托福口语Task4阅读时间

托福口语task4阅读时间

托福口语Task4属于学术类的托福综合口语，考查形式为阅读材料 Reading【45s】 + 听力材料Listening +口语答题时间 Speaking【60s】 ，和托福口语task3类似，答题前我们会有30s的准备时间。

阅读：

先阅读一段短文： 对一种学术现象或者概念的概括。

听力：

听教授对阅读中的学术现象，进行详细的解释，通常会通过具体的例子来说明。

口语：

你的任务是结合阅读内容和教授的例子，概括并解释该学术现象。

怎样解决托福口语task4

一 、阅读

在考生进行托福口语task4的考试的时候，首先就需要读一段75-100个单词的文章。对于很多考生而言在这个题目中遇到的难点主要是阅读文章中的内容比较多，很多考生在阅读的时候不知道该重点记下的答题要点是哪些。在official guide中是这样描述task4中的阅读部分的意义的，reading passage broadly defines a term, process, or idea from an academic subject。所以考生在阅读的过程中应该重点关注一些表示定义的信号词比如….is known as…./….is called…/….is often referred to as….。比如在TPO 1task4中，教授要讲授的主要内容groupthink 就是通过is known as引出的，即One process by which groups may make bad or irrational decisions is known as groupthink。所以考生在阅读的过程中就应该重点关注这些信息。

二.听力

听力也是task4中的一个拦路虎，很多考生在这个题目中取得的分数比较低的原因是根本听不懂听力中的例子是怎样展开的，所以如果考生想要攻克托福口语task4中的听力，就应该掌握在这部分听力中经常出现的3E结构，即experience, experiment和example。Experience类的材料中，教授经常会用亲身经历或者家人朋友的经历来说明学术概念，考生只需要通过掌握在听力中的时间线索就可以轻松的掌握答题要点。其次是Experiment类听力材料，一旦出现这种类型的考题，考生需要带着实验目的，实验的对象和工具，实验的过程和结论如何这四点去听听力材料。最后，在考生听到example的时候，考生应该把听的重点放在教授是怎样用例子来证明自己的观点的。比如在TPO7task4的听力中，考生重点关注的就是教授为了证明自己的观点behavior modification所举的两个例子即】：

Example part one：Improper behavior: walking around the classroom; interrupting the teacher. Reaction from teacher: gets mad; punish them by not allowing them to play outside. Result: discourages further repetition of the behavior.

Example part two.

Proper behavior: sitting quietly in class, raising hand before talking. Reaction from teacher: tells the kids she’s proud of them; puts happy face stickers on their homework. Result: kids will repeat the desirable behavior to receive more compliments from the teacher.

新托福口语考试答题技巧

INDEPENDENT SPEAKING TASKS

In the independent speaking portion of the TOEFL iBT test, you will give two short speeches on topics that are familiar to you. For the personal preference task, you will choose and support a preference from a particular category. For the personal choice task, you will make and support a choice between two contrasting options.

An effective speech begins with an introductory statement that tells the listener what the speech is about. The body of the speech is made up of explanations and details. A concluding statement completes the speech.

1. Listen carefully to the task and think about what you must do in your response.

Ask yourself these questions:

• What is the topic of the task?

• What am I being asked to do?

Then make a mental list of the answers to these questions. For example, look at the following task:

Name a skill you have learned and explain why it is important to you. Include details and examples to support your explanation.

For this task, you would make a mental list like the following:

The topic is about a skill I have learned. I need to:

• Name the skill

• Define the skill if the listener might not know what it is

• Explain its importance

• Include details and examples

2. Quickly decide on a topic.

It is easy to run out of preparation time while trying to decide what topic within the given category you will discuss. Quickly choose a topic and start thinking about the examples and details you can include for that particular topic. Remember, examiners are not interested in what the topic is but in how well you can express yourself.

3. Restate the task to include the topic that you ate going to speak about.

For the task in Strategy 1 above, you might choose to focus on the skill of touch-typing. Your restatement could be:

/ have learned how to touch-type, and this has been very important during my studies.

4. Work through your mental list of requirements.

For the task in Strategy 1 above, your list might be:

• Name the skill. You have already named the skill in your restatement of the task statement.

• Define the skill. Ask yourself if you need to define your topic. Will the listener know about the topic you have chosen?

• Explain the importance to you of the topic you have chosen.

• Include details and examples from your own experience.

5. Know your goal.

When studying, record your speech and make a transcript, writing it exactly as you said it. Then make improvements to it: correct mistakes, eliminate long hesitations, and replace words or rephrase sentences to avoid repetition. Practice reading the corrected version aloud, and time yourself. Read it again while timing yourself, and stop reading at 45 seconds. How far did you get?

You will find that 45 seconds is only enough time for you to restate the task with your topic and to give one or two examples and one or two details. Eliminate unnecessary examples and details from your transcript and read it again with a timer. Once you have eliminated enough to be able to read your response aloud in about 35-40 seconds, and the topic does not suffer from a lack of examples or detail, you know your goal. The remaining 5-10 seconds are for the natural hesitations and corrections a speaker generally makes when talking.

6. Get ready for the next item.

It is easy to get anxious if you run out of time and have not finished what you intended to say, or if you finish what you want to say and there is still time left. Take a deep breath to help you relax and get ready for the next part of the test.