TOEFL SPEAKING question 1 (9 samples)

This video is proposing 9 practice tasks for the FIRST question in the speaking section of the TOEFL IBT. You will also find sample responses for each of the tasks. These were included with the original CD. If anything, these samples can teach you the format of a good response. But don't let yourself be discouraged by the quality of their language and content. You will only have 15 seconds to prepare and I'm sure these guys took hours to write those samples... So the judges don't expect this kind of quality. But what they do expect is the level of organization they display. So when preparing your response, make sure you respect the following pattern

1: A Clear Topic Statement
2: 2 reasons to hold your opinion
3: Details and examples for each of your reasons.
4: A concise concluding statement... (example: those are the reasons I believe... kind of thing)

With that in mind, you should be able to get a good score for this question at least. That is if your grammar and vocabulary is good... of course.


Here is the link to the PDF speaking scoring grid
www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/Speaking_Rubrics.pdf

It will give you a good idea of what they use to grade you

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• TOEFL
• IBT
• FINAL
• test
• Speaking
• examples
• practice
• questions

[prototypeko]

Parking car my ass !. can't u use a taxi ? . it's the food that's important.!

[ouliogroove]

@Evelynoto

Which custom from your country do you think people in other countries should adopt?

[kahvaltimasasi]

I can not understand 3rd question and 6th question. Narrator's accent is so gay. 

[shanavasSiegend]

hi guys . i think it would be better if we practice speaking .you can add me in skype shanavas.siegend.

[berkk1903]

i can speak like that even in my own language.we have to think dont we?

[ginametry]

@ milosskomi You have to get more than the required minimum always to be in the safe side...

Videos of ouliogroove in SPEAKING & LISTENING are sooooooooooooo beneficial,

Also Cambridge TOEFL preparation book is very good and advanced. You can get it from online amazon.

Have an organized schedule focusing on TOEFL only for a period from 21-30 days Maximum.

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

Good Luck

[milosskomi]

I only need 80 on Toefl. How much this can help me with that, I'm new in this, so any help is welcome thx

[ginametry]

For example: what is your favorite class? who is your favorite teacher ? who is the person who affected you the most? who is the one whom you cant forget and you appreciate ? ALL these Qs can have the same idea of answer to Q.1 here (about the English class and teacher ) and so on.....try to be practical in study and organize your schedule ...God with you all

[ginametry]

By the way, do not be scared from the sample answers here, they are IDEAL, in real exam you are not required to be as such of course, but within the sample answers here there are a lot of ideas which can be used to answer different Qs.

[ginametry]

I wanted to comment on this video long time ago to THANK Mr. Ouliogroove a loooooooooooooot for these nice videos specially the speaking and the listening tests.... I would like to advice everyone practicing toefl ibt to try them on youtube, they are so beneficial and available for free ......Do NOT MISS these videos guys and Good luck for all of us.