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TOEFL Speaking Self-study Course

Course syllabus

Part I: Independent Task

Task 1

Introduction

How ETS rates responses

Templates

Thesis statement

Body argument, Methods for generating ideas

Argument organization

Impactful conclusion

Sample responses

College education

Questions relating to the role of college

Questions relating to college courses

Questions relating to studying habits

Questions relating to campus life

K-12 education

Questions relating to teachers and classrooms

Questions relating to K-12 academics 

Childhood development

Questions relating to youth development

Career

Questions relating to workplace culture

Personal growth

Questions relating to emotional intelligence 

Questions relating to positivity

Questions relating to personal consumption

Questions relating to changes in life

Questions relating to healthy habits

Questions relating to friendship

Leisure 

Questions relating to travel

Modern life

Questions relating to city institutions

Questions relating to the use of technology

Government policies

Part II. Integrated questions

Intro

Common Mistakes

Improve delivery

Five grammar rules for speaking

ETS raters' comments

Task 2

Task overview

Reading note-taking

Listening note-taking

Templates

Disagreement sample responses

Agreement sample responses

Ambivalence sample responses

Task 3

Task overview

Reading note-taking

Listening note-taking

Templates

Sample responses: anecdotal examples

Sample responses: factual examples

Sample responses: experimental examples

Sample responses: cases with two examples

Task 4

Task overview

Listening note-taking

Templates

Sample responses: features

Sample responses: benefits

Sample responses: methods

Sample responses: causes and effects

Sample responses: definitions

Sample responses: cases with one example

Part III. Tested concepts for Tasks 3 and 4

Concepts from psychology and humanities

Concepts from biology and other sciences

Concepts from business and marketing