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The Speaking section takes approximately 20 minutes. Response time
allowed
for each question ranges from 45 to 60 seconds. For Speaking questions
that
involve listening, you will hear short spoken passages or conversations
on head-
phones. For Speaking questions that involve reading, you will read short
written
passages on your computer screen. You can take notes throughout the
Speaking section and use your notes when responding to the Speaking
questions. For each
of the six questions, you will be given a short time to prepare a
response. You will
answer each of the questions by speaking into a microphone. Your
responses will
be recorded and sent to a scoring center, and they will be scored by
experienced
raters.


If you got stuck in the TOEFL speaking task use the following method :
Perhaps you can stuck at the beginning so at least you have two points
to support your argument and once you have written those two points that
could really help you :

Use first , second
perhaps third and then finally when you
ordering your point this will helps you pace yourself .

- Once you trying to connect from one point to the next and you're not
sure what to say .You could try using transition like so
,in fact , actually ,will as a matter of fact .
That way using a trick to not say 'ah amm' and you're being professional



Introduce your point by saying :
a. Firstly, First of all, The first point I am going to talk about is
..
b. Secondly, second of all
c. Therefore , For these reasons

e.g.
Some people keep in touch with friends by letter or email. Others do it
by telephone. Which do you prefer to use and why?
In my opinion the telephone is my preferred means of communication
rather than emails or written letters.
The telephone is more personable and allows for two ways contacts so
that people band together better.
I believe that telephone can help avoid miscommunication . People can
clarify any doubts that may have with party in real time .
Therefore, I believe that the telephone is best option in terms of
communicability as well as personality .

questions:
- Would you preferred to write a paper by yourself or with a group ,
use reasons and details to support your response .
- Some preferred lunch as the main meal of the day while others
preferred
dinner, which is your preference and why?


remember:
For all the questions in the test you are given between 45 to 60 seconds
to respond.
So when practicing, time your speech accordingly.

Cont.
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Question 1
For this task, you will be asked to speak about a person, place, object,
or event
that is familiar to you. You will be given 45 seconds to speak your
response. The
topics for this question will vary, but you will always be asked to base
your
response on personal experience or a familiar topic. You might, for
example, be
asked about a place you like to visit, an important event in your life, a
person who
influenced you, or an activity that you enjoy.


الكود:
[size=9][color=RoyalBlue]Tip:
Make a list of familiar topics, and practice speaking about them. You may want to
begin by describing a familiar place or recounting a personal experience.
This question will always ask you both to describe something (for example, an
important event, a favorite activity, an influential person) and to give reasons—
to explain why the event was important, why the activity is one of your favorites,
how the person influenced you, etc. Be sure to respond to all parts of the ques-
tion. Your response should include specific details and/or examples because they
will make your de******ion informative and your reasons comprehensible.
Tip
When giving de******ions, try to avoid presenting long lists since this will reduce the
time you have available to elaborate on the rest of your response[/color][/size]   
.

e.g
Choose a
teacher you admire and explain why you admire him or her. Please
include specific examples and details in your explanation.


Question 2
In this second Independent Speaking Task, you will be presented
with two possi-
ble actions, situations, or opinions. Then you will be asked to say
which of the
actions or situations you think is preferable or which opinion you think
is more
justified and then explain your choice by providing reasons and details.
As with
question 1, you will have 45 seconds to give your response.
Topics for this question include everyday issues of general interest to a
stu-
dent. You may be asked, for example, whether you think it is better to
study at
home or at the library, or whether you think students should take
courses from a
wide variety of fields or else focus on a single subject area, or
whether first-year
college students should be required to live in the dormitory or be
allowed to live
off campus in apartments of their own. You could also be presented with
two
opposing opinions about a familiar topic—for example, about whether or
not
television has been a benefit to humanity—and you would then be asked
which of
the two opinions you agree with.
This question will always ask you to state what your choice or
preference or
opinion is and to explain why—in other words, to support your answer
with rea-
sons, explanations, details, and/or examples. It is important that you
respond to
all parts of the question, and that you are clear about what your
opinion is and
give reasons that will communicate why you have made the choice you did.
It
does not matter which of the two actions, situations, or opinions you
choose,
and, as with Question 1, there is no “right” or “wrong” answer. Your
response will
be rated not on which of the alternatives you choose, but rather on how
well you
explain your choice by supporting it with reasons and details[/


الكود:
One good exercise would be to state an opinion or a preference and then present
supporting reasons clearly and with detail.
Like Question 1, this question will appear on your computer screen and be
read aloud at the same time by the narrator, and you will be given 15 seconds to
prepare an answer. You should use this time to think about what you want to say,
organize your thoughts, and jot down some notes if you feel this will be helpful.
But remember, you should not try to write out a full answer—just a few words or
phrases that may help remind you of the direction you want to take in giving your
response.
Tip
Study and practice words and expressions commonly used to express opinions,
such as:
In my opinion . . .
I believe . .   

