1. TOEFL independent and comprehensive oral test content
Usually, candidates will see the words printed on the screen. After reading the questions, there will be 15 seconds for preparation, and then 45 seconds for answering questions. Because of the openness of independent questions, you can play freely after confirming your stated views, and you can add a lot of points with highlights. However, it is worth noting that the preparation time is only 15 seconds, so you should train more before preparing for the exam. As we know, the traditional simple questions in independent questions revolve around four types: people, things, places and things. In recent years, the independent oral part has also encountered the problem of giving advice on something and describing personal hobbies, which has increased the difficulty and increased the penalty. Therefore, for these changes, candidates should pay more attention to common hot spots in life and practice for 45 seconds. You can discuss according to the topics that candidates are familiar with, such as describing a familiar place or a personal experience; Explain an opinion or preference in simple and clear language, and explain the reasons in logical language; Or make a suggestion and convince others to accept it with a reasonable explanation. At the same time, candidates also need to pay attention to some hot topics and answer them for one minute. Make use of the real situation of the exam, choose a question, prepare 1 minute, express your views in your own language, explain the reasons and improve your oral expression ability. Slowly shorten the preparation time to meet the test requirements.
Candidates will generally take the initiative to understand the examination form of comprehensive questions. We call the last four tasks comprehensive questions. Because each question has a fixed routine, we need to review each question one-on-one. The first is the campus situation, that is, Task3 and Task5, which are campus life questions. Task3 is that candidates read the campus announcement or open letter first, tell about an accident that will happen on campus, analyze and give the cause of the accident. Then there is the dialogue between the students in the school. There are two options in the dialogue. Candidates choose one. After that, candidates have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to answer, summarize the main contents mentioned in the reading, and choose a scheme to explain and explain. Task5 is a dialogue, the content is that there are two corresponding solutions to life difficulties, and then candidates have 20 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to answer. Different from the third question, after retelling the general situation of listening, candidates need to add their own personal suggestions to help people with hearing difficulties choose one of the two solutions and give reasons.
The last part is academic curriculum discussion, academic curriculum. That is, corresponding to Task4 and Task6, candidates will listen to an academic lecture, and then they are usually teachers, so their pronunciation will also change. So remember to add people with different voices when conducting simulation training. Among them, Task4 is that candidates first read the descriptive articles of a certain subject term (that is, the reading part), and then listen to the professor's example explanation of the term (that is, the listening part). After that, students have 30 seconds of preparation time and 60 seconds of answering time to summarize the main contents of reading and listening (no need to add personal opinions). Task6 is a lecture clip that candidates listen to directly. The professor first gives a basic overview of a phenomenon, and then explains it with two symmetrical examples. After listening, candidates have 20 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to answer questions to retell the main contents of the listening (no need to add personal opinions).
In short, after the candidates know the details of the TOEFL speaking test room, they should not worry too much about pronunciation except the daily simulation training, as long as they can express themselves clearly. Of course, when preparing for the exam, everyone should also focus on practicing skimming and continuous reading. The first step is to understand other people's skimming/linking, the second step is to clearly distinguish the exact position of skimming/linking, the third step is to imitate skimming/linking, and the last step is to skim/linking independently when speaking.
2. Difficulties in TOEFL speaking test
Whether before the exam or when you are just about to contact, you should fully understand some myths about TOEFL oral English, so as to break through the bottleneck of low scores and win the first place.
It is suggested that students should make full preparations before TOEFL oral candidates, whether preparing for the exam by themselves or under the guidance of teachers, they should fully understand the setting of the exam, what is the survey form of each task, what are the main points of the survey and how to answer them.
1, the answer time is short and the language is not completely organized.
Usually we know that the preparation time for each task is only 15 or 30 seconds, which is very short. If you don't do the previous simulation training, you will be flustered and incoherent in the examination room. In addition, to present a "complete answer" quickly, your answer should be not only meaningful, but also clear in logic. You can't say it over and over again, let alone finish the remaining blank time in two or three sentences. Therefore, we must pay attention to the control of time and the organization of content when preparing for exams. In the usual training process, we should practice on different topics and accumulate enough materials.
The first sentence in the answer has nothing to do with the next sentence.
First of all, candidates should make it clear that logic is ETS's favorite, and oral expression must be logical and organized. Candidates like to listen to high-scoring answers repeatedly, but it is easy to solidify their way of thinking. Candidates are advised to practice writing several answer outlines, use the total score structure and prove your main sentence in concise language. After listing several outlines, it can be used to correct logical errors in oral expression. In addition, in fact, TOEFL attaches great importance to the support of detailed examples after your argument, so you should also pay attention to it in your usual expression. You'd rather say one or two arguments, but you can't swallow them all.
3, we must pay attention to the use of language and basic grammar.
