making connections between speaking and writing

... FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Students making the connections between algebra and word problems http://ced.massey.ac.nz Teacher to Adviser Team Leader, Numeracy and Mathematics Centre for Educational ... more success? Teachers can make a difference • Make explicit connections between algebra and word problems • Develop skills of encoding and decoding • Use tasks which press for algebra • Focus on ... context’ (Cooper and Dunne, 2004, p 88) Placing mathematics in context tends to increase the linguistic demands of a task without extending the mathematics (Clarke, 1993) The national standard in NZ

Ngày tải lên: 15/06/2017, 20:28

... Therefore, answer all reading and listening questions. After a ten-minute break, you will start the speaking section and end with the writing section. The speaking and writing tasks are constructive ... for all six speaking tasks. The average of your six speaking scores will be your speaking section score. Speaking Task 1 = 4.0/4.0 Speaking Task 2 = 3.0/4.0 Speaking Task 3 = 4.0/4.0 Speaking Task ... your two writing scores for a writing section score out of 30. Integrated Writing Task = 4.0/5.0 Independent Writing Task = 4.0/5.0 total = 8.0/10.0 8.0 / 2 tasks = 4.0/5.0 = your averaged writing

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 22:15

... to turn the TV off and do something else, like read or go out and play and meet new friends), the future tense (Doing so will definitely make your kids happier and healthier) and a rhetorical question ... example, I’m a university student and I need a laptop for my classes. If I didn’t have a laptop, I’d have to take notes by hand, and that would be really slow. Also, my handwriting is really bad, but ... internet and the TV at home. 4) Finally, zoos protect endangered animals. For example, I saw two pandas in the Washington DC zoo last year and they had a baby. If there were no zoos, the pandas

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... higher, I spend more. Insurance and repairs can also be expensive. Tires and parking too. As a result, I have to budget my money and spend less on clothes and video games, and other things I like. This ... internet makes communication fast and easy, is good for research and it saves me money. First, the internet makes communication fast and easy. For example, I’m from China and I’m now working in the ... essay using 3TiC=C and the six steps to demonstrate OPDUL=C in your essay. Next, go directly to step #3 and start writing. Start by developing one personal example. Use narration and description.

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... illustrations and reasons. University education should be free. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Use examples and reason to develop your argument. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages ... reasons. Writing Practice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 100 - Independent Essay In this chapter, you learned how to write and revise a variety of independent essays using G+3TiC=C and G+2TiC=C and the ... integrate three skills: reading, listening and writing objectively. First, you will read and summarize a reading passage. Next, you will listen to and summarize a lecture on the same topic as

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... real criminals are those in government and business determined to deny music-loving individuals their right to freedom and privacy. Identify the cause -and- effect relationship. 3 Ti first reading ... main points in the lecture and take notes more quickly and proficiently. reading lecture argument counter argument For many test-takers, the hardest part of the integrated writing task is the lecture. ... things: information and money. Big money. One of the biggest money makers on the web is music, and music is protected by law. If you download U2’s latest album, let’s say, and you don’t pay for

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... and fined Napster for not paying. Finally, the lecturer believes that if you steal music, you are a thief therefore you have no privacy. The law is black and white. You can’t have your cake and ... government and the music industry taking away people’s right to freedom and privacy. Integrated Essay - 123 After you revise your essay, submit it. Look at the submitted essay below. Note the space between ... G+3TiC=C and the six steps to demonstrate OPDUL=C in your essay. When the writing instructions end, the reading passage will appear on your computer screen. You will have 3 minutes to read and summarize

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... in the reading and in the lecture, make sure that you identify and describe the cause -and- effect relationship in the opinions, the body paragraphs and the conclusions. The cause -and- effect relationships ... enjoy alcohol and tobacco. And if marijuana kills me, just like alcohol and tobacco kill millions every year, that is my right and my choice too. By legalizing marijuana, this double standard will ... country of contrasts and fragmentation. Political parties and religions proclaim their individual messages while regional boundaries divide us between north and south, east and west. Yet what brings

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... in Africa, Asia and Oceania and eat fruit and flowers which they locate by smell and with their excellent eyesight. As they eat, seeds from the fruit fall to the forest floor and new trees grow. ... trees and plants thereby acting as pollinators. In fact, many of the fruits and vegetables on our tables, such as bananas and peaches, would not be there if mega bats did not pollinate plants and ... diurnal, crepuscular and nocturnal. Diurnal animals are active during the day and sleep at night. Crepuscular animals are active at dawn and dusk. Nocturnal animals hunt at night and rest during

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... in Africa, Asia and Oceania and eat fruit and flowers which they locate by smell and with their excellent eyesight. As they eat, seeds from the fruit fall to the forest floor and new trees grow. ... diurnal, crepuscular and nocturnal. Diurnal animals are active during the day and sleep at night. Crepuscular animals are active at dawn and dusk. Nocturnal animals hunt at night and rest during ... Prompt Summarize the points made in the lecture and show how they add to and support the information in the reading. CD Track #10 Task #1 Writing Practice Integrated Essay - 151

