Speaking Practice 3

 

The following  section will measure your English Speaking ability in an academic environment. You will need to click on "NEXT" after you are instructed to begin preparing and you should click on "START RECORDING" to record your response when you are  instructed to begin speaking. Then click on "SEND" to save your response. Please type your name where it is required.

 

During the test, you will answer six questions. Two of the questions ask about familiar topics. Four questions ask about short conversations, lectures, and reading passages. You may take notes, and you may use your notes to help you prepare your responses. For each question, you will be given a short time to prepare your response. When the preparation time is up, record yourself answering the question as completely as possible.

Now begin the Speaking section.

 

If friends from another country were going to spend time in your country, what city or place would you suggest they visit? Using details and examples, explain why.

 

If friends from another country were going to spend time in your country, what city or place would you suggest they visit? Using details and examples, explain why.

 

 

 

State whether you agree or disagree with the following statement. Then explain your reasons, using specific details in your explanation:

 

Learning through online courses is more effective than learning in the traditional       classroom setting      

 

 

 

The university is making a change in the courses it will offer. Read the article from the university newspaper about the change. You will have 45 seconds to read the article.Begin reading now.

 

University administrators announced yesterday that the sculpture program, a division of the art department, will be eliminated. "The main reason is a lack of student interest," reported one administrator. "Although the number of art students has increased, fewer and fewer art majors are taking sculpture classes." Furthermore, the department's only sculpture professor is retiring this year. "Given the art department's limited budget," the administrator explained, "it just doesn't make sense to hire a new full-time professor to teach sculpture for only a handful of students.

Now listen to two students discussing the article.

 

 

The woman expresses his opinion about the university's plan. State her opinion and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.

 

 

Individuals often modify their behavior based on what they have learned about the possible consequences of their actions When an individual learns through experience that a certain behavior results in pleasant consequences, that behavior is likely to be repeated. An unpleasant consequence, on the other hand, discourages further repetition of the behavior. While behavior modification can be observed in experiments, it also occurs frequently in everyday settings, when individuals change their behavior based on what they have learned about the consequences of that behavior.

 

 

Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic from a psychology class.

Using the example from the lecture, explain what behavior modification is and how it works.

The students discuss two possible solutions to the woman's problem. Briefly summarize the problem. Then state which solution you would recommend and explain why.

 

Using points and examples from the lecture, explain the two major factors of product quality and how their role in consumer decision making has changed.