Many candidates have fallen into many misunderstandings in the flexible use of language. In particular, rote learning uses high-end vocabulary and complex sentences. In fact, too complicated sentences are easy to beat around the bush, so it is easy to make many grammatical mistakes, and it is difficult for examiners to understand the recording, which leads to losing points. In fact, in terms of language preparation, the accumulation of listening and reading at ordinary times is enough for us to use. The oral test examines the level of oral ability and avoids applying written vocabulary and sentence patterns.
4. When recording, the voice is very small and there is no tone change.
Candidates are usually not confident when answering questions because of insufficient preparation and practice before the exam. In this way, your voice will be very vague and there will be no change in pronunciation and intonation. Some candidates are introverted and their pronunciation and intonation are not loud enough. The lack of confidence and generosity in the examination room is not a formal problem, but an essential one. Because this will lead to a low volume and unclear pronunciation when you answer questions. If the examiner can hear the unconfidence in your voice, then the score is not high. Therefore, candidates must practice more and increase their confidence. No matter what your usual personality is, speak out loudly and boldly in the examination room.
Before the TOEFL speaking test, I hope candidates will read carefully, find their own shortcomings and do the corresponding training.
3. How to practice TOEFL speaking?
Generally speaking, TOEFL speaking is a difficult point in the four parts of TOEFL test. This is because candidates lack efficient methods to prepare oral English. Although they spend a lot of time and energy, they still can't find the key to really improve their spoken English.
Many candidates lack experience in preparing for TOEFL speaking test. Different from other TOEFL test questions, they have clear answering rules. TOEFL spoken English often makes people feel unable to grasp it and don't know how to improve it. Sometimes it is difficult to judge whether they are right or not. In view of this, I think in addition to practicing hard in preparing for the exam, everyone needs to use some skills to improve the learning effect.
1, do more real questions and accumulate practical experience.
If you want to answer questions thoroughly, you must first understand the thinking of TOEFL questioners and find out what people want you to answer. This requires doing a lot of real and simulated questions and mastering the way from the law. This is the truth used in all parts of the exam, needless to say.
2. Use more simple sentences and less long and difficult sentences.
Americans pay most attention to conciseness and brevity. Usually, they just want to express their ideas without paying attention to grammar. ETS TOEFL online test is based on practical application and pays more attention to the humanization of language. Therefore, students should learn to use more noun verbs, less adjective adverbs, more simple sentences and short sentences, and less complex sentences when doing oral questions. This can not only meet the "clear and easy to understand" scoring conditions, but also meet the "grammatical accuracy" requirements, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Of course, it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort by appropriately embellishing one or two familiar classic slang words in the middle.
3. The answer follows the inverted pyramid structure.
Because of the short time and heavy tasks, a better way to achieve the requirements of "tight organization and complete structure" is to imitate the classic writing of news "inverted pyramid structure" The first step is to face up to the question and answer the answer directly. The second step is to explain and analyze the core answers strictly. The third step is to talk about something relatively extensive. In this way, even if there is not enough time, speaking less will not affect the integrity of the answer, and the focus is prominent and the thinking is clear. But in the end, you must remember to reorder the topics at the end, so that the coherent structure will make the theme stand out.
4. Master the classic five-element method.
The so-called classic five elements are WHO, what, why, where and how. "Who did what when and where, and why?" When you encounter classroom conversations and scene speeches in the exam, you should write down these elements when taking notes, and then sort them out when answering questions. This is a logical, clear and complete oral answer.
5. Make more records and comparisons in oral practice.
The TOEFL test is American English, and the marking teacher of oral English is American, so if you can master the "American accent" skillfully, you can use the subjective test of oral English. The method is: listen carefully and follow up. In the process of intensive listening, we should learn to find out "listening vocabulary", that is, those words and conjunctions that foreigners often read continuously, and memorize them for ourselves. Then follow-up training, record your own voice and compare it with the original sound, and then repeatedly correct the imitation until the fake is confused with the real. Only in this way can your spoken English leave a natural and true impression on the grading teacher.
6. Keep the speed and volume stable.
In TOEFL speaking test, a moderately slow speech speed is a way to reduce the number of pauses. Speaking slowly can make you think. If there is a thought truncation, the common conjunctions that have been occupied by themselves in the process of intensive listening will come out to fill the space and keep the whole answer smooth.
7, the number of spoken words is difficult to apply.
Vocabulary is not about quantity, about 2500 words is enough, and common words are enough. The key is to master and use some small turning conjunctions, verbs and idioms in American spoken language skillfully, which can make the whole spoken language sound wonderful. For example, to describe a person's cleverness, if you use cleverness instead of cleverness, it will give people a bright feeling, and you will feel that your spoken English is flowing out, not squeezed out.