I wrote earlier about this type of questions, so you might wanna review
it.

The following image explain the TOEFL iBT Speaking Scoring Rubric
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And finally I'd like to mention that I attached a file that
will help you to describe anything

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Michael Douglas / Star / Cinema / Celebrity.
Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas is a very famous and popular American
actor. He is about sixty years old. He is a slim person and he is
average height. He has got light brown eyes and short fair hair. His
wife is a very beautiful British actress who is named Catherine
Zeta-Johns, she has got green eyes and long straight black hair.
They have got a daughter who is two years old. They all live in the
United States Of America.
**********************************
I would like to tell you about a man I talk about with my friends.
He is generous and kind with everyone. He always likes to help someone, and doesn't expect anything in return. [The rest of that sentence didn't make sense, so I took it out.]
He is in charge of a private charity association in his home town which helps many families. It assists with habitat, education for poor children, and health.
He is my relative, and is living far away from my home town. Whenever I see him I like to sit with him and have a talk. He is the kind of person you admire, the way he talks, and the topics he discusses. He [convenience you -- not sure what you meant here], and never talks about nonsense topics.
Sometimes, if I have a problem, I like him to share with me and advise me what to do to solve that problem. He is always telling me to be honest with myself and respect others' opinions.

Best of luck in your studies!
You're very welcome! Keep at it, you'll be great! :-))


