Task 2 — Thông báo trong trường
TOEFL Speaking practice questions in the real exam format and timing.
Questions
The man/woman expresses an opinion about the announcement. State that opinion and explain the reasons given.
Model answer
Written by 8020 teachers. Do not memorise it — take the structure and the way ideas are developed, then speak about your own life.
Vocabulary you can use today
- opposes this plan
- phan doi ke hoach nay — dung ro rang thay vi 'doesn't like'
- points out
- chi ra, neu ra — tu chinh xac khi tom tat y kien nguoi khac
- in his/her opinion
- theo quan diem cua anh/co ay — cach dan ý kien ro rang
- significant portion
- phan dang ke — thay cho 'many students'
- justify
- binh luan, cho phep — 'don't justify' = khong xung dang
- alternative
- phuong an thay the — tu hay trong Task 2
Common traps for Vietnamese speakers
Task 2 KHAC Task 1: ban KHONG neu y kien ca nhan. Ban chi tom tat y kien nguoi trong conversation. "I agree with the woman" = sach trang. Hai ly do la bat buoc. Neu trong conversation co 3 ly do, chon 2 ro rang nhat va co chi tiet nhat. Neu chi co 1 ly do ro rang, gio it cho ly do thu hai nhung dung bo qua hoan toan. Bat dau bang "The university has announced that..." ngay — khong mat thoi gian "Good morning, today I'm going to discuss..." Co toi 60 giay ma con nhieu viec de lam.
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Record 90 seconds. You get four criteria, the exact words that slipped, and your own sentence rewritten two levels up.