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... makes communication fast and easy, is good for research and it saves me money. First, the internet makes communication fast and easy. For example, I’m from China and I’m now working in the ... you speak smoothly and confidently, or do you hesitate and speak in fragments? Automaticity means how fast you think and speak. Do you pause to translate, or do you think and speak automatically ... Independent Essay Speaking Task One TiC TiC TiC C G Speaking Task One - 161 G+TiC=C will help you give the speaking raters what they

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... stop smoking and drinking, and start eating better. That’s what my grandfather did. Now, he doesn’t drink or smoke anymore. Also, he eats lots of healthy food like salads and fish, and he exercises ... themselves. For example, my grandfather… A good example is my grandfather… An excellent example is my grandfather… A good illustration is my eighty-year-old grandfather… An illustration ... my grandfather My grandfather, who is eighty, is an excellent illustration. Speak (45 seconds). Step #4 Q A 174 - Speaking Task One e Read the following prompt and the

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... independent and responsible. Clean Start Rough Start Clean End 180 - Speaking Task One e A rough end means you are speaking conversationally. This will result in a lack of fluency and ... the shelves and help customers. A rough start means you are using conversational (non academic) English. This will result in a lack of fluency and automaticity (OPDUL =C), and coherence ... Speaking Task One - 179 Reason #4 You are not confident using G+TiC=C. Solution 1. Practice developing and delivering responses until you have memorized G+TiC=C and you can

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... stop smoking and drinking, and start eating better That’s what my grandfather did Now, he doesn’t drink or smoke anymore Also, he eats lots of healthy food like salads and fish, and he exercises ... examples and reasons Which person has been the greatest influence in your life? Give examples and reasons to support and develop your opinion More Speaking Practice TASK: Using G+TiC=C or G+2TiC=C and ... mini independent essay In other words, the strategies for the Independent Essay and Speaking Task #1 (and for Speaking Task #2) are interchangeable TASK: For practice, time yourself as you read

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... examples and reasons. Which person has been the greatest influence in your life? Give examples and reasons to support and develop your opinion. TASK: Using G+TiC=C or G+2TiC=C and the ... your position with illustrations and reasons. Remember! Speaking Practice 1 2 3 4 5 6 More Speaking Practice 1 2 200 - Speaking Task One e Why is the ... guide). If you have trouble, go back and look at the sample responses for help. Use a recording device and check each response for coherence using the Independent Speaking Proficiency Checklist

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... distractions like sports or band practice. For those reasons, there are advantages and disadvantages to homeschooling. Personally, I think you need a balance between making friends and studying. Words: ... advantages and disadvantages of home schooling? Use illustrations and reasons to develop your argument. Speaking Practice 1 2 3 4 5 6 Remember! Speaking ... or G+2TiC=C and the four steps, develop and deliver a response for each of the following prompts. Use a recording device and check each response for coherence using the Independent Speaking Proficiency

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 15:20

... just sit there and wait for the next task. While waiting, make a note map for speaking task four. Remember! Q A Speaking Task Three - 227 Using G+3TiC=C and speaking at a ... Response: Step-by-Step Make a note map; read and summarize the reading. Step #1 Speaking Task Three - 221 When the narrator finishes speaking, a countdown clock will appear on your screen. ... students and that other schools are making the same changes. Speak (60 seconds). Step #5 Warning!! Read the prompt. Step #3 Prepare your response (30 seconds). Step #4 Speaking

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 13:20

... your voice and play it back. You will soon know if you are pausing or hesitating too much. Pausing and hesitating wastes time. Pausing and hesitating will also decrease fluency and automaticity. ... too fast and finish too soon. Help! – My Response is Too Short! 232 - Speaking Task Three Solution 1. Record your voice and play it back. You will soon know if you are speaking too ... weekday evenings and weekends. Preference will be given to those students in their graduating year and who have a background in sports management and/ or health science. The qualified candidate will

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 13:20

... Reading 19/30 Listening 24/30 Speaking 27/30 Writing 25/30 95/120 = your final TOEFL iBT score Range Scoring Because your speaking and writing responses will be rated by many ... demonstrates unity-synthesis; some topical and/ or grammatical connections between the lecture and the reading might not be clear or accurate. These errors are minor and do not affect meaning or coherence. ... development-summarization of the introduction, body and conclusion of both the lecture and the reading; the main points are clear and well developed; some points might lack development and/ or a lecture point might...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 15:15

... choice and/ or idiom usage, and/ or syntax might be inaccurate or incomplete making the meaning of words and sentences unclear. Minor difficulties in fluency and/ or pronunciation and/ or automaticity ... relationship between ideas is clear and accurate both topically and grammatically. L The response demonstrates clear and accurate language use-paraphrasing; minor errors in word choice and/ or ... difficulties in fluency and/ or pronunciation and/ or automaticity; these difficulties make the meaning of words and sentences unclear and require listener effort to understand. Task Rating:...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 15:15