Describing A Person
He is sixty-two and likes to joke with everybody. Almost all the people of his village know him and they take care of him when they don’t see him, he’s old and seems to be sick but he doesn’t think in himself he thinks how he’s going to make people happy. If you don’t know him and you look at his face for the first time you’ll say that he had passed from many things.
His back is arched with old age. He has a pot-balley and he’s getting bold. He likes to keep the last few hair he has short. His skin colour is white. He likes to wear blue t-shirts and trousers. He is neither tall nor short. He doesn’t smoke and doesn’t encourage anybody to do so.
He has been married for so long and he is still loves his wife. He always send her roses on their Anniversary and Valentine’s Day. God gave him three gifts – his children. He has two nephews and two nieces.
Now he can’t really talk, as he wants to because he suffered from a stroke. He has diabetes and his leg had been cut off. Now to walk he has to use an artificial leg. Above all he needed a heart by-pass operation. All these things in just two years.
He goes to church everyday, as he is very religious. He says that God has a plan for his family for being patient with him. He has much courage and for his family he is ready to do everything. His favourite and youngest niece often goes with him to church. They like to pass time together; they’re like best friends. He hopes that in the future no one has to pass from the things he passed. This is the story of John Smith
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This week students work in groups, sharing three descriptions of a person's character (indirect characterization). After the group work, students will write a description of character using each of the three methods.
Group Work:
Choose a person you know very well. Spend five to ten minutes writing down an example for each of the three headings below. Then, share the information, orally, with your group.
Do not use any general words, such as "untidy," "hardworking," or the like. Let your descriptions tell the story. Your fellow students should have a clear idea of that person's character from your indirect description.
Be sure to clarify any misunderstandings and help each other to improve your descriptions.
Physical characteristics:
(E.g.: He is a small man, with unkempt hair, whose trousers were patched at the knees.)
Behaviours:
(E.g.: Whenever he disagrees with me, he stands, arms across his chest, chin jutted out. Then, he waves his finger at me and says, "You have no idea, no idea at all.")
Anecdotes:
(E.g.: Once, when hiking, we were trying to find our way down from a mountain. John clambered down and began slipping towards a sixty foot cliff below. I said to him to hold on a second, put down my pack, held onto a sizable root and pulled him back up.)
Written Work (in class):
Write your examples in full, one for each category (Physical, Behaviours, and Anecdotes)
Homework: Write a single paragraph using the examples you have identified.
The Descriptive Essay
Summary: This resource begins with a general description of essay writing and moves to a discussion of common essay genres students may encounter across the curriculum. Note: The Modes of Discourse: Description, Narration, Exposition, Argumentation (EDNA) The four genres of essays (description, narration, exposition, and argumentation) are common paper assignments you may encounter in your writing classes. Although these genres, also known as the modes of discourse, have been criticized by some composition scholars, the Purdue OWL recognizes the wide spread use of these genres and students’ need to understand and produce these types of essays. We hope these resources will help.
Contributors:Jack Baker, Allen Brizee
Last Edited: 2010-01-08 11:14:20
What is a Descriptive Essay?
The descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe an object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc. This genre encourages the student’s ability to create a written account of a particular experience. What is more, this genre allows for a great deal of artistic freedom (the goal of which is to paint an image that is vivid and moving in the mind of the reader).
One might benefit from keeping in mind this simple maxim: If the reader is unable to clearly form an impression of the thing that you are describing, try, try again!
Here are some guidelines for writing a descriptive essay:
Take time to brainstorm
If your instructor asks you to describe your favorite food, make sure that you jot down some ideas before you begin describing it. For instance, if you choose pizza, you might start by writing down a few words: sauce, cheese, crust, pepperoni, sausage, spices, hot, melted, etc. Once you have written down some words, you can begin by compiling descriptive lists for each one.
Use clear and concise language.
This means that words are chosen carefully, particularly for their relevancy in relation to that which you are intending to describe.
Choose vivid language.
Why use ‘horse’ when you can choose ‘stallion’? Why not use ‘tempestuous’ instead of ‘violent’? Or why not ‘miserly’ in place of ‘cheap’? Such choices form a firmer image in the mind of the reader and often times offer nuanced meanings that serve better one’s purpose.
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Use your senses!
Remember, if you are describing something, you need to be appealing to the senses of the reader. Explain how the thing smelled, felt, sounded, tasted, or looked. Embellish the moment with senses.
What were you thinking?!
If you can describe emotions or feelings related to your topic, you will connect with the reader on a deeper level. Many have felt crushing loss in their lives, or ecstatic joy, or mild complacency. Tap into this emotional reservoir in order to achieve your full descriptive potential.
Leave the reader with a clear impression.
One of your goals is to evoke a strong sense of familiarity and appreciation in the reader. If your reader can walk away from the essay craving the very pizza you just described, you are on your way to writing effective descriptive essays.
Be organized!
It is easy to fall into an incoherent rambling of emotions and senses when writing a descriptive essay. However, you must strive to present an organized and logical description if the reader is to come away from the essay with a cogent sense of what it is you are attempting to describe.
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An Imaginary Place
In my imaginary place I can see a horse, a black horse. It is running on a land. The sun is setting and clouds are big and pink. The sky is orange. The black horse is very beautiful. When the horse is running her hair shines with the sun. The horse is running very fast. On the land there are plants, flowers and trees. The land is very beautiful and wonderful.
When the horse is running I can hear birds and the river. In the river there are some fishes. But the loudest sound is the horse's breathing.
In my imaginary place I'm feeling very good. It is a dream
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Describing a Person or Place
Descriptive writing has always been a headache for me. Most L2 learners, and even some native speakers, just don’t have a firm enough grasp of English to handle the sensory descriptions, so they avoid descriptive writing exercises, and if they have to do it, resort to piling adjectives on top of one another.
Let’s start by looking at this:


I have a coworker. Her name is Linda. She has three dogs, and takes them to dog shows very often. During work breaks we would get together and talk about her three dogs and my boyfriend.

The more I get to know her, the more I realize she has low self-esteem. For one thing, she thinks she is over-weighted, and her troublesome relationship with her boyfriends seemed to confirm that fact for her.

At first, I did not know why she never talked much about her family. But as I got to know her, I realized they were never there for her. Her lousy dad left her shortly after she was born, and her depressed mom was always drinking. Perhaps that is why she has so much trouble with personal relationship.
A month ago, she broken up again with her ninth boy friend, and a stable long-term relationship is not very likely for her. What a shame. She told me she would find someone who would accept her dogs as part of her. I certainly hope she will find that special someone one day.

