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Using the main point and examples from the lecture, describe two practices that humans can do to help prevent soil erosion and depletion.

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How we review your speaking response	Our TOEFL certified instructors will review your speaking response based on the following criteria: Task Fulfillment Pronunciation & Intonation Flow & Speech Correct Grammar Usage Vocabulary Usage (Appropriacy and Range) Support & Development Connections & Coherence You will receive a score, feedback, and a TOEFL report on each speaking criteria. The average score for all criteria will be converted to a score out of 4. This reviewing process imitates how ETS® TOEFL grades a TOEFL speaking response.

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Task fulfillment is about how well you respond to the question you are given. TOEFL raters are looking for a response that answers the question directly, with relevant ideas that are fully developed. Fulfilling the task means answering all parts of the question completely.

Score: 2 / 4

Score	TOEFL Report
0	doesn’t address the task or no response was given
1	The response is unconnected or minimally connected to the given task
2	is mostly connected to the given task/question, but presents some ideas and information that are not directly related to the task/question may focus more on the reading passage than the listening
3	is connected to the given task/question, but may not be fully developed generally focuses on listening passage but may include a few unnecessary details from the reading passage
4	directly addresses the task/question and is fully developed focuses exactly on the points from the listening that satisfy the requirements of the task

Pronunciation & Intonation (Sample)

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Pronunciation and intonation is about how you form English sounds and how you use natural English intonation. Your pronunciation and intonation can damage your score if it is difficult for the raters to understand what you are saying.

Score: 2 / 4

Score	TOEFL Report
0	doesn’t address the task or no response was given
1	The response requires significant effort by listener because speech is mostly unclear, due to errors with: individual sounds and clusters word and sentence stress final intonation
2	The response requires some listener effort because speech is sometimes unclear, due to some unnatural use of: individual sounds and clusters word and sentence stress final and non-final intonation
3	The response may require effort by listener at times, though speech is generally clear, with: some sound and cluster pronunciation mistakes unnatural word and sentence stress some unnatural intonation
4	The response requires almost no effort by listener because speech is clear, including: natural sound and cluster pronunciation mostly natural intonation natural word and sentence stress, which may be used to convey subtle meanings

Flow & Speech (Sample)

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Flow and speech is about how quickly you can speak and how much pausing and hesitation you use. You don’t have to speak quickly, but just quickly enough to sound natural and explain all of your ideas. Raters want to hear natural rhythm and flow.

Score: 2 / 4

Score	TOEFL Report
0	doesn’t address the task or no response was given
1	has disconnected speech that does not flow naturally has mostly short and overly basic utterances includes many unnatural pauses and hesitations that may make the listener uncomfortable
2	attempts but has some difficulties maintaining natural rhythm and fluid speech attempts more than just basic utterances, though stops frequently to prepare ideas or self-correct may contain some long pauses and unnatural hesitations
3	sustains mostly natural rhythm, though at times breaks it with unnatural linking or stress has some unnatural pausing and hesitation
4	has mostly natural rhythm is generally quite fluid and sustained has minimal unnatural pausing and hesitation

Correct Grammar Usage (Sample)

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Correct grammar usage is about how you use English grammar and sentence structure. Raters want to see that you can use what you know correctly. Your grammar doesn’t have to be perfect to score high, but mistakes shouldn’t interfere with your meaning.

Score: 2 / 4

Score	TOEFL Report
0	doesn’t address the task or no response was given
1	Meaning is often difficult to understand because of significant and frequent errors with: nouns verb tenses adverbs and adjectives, including some phrases word order articles, pronouns, quantifiers, prepositions geru
2	Meaning is sometimes obscured because of errors with: noun and noun phrases verb (tenses and modals) adverbs and adjectives (including phrases) word order articles, pronouns, quantifiers, prepositions gerunds and inf
3	Meaning is generally clear despite some errors with: noun phrases and clauses verb (tenses, modals, and passives) adverbs and adjectives (including phrases and clauses) word order articles, pronouns, quantifiers, prepositi
4	Meaning is not affected by grammatical errors, though there may still be minor errors with: noun phrases and clauses verb (tenses, modals, and passives) adverbs and adjectives (including phrases and clauses) word order art

Vocabulary Usage (Appropriacy and Range) (Sample)

Criteria Description

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Vocabulary usage is about how you use English words. Raters are looking for responses that use different words correctly and accurately, and that use a wide range of words that help listeners understand.

