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Listening & Speaking. Reading. Writing. PRESENTATION OUTLINE. Listening & Speaking. what it is? Group discussion Listen, speak Participation: agree, disagree, ask opinion, give opinion, interrupt, deal with interruption, correct, check understanding, react to suggestion, suggest, etc.
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Listening & Speaking • what it is? • Group discussion • Listen, speak • Participation: agree, disagree, ask opinion, give opinion, interrupt, deal with interruption, correct, check understanding, react to suggestion, suggest, etc. • Group leader starts the discussion • Last participant or group leader conclude the discussion • Tips: • Divide the idea into some points • Listen to others carefully • Find out the points from the previous participant • Answer the argument and share your own points • Maintain the courtesy • Follow the rules while participating
Useful phrases for group discussion • Agreeing: • I totally agree • I think you are right up to a point but… • Disagreeing: • You are quite wrong there • I am sorry, but I don’t agree at all • Asking for opinion: • So what do you think, (name)? • Would you like to add anything, (name)? • Giving opinion: • In my point of view… • As far as I’m concerned… • Interrupting: • Sorry to interrupt, but… • Can I just make a point?
Useful phrases for group discussion • Dealing with interruption: • I haven’t finished, if you don’t mind • Let me just make my point • Correcting misunderstanding: • Don’t get me wrong. What I meant was… • Look, put it another way,… • Checking your understanding: • Do you really mean to say…? • What exactly do you mean by that? • Reacting to suggestion: • That’s a good idea! • That’s not possible/ practicable/ feasible • Making suggestion: • You should… • I suggest/ propose (+gerund) i.e. I propose doing a survey
Reading • Passages: 4 (easy – hard) • Types of questions: 11 • Factual questions: These ask you to locate and identify specific information in the passage. e.g. according to the information in paragraph 1, • where did… • According to the passage why did… • Which of the following is true? • Negative factual questions: These ask which of the answer choices is not true, according to the passage, or is not mentioned in the passage. e.g. according to the information in paragraph 2, • Which of the following is not … • The author mentions all of the following in the passage except…
Reading 3. Vocabulary questions: These ask you to identify the meaning of a word or phrase used in the passage. e.g. • the word ____ in the passage is closest in meaning to … 4. Inference questions: These ask you to draw conclusions based on information in the passage. • e.g. from the information in the paragraph 4, it can be inferred that … 5. Questions about author’s purpose: These ask you why the author uses a certain word, detail, or example in the passage. e.g. • From the information in the paragraph 5, it can be inferred that … • In paragraph 5, the author suggests that …
Reading 6. Questions about the authors method: These ask you to describe how the author explain or accomplishes something in the passage. e.g. • How does the author explain the concept of _____ in paragraph 6? 7. Questions about author’s attitude: These ask you how the author feels about a certain issue, idea, or person that is mentioned in the passage. • What is the author’s opinion of ____? • Which of the following most actually reflects the author’s opinion of ____? 8. Sentence restatement/ simplification questions: These ask you which choice best restates and summarizes the information in a sentence from the passage. • Which of following sentences best expresses the essential information in the sentence below?
Reading 9. Reference questions: These ask you what word a pronoun or other reference word refers to. • The word ____ in the passage refers to … 10. Sentence addition questions: these give you a sentence that is not in the passage and ask you to put it into the passage. Four black squares appear between sentences of the paragraph. 11. Complete-the-summary and complete-the-chart questions: you will be given six answer choices. You have to choose the most important three of these.
Reading • Tips: • Begin from the passage one than proced • Give more time the easy ones i.e. 1, 2 and less time one difficult ones i.e. 3,4. • Try to think first and don’t guess • Guess only in last 5 minitues