The problems with this piece: The narrator spends too much time telling us what Linda is like, but readers would rather see for themselves. Besides, the piece moves at one pace and seldom dwells on details readers like to know about.
These are just a few things I’ve found that really help:
You need to give a vivid portrayal of whatever you are describing.
If you are describing a person:
1. Tell your readers how the person looks. List the person’s physical features and describe them.
2. Describe the person’s actions.
3. Provide dialogues. Let the person speak for herself.
4. Give an anecdote or incidents that helps illustrate that person’s character.
5. Give a hint of what the narrator feels about the person.

If you are describing a place, tell us how it looks, sounds, feels, and smells, and what it means to you. Decide whether you will be looking at the place from 1) a stationary vantage point, 2) a moving viewpoint or 3) a combination of both.
This is a rewrite of the original. Note the use of dialogues and anecdotes throughout:


“Look at MY kids! He won Best in Show and she won Best of Breed…this is in the local AFC show…” Linda went on and on, flashing (a stronger action verb instead of a more generic “show”) photo after photo of her victorious poodles before my eyes.
I keep no dogs, but have a boyfriend and a cat to look after. During our work breaks, I walk to her cubicle so we can brag about our “kids”. Her 12-by-14 cubicle is right at the far corner on the top floor, with pictures of her dogs all lined up on her shelf, next to her Bible. Numerous dog show certificates on the cubical walls. No sign of any family photos. (Readers may wonder why there are no family photos.)
Whenever I visit her, Linda has a stack of photos in one hand and a K9 Magazine in the other. She smiles, shakes her little finger at me and says, "Hey Jules!" (Jules is also the name of one of her dogs.) We get the routine down pat -- five minutes on poodle coat care (one of her poodles has corded coat), another five on the politics of dog shows, and a minute or two on my cat -- and she shoves the pictures to me to look at in my own time.
Our daily chat, other than pet anecdotes, consists of not much more than tireless streams of grievances ---more from her than me. She could not have lavished more adjectives on canine beauty than on her frustrations of life. “My idiot boyfriend left me again.” “All these stupid people think I’m stuck with losers.” “My boss promoted a tall skinny blonde over me.” "I’m too fat to get a husband.”
When I first heard the last complaint, I took a good look at her – short, plump, black curly hair, hazel eyes, and really rosy cheeks. She looked almost pretty in loose clothing. (Physical description of Linda) I told her I would rather be a little bigger myself, skinny as I am. But she said I was closer to the norm, and since her parents passed her such fat genes, she elected not to contribute to the gene pool. She would breed dogs instead. (Note that the narrator chooses to paraphrase the dialogue here.)
I lost no time in pursuing her about her family. Reluctant at first, she told me her story bit by bit -- her father left her mother for a teenage girl soon after she was born, and her mother has been drinking herself nearly to death ever since. Linda ended up spending a great deal of time with her grandmother, who is now in a nursing home, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. (Linda’s background)
As if to convince herself not to get involved in another relationship, she incessantly reminds herself of the frailties of men: they are scoundrels, scumbags, losers, craving only youth and beauty, even if they have neither. All reminders are lost, however, when she runs into an attractive guy. Just last month, I overheard her saying, “I went by the drugstore yesterday to pick up some drugs, and they had a new pharmacist. Now talk about cute, and no ring on the finger!” I could not help smiling.
Her poodles seem to be a constant source of dispute between her and her men. In fact, her ninth boyfriend just left her because of the animals. “He said it’s either him or them. But how can I part with my dogs?” She blotted away her tears with two balls of tissue paper. “You know what, if I am ever going to marry, I’ll make sure my husband loves my dogs as Jesus loves his church. I’ll think about whether to obey him later.”
I walked away from her cubicle almost exhilarated about having a man and a cat as stable companions. (The narrator feels lucky when comparing herself with Linda)

This is from “El Hoyo”, by Mario Suarez:


“From the center of downtown Tucson the ground slopes gently away to Main Street, drops a few feet, and then rolls to the banks of the Santa Cruz River. Here lies the section of the city known as El Hoyo. (A moving point of view) Why it is called El Hoyo is not very clear. In no sense is it a hole as its name would imply; it is simply a river's immediate valley. Its inhabitants are chicanos who raise hell on Saturday night and listen to Padre Estanislao on Sunday morning. (How the place sounds to the narrator)While the term chicano is the short way of saying Mexicano, it is not restricted to the paisanos who came from old Mexican with the territory or the last famine to work for the railroad, labor, sing, and go on relief. Chicano is the easy way of referring to everybody. Pablo Gutierrez married the Chinese grocer's daughter and now runs a meat department; (Action) his sons are chicanos. So are the sons of Killer Jones who threw a fight in Harlem and fled to El Hoyo to marry Cristina Mendez (action). And so are all of them.”