Score: 2 / 4

Score	TOEFL Report
0	doesn’t address the task or no response was given
1	includes mistakes with basic word form includes limited vocabulary, with repetition and reliance on vocabulary from the question prompt often uses inappropriate or incorrect words or wording
2	may include some incorrect word forms attempts to use a range of words and phrases but may make errors that confuse the listener makes somewhat accurate word choice but at times leaves the listener guessing
3	uses mostly correct word forms uses a range of words and phrases that is mostly appropriate, possibly including some idiomatic language makes generally accurate word choice with only some effort by the listener
4	uses generally correct word forms with only minimal errors effectively uses a wide range of words and phrases, which may include phrasal verbs and idioms includes generally accurate word choice and at times demonstrates sophistication in vo

Support & Development (Sample)

Criteria Description

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Support and development is about the content of your speaking response. Your content should be related directly to the topic, and you should have several main ideas that support your opinion or position. These ideas should be persuasive or compelling.

Score: 2 / 4

Score	TOEFL Report
0	doesn’t address the task or no response was given
1	does not include much relevant information has no or very little detail or explanation
2	includes some important information but not all key ideas presents several ideas or some information incorrectly or imprecisely may show lack of understanding of key ideas from listening and reading
3	includes most important information or key ideas may include some inaccuracies or imprecise ideas shows generally good understanding of key ideas but may not describe them specifically
4	includes all key ideas required by the question may have slight errors shows very good understanding of key ideas and the ability to explain them well includes all key ideas required by the question may have slight errors <

Connections & Coherence (Sample)

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connections and coherence are about how you put your ideas together and link different sentences to each other. Raters want to see speaking that flows naturally from idea to idea without confusing the listener.

Score: 2 / 4

Score	TOEFL Report
0	doesn’t address the task or no response was given
1	has little or no connection between ideas, making the logic difficult to follow includes no effective words or expressions of transition, introduction, or conclusion
2	has some connection between ideas but may jump between some topics, causing some listener confusion includes some brief or simple words or expressions of transition, introduction, or conclusion
3	has generally good connection between ideas includes generally good range of words or expressions of transition, introduction, or conclusion but may not feel wholly unified
4	has very good connection between ideas that are logically and effectively ordered includes a range of words or expressions of transition, introduction, and conclusion which conveys a feeling of unity and completeness

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Answer structure

In the TOEFL Integrated Speaking Task 4, there are lectures where two different aspects or subtopics of a bigger topic are discussed. For example:
- Using the main point and examples from the lecture, describe the two ways of discovering an invention.
- Describe two adaptations that the Arctic butterfly has developed for cold climates.
- Describe slump and creep.
- Describe two negative impacts of logos.

In this case, your response should include the following:

1. The explanation of the topic
2. The first example or the first concept
3. The second example or the second concept
4. A conclusion

There are some questions that ask you to explain the concept mentioned in the lecture together with the two examples provided by the professor. For example:
- Using two examples from the lecture, describe camouflage.
- Using two examples from the lecture, describe ecological succession.
- Using two examples from the lecture, describe the relationship between Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration.

In this case, you can use the following template to form your response.

The lecture is about ______
The professor uses two examples to demonstrate ______
In the first example, ______
In the second example, ______
In summary/Therefore/Ultimately, ______

Note-taking tips

When listening and taking notes, you should concentrate on the following three things: the academic topic, transition words, and examples.

There are certain keywords or sentence patterns that professors use to introduce new academic concepts:

1. X is a/an ______ that/who/which/where _________________________
2. X occurs when/where ________________________________
3. A concept/idea/situation________ that/who/which ___________ is referred to as/known as/called X
4. X refers to the idea/concept that ____ or X___ refers to the situation/circumstance where ____

Examples:
Verbal communication is a type of communication that uses words and language.
VC occurs when we use language and speak to each other
The style of communication that uses words and language is referred to as VC.
VC refers to a style of communication where language and words are used

Pay attention to the following transition words that help you capture the main ideas and examples:

Type of connection	Transition words
These words can help you show the order of ideas.	First/Second/Third Firstly (or "First of all")/Secondly/Thirdly (or "Lastly") For one thing/For another thing/Finally (or "Lastly") In the first place/in the second place/Finally (or "Lastly") Instead of "First", "First of all" and "Firstly", we can use "To begin with", "To start with", or "For starters". We can also use "First and foremost" to state that the first key point is the most important one among all key points. Likewise, instead of "Finally" and "Lastly", we can use "Last but not least" to state that the final key point is just as important as the others, despite it being mentioned last.
These words can help you add information	In addition, furthermore, additionally, also, next, moreover, what's more, on top of that
These words can help you conclude or to summarize:	To sum up, in summary, in conclusion, to conclude, all in all, all things considered ,overall, taking everything into consideration, in a nutshell
These words can help you demonstrate contrast	Conversely, on the contrary, by contrast, by way of contrast, on one hand/on the other hand
These words can help you compare or demonstrate similarity	Similarly, likewise, by the same token, along similar lines
These words can help you state a result.	As a result, as a consequence, consequently, therefore
These words can help you state a generalization.	Generally, on the whole, in most cases, in general
These words can help you clarify a point.	That is, in other words, to put it simply, That is to say, just to reiterate
These words can help you give examples.	For example, for instance, take something, for example, to give a clear example
These words can help you state an alternative.	Alternatively, as another possibility

