SpeakingResponses:FormalorInformal?
ATOEFLTIGERVISITORWROTE:
DearToefltiger,
HimynameisSamarthandIhavejustrecentlystartedreadingyour I wantedtoknowwas:onthespeakingsectionisitokayifour responsesarefilledwithsomecolloquialtermssuchasuhmean.
ouldwesticktoa slightlymoreacademicwayofspeaking?
Secondly,shouldwerestateourpositionacoupleoftimesduringthe 45secondstoremindthelistener,ornotriskdoingthatatall?
yfortheinconvenience.
Thanks,
Samarth.
TOEFLTIGERRESPONSE:
ImpleasedthatwerehelpingyouonyourTOEFLquest!ethismightseemtomeanthatyoucansayuhwheneveryouwant,Iadviseyoutotakeadifferentapproach.
Ifyougettocomfortable,tly,itwillseemtooinformal,ndly,itmightencourageyoutomakemoremistakesbecauseyourenotonguard(formal).
Thirdly,importantly,inionisthatifyouwantatopscorethenyouneedtoseparateyourselffromthecrowd.
ver,eginnercanusethesephrases,mber,
whenyouregivingaresponse,youreprovingyourselftothegrader.
Ifthisischallenging,willhelpreduceanybadhabits.
Now,thetimelimitisforty-fiveseconds,thistimeistooshorttobotherwithrestatingunlessifyouranoutofthingstosay.
Ideally,ksfortheinsightfulquestionsandfeedback!
POSTEDBYTOEFLTIGERAT5:07AMLINKSTOTHISPOST
LABELS:REALIBTTOEFLTOPICSANDQUESTIONS
TUESDAY,OCTOBER9,2007