And this is a descriptive piece from one of our forum gurus, written from a stationary vantage point. Note the action verbs that paint a vivid picture of the view (from Thread Topic "Merry Christmas! What can you see from your window?"):


This morning I see the miniature maple just outside the window, drenched from last night's rain. Only about a dozen wet, dead leaves remain, hanging by a thread, twisting and turning in the cool breeze. It's hard to say whether they're bored waiting for the inevitable, or whether they are actively attempting suicide. (Personification)
The furnace has started up. It's chilly today.
Absent mindedly slurping morning coffee, I see the well-kept homes and well-manicured lawns of my neighbors. I see the wet streets and the little puddles strewn with dead leaves and reflecting the sky, just like in the Escher print (Here, the narrator compares the view to the Escher print). The magnolia is still green, though, and the hedges of juniper and rosemary. I see our residential street disappear as it rounds the bend and heads toward the bigger streets in town, looking for action, I suppose.
It's already nine o'clock, but not a sign of life in sight - except for the motor home parked in front of a distant neighbor's home. Holiday visitors, I assume.
Stillness. A light misty rain begins to fall. Aha! And now there's the cat, in a distinctly sulky mood as he moves slowly across the driveway. Silently cursing the wet weather, he seems resigned to the prospect of a bad hunting day. I sometimes say "my" cat because I feed him now and then, but he belongs to someone else in the neighborhood - someone I've never met.
An enormous black crow swoops onto a neighbor's lawn to investigate anything that might be of interest, particularly anything edible. Designed more for flight, he struts awkwardly, but for all his awkwardness he manages to make himself look bossy all the same. Thirty seconds inspecting the grass and he's off. Not even a quick squawk to break the silence (Finally a sound!), so unimpressed is he by the slim pickings.
The blue-gray clouds seem to thin and the sunlight seems to intensify - nature on a dimmer switch. A few tiny insects rise through the growing light, paddling frantically through the air on even tinier wings, as if divers desperate to reach the surface for a breath of air.
And then it happens. The switch is turned all the way up, and the sun blasts through the mist in one glorious, blinding shaft of light, reflecting in all directions off the pools of standing water. The atmosphere itself seems to glow.
And then, slowly, the process reverses, and the dimness returns.
I wonder where we'll all be next year at this time.

These websites have more information on descriptive writing:


Details, details
When you write, you need to avoid general terms that do not give readers enough information to go on. Be as vivid and specific as possible -- readers want details.

For example: Nothing excites me more than driving a nice vehicle on the road.

Now, that is not telling our readers much. How nice is the vehicle? What kind of vehicle? What sort of road am I driving on? How about being a bit more specific?-- Nothing excites me more than driving a sports car on the highway.

That's a little better. The readers now know this is not just any vehicle; it's a sports car going on a highway.

How about giving our readers a vivid mental picture?-- Nothing thrills me more than driving a Ferrari on the Autobahn at 140 km an hour.

Now, that's clearer: it creates a picture in the readers' minds. I'm not driving just any sports car; it's a Ferrari. And I am doing it at 140 km an hour.

I hope this gives you an idea about word choices: pick concrete terms that create distinct images in your readers' minds. Give your readers as much information as they need. To be able to write like this on a regular basis, you will need to avoid describing things in general terms. (e.g. "How's the book?" "The book is very nice. The characters are pretty well done, and the story line is nice too." That does not tell you much of anything, does it?) Replace overly used adjectives such as "well", "good", "nice", "lovely", or "pretty" with details. After all, ambiguous word choice is a reflection of a confused mind.

PS: I just want to share a personal experience with you all. I went to a meeting today, and I ran into someone with a funny nose. I later told an American colleague, "This guy has a funny nose."

He said, "What do you mean?"

I replied, "It's a sharp nose."
He said, "Really?"
I explained, "It looked as if he pinched his nose with an invisible clothes peg."

My colleague laughed.

See? By being as specific as I could, my colleague was able to see what kind of nose I was talking about. Imagine someone pinching his/her own nose with a clothes peg!
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