作文01-28
最新托福考试精选作文题02-03
商业托福考试作文出色语句01-28
商业托福考试中作文精彩语句01-28
新托福考试作文高分技巧08-07
托福考试作文题选编50题02-03
新托福考试作文集训有什么技巧08-07
寒假英文作文(寒假英文作文带翻译)09-18