Examples:

Good morning! Class! Today I want to talk about an interesting psychological phenomenon: word framing. Basically, a concept that people make choices to describe a situation in a positive or negative way is referred to as word framing. For example, if the weather today is forecast to be cloudy and there is a 50% possibility of rain, according to the forecast many people may take umbrellas with them, but if the weather forecast was delivered as there is a 50% possibility of sunshine then very few people would prepare for a rainy day. Naturally, as you can imagine, word framing can produce significant effects on buyers’ decisions, so many advertisements are carefully worded to render the best outcome. For example, we often hear or read that a certain medicine works for 90% of the patients. That sounds pretty cool right. Let’s say there is another medicine claiming it does not work for 10% of the patients. Which would you choose the first one or the second one? So. Of course, customers would find the first one more attractive and buy it, but both medicines have the same percentage of workability.

Alright! For those of you who don’t know what a self-fulfilling prophecy is. Today’s lecture I am going to talk about self-fulfilling prophecy! So.. a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when a person acts based on a false presupposition, forcing their thoughts to become the reality. I'll give you an example. A bank is run properly for many years, there are no problems whatsoever, and everybody's money is safe. One day, a large group of people came to the bank, the reason is unknown, and many of the customers falsely perceive this to mean the bank is in financial trouble, so they decide to withdraw their money so they do not incur any losses. Unfortunately for the bank, the rumor continued and more people began withdrawing their money and finally the bank did go into financial trouble and ended up going bankrupt. Therefore, the false rumor indirectly became true as a result of their actions.

Here are symbols you can use in your notes.

Symbol	Meaning	Examples
=	refer to, occur, ..etc	A concept that people make choices to describe a situation in a positive or negative way is referred to as word framing Word framing = ppl describe a situation in ✓ or X way.
∵	Because, as a result of, due to, because, owing to	Due to the increasing popularity of e-books, there has been a fall in paper book sales. ∵↑e-books, paper books $↓
∴	Therefore	Element 43 has radioactive decay, therefore element 43 doesn't last very long, which means if that ever had been present on earth, it would have decayed ages ago. Elem43 has radioa. decay ∴ it ≠ last long
=>	result in, lead to, contribute to, give rise to, cause	Carbon dioxide significantly contributes to global warming. CO => global warming
≠	isn't, doesn't, don't, can't etc.	Element 43 has radioactive decay, therefore element 43 doesn't last very long, which means if that ever had been present on earth, it would decayed ages ago. Elem43 has radioa. decay ∴ it ≠ last long
+	many, lots of, a great deal of, etc.	Because potatoes have the ability to provide abundant and extremely nutritious food crop, no other crop grew in Northern Europe. As a result, the nutrition of the general population improved tremendously and population soared in the early 1800s. ∵ potatoes /nutri crop/+vitamins => popul↑ in Europe 1800s
++	Comparatives	Older and more experienced birds who nest in the high density shrub areas have significantly more offspring than those in low density areas, which suggests the choice of where to nest does have an impact on the number of chicks they have. older birds /nest in high shrub ++offsprings birds/nest in low shrub
+++	Superlatives	What was even more surprising were all the large organisms that lived down there. The most distinctive of these was something called the tube worm. Here, let me show you a picture. The tube of the tube worm is really, really long. They can be up to one and half meters long, and these tubes are attached to the ocean floor, pretty weird looking, huh? ! +++special = tube warm /long/tubes attached to ocean floor
-	Little, few, lack ,in short of/ be in shortage of, etc.	As I said the monsoon migrated itself, so there was less rain in the Sahara. The land started to get drier, which in turn caused huge decreases in the amount of vegetation, because vegetation doesn't grow as well in dry soil, right? And then, less vegetation means the soil can't hold water and the soil loses its ability to retain water when it does rain. So then you have less moisture to help clouds form, nothing to evaporate for cloud formation. - rain in Sahara land ++dry => vegetation↓ --vegetation => soil ≠ hold water => -water to form cloud
!	Important, interesting	But what's particularly interesting about these volcanoes is that most of the volcanoes here on Earth are not shield volcanoes. Instead, they are other volcano types, like strata volcanoes, for example, which are a result of tectonic plate movement. ! volcanoes on earth ≠ shield volcanoes = strata volcanoes tectonic plate => volcanoes on earth

Other symbols:

Symbol	Meaning
&	And, also, in addition, etc.
~	about/around, approximately, etc.
...	And so on
$	Sales, money, cost
e.g.	For example
i.e.	That is
x	Wrong, incorrect, bad, detrimental, negative, etc.
✓	Right, good, positive, etc.

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