2. TOEFL SPEAKING QUESTION 3
This is the start of the INTEGRATED TASK
30 SECONDS TO
PREPARE
A READING PASSAGE APPEARS
AND YOU WILL READ IT FOR 45
SECONDS
LISTEN TO A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN A MAN & A WOMAN ON
A UNIVERSITY RELATED SUBJECT
60 SECONDS TO TALK
3. Read the Letter, Article or Bulletin
Identify the Problem or Issue
Know the Proposal / Solution
See the Reasons for the proposal
Listen to the Conversation and see if
it supports or rejects the LAB
Make a connection between the two
Never give your opinion
4. Read the Short Passage
Starting next Monday, the
children-tutoring center is
going to be moved to
building NE10 from building
SE10. It has been
experiencing a decline in
enrolment and there is too
much unused space, so it is
being moved to a smaller
building. NE10 is located in
the southeast corner of the
campus. All currently
enrolled students can get
additional information from
the school library.
Read the Letter, Article or Bulletin
Identify the Problem or Issue
Know the Proposal / Solution
See the Reasons for the proposal
5. Listen to the Conversation and see
if it supports or rejects the LAB
Make a connection between the two
Never give your opinion
Question.The woman expresses her
opinion about the announcement. State her
opinion and explain the reasons that she
gives for holding that opinion.
Preparation Time: 30 seconds
Recording Time: 60 seconds
6. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
You need to come up with good strong words for the following areas to
have a better score in question 3:
1. Words for the subject matter of the questions
These questions are generally:
• University rules and policies
• University plans
• Campus facilities
• Quality of life on campus
2. Words relating to Problem / Solutions
3. Words relating to Agreeing/ Disagreeing
7. COMMON ANSWER TEMPLATE 1
Outline 1(Approved):
According to the notice, the
university college is going to.....
(event: you will read it on
screen)...
It provides....(mention about the
event)...
The man in the conversation is not
keen on this decision at all
because of many reasons.
The first problem he mentioned
that........(1st reason : you will
listen this).........
The second one is.........(2nd
reason : and also this you will
listen).............
So that's why he's not agree with
this decision at all.
Fluency
Voice
Feelings
Organization
Content
Time
8. COMMON ANSWER TEMPLATE 2
Outline 2:
The reading states
that.........
The man's opinion
that ..(agree/not agree
or good/bad).....
He provides two
reasons.
First, ................
Second,.................
That why the man's
opinion is that this is a
great/bad idea.
Fluency
Voice
Feelings
Organization
Content
Time
9. COMMON ANSWER TEMPLATE 2
Outline 3:(May be positive)
In the listening passage, the
man/woman agrees with .......
He/She gives two reasons for
this.
The first reason
that ........................... . He
supports this idea by saying
that .......... example.
In addition, he states
that ..........(2nd reason)......
According to the student, it is
feasible to say that........
Fluency
Voice
Feelings
Organization
Content
Time
10. COMMON ANSWER TEMPLATE 4
Outline 4:
On the one hand, in the
reading, there is a .....
about .......
In fact,the university college is
going to .............. .The main
reasons are ..................
On the other hand, student
agree with this policy.
His reasons are:
first, ..........(detail +
example)................
second,..............(detail +
example).........
For these reasons, ..............
Fluency
Voice
Feelings
Organization
Content
Time
11. SECOND PRACTICE
Read the Short Passage
Over the last few months, the school received many complaints about the lack of
dining areas in the library. We have decided to build a new coffee shop in the
library's bottom floor, where students, faculties, and visitors will be able to relax
and dine. With a full service of coffee and dining areas, the new coffee shop will be
opened from Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, with aims of meeting the dining
needs of students, as well as faculties.
The woman expresses her opinion about the announcement. State
her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that
opinion.
Preparation Time: 30 seconds
Recording Time: 60 seconds