WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.279 TOEFL speaking question 4 is often the 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:05.279 hardest for most students but there are 3 00:00:05.279 --> 00:00:08.220 some common problems that I see not just 4 00:00:08.220 --> 00:00:10.080 for question four but for any of the 5 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:13.200 TOEFL questions and people ask me what's 6 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:15.120 one of the common problems you see well 7 00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:17.039 I'm going to get into that in this 8 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:19.140 example right now we're going to look at 9 00:00:19.140 --> 00:00:21.060 a student's response to a question 10 00:00:21.060 --> 00:00:23.820 number four which is to talk about how a 11 00:00:23.820 --> 00:00:26.579 museum preserves artifacts if you want 12 00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:28.500 to listen to the audio for this question 13 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:30.720 I'll put a link in the description below 14 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:32.880 you can check it out but the student's 15 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:34.739 content is fine so we're not going to 16 00:00:34.739 --> 00:00:36.479 worry about the content we're going to 17 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:39.360 focus more on the delivery some part of 18 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:41.040 the speaking that needs a bit of work 19 00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:42.659 and this is a big problem for question 20 00:00:42.659 --> 00:00:45.239 four so let's listen together right now 21 00:00:45.239 --> 00:00:47.399 and then we'll talk about the issue here 22 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:53.039 we go so according to the lecture the 23 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.199 the artifacts 24 00:00:55.199 --> 00:00:57.660 um that already the duration is 25 00:00:57.660 --> 00:01:00.840 inevitable uh that's why a museum 26 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.199 preserved those art facts so they need a 27 00:01:04.199 --> 00:01:06.600 temperate a stable temperature that is 28 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:08.280 critical 29 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:10.319 um so they need the same temperature day 30 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:12.900 and night uh one change of temperature 31 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:16.260 can be dangerous because the materials 32 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:19.799 is wood paper and it can dry out 33 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.759 um so the power also they have a backup 34 00:01:23.759 --> 00:01:25.860 power in case 35 00:01:25.860 --> 00:01:29.640 um there is a stop in the power and it 36 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.819 can change then the temperature 37 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:36.680 so as well moisture in the hair humidity 38 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:40.799 developed mold and make the artifact 39 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:44.520 more fragile so different humidity 40 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:47.400 depends of materials and there are 41 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:49.619 sensor in the place in the museum that 42 00:01:49.619 --> 00:01:50.360 can 43 00:01:50.360 --> 00:01:52.860 preserve those artifacts 44 00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:55.020 okay so this is her whole response 45 00:01:55.020 --> 00:01:56.820 written out and of course I've 46 00:01:56.820 --> 00:01:58.680 highlighted some of the issues and it's 47 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.740 about uh or um and this is pretty common 48 00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:05.280 on question number four because you know 49 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:06.719 you you don't know what you're going to 50 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.239 listen to and then you listen to a 51 00:02:09.239 --> 00:02:11.400 passage and then you have to speak about 52 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.280 it for 60 seconds it's pretty tough so 53 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:15.959 to think about what do I have to say 54 00:02:15.959 --> 00:02:18.180 next what do I have to say next it takes 55 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:21.419 time so when we need time to think we 56 00:02:21.419 --> 00:02:25.980 use uh um so okay and it's very common 57 00:02:25.980 --> 00:02:29.639 so she struggled with speaking rate I 58 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:32.400 ran through my speaking score this is 59 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.160 the speed Trader that ETS uses to grade 60 00:02:35.160 --> 00:02:37.440 your speaking and her speaking rate was 61 00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:40.260 a 37 out of 100 so she had some trouble 62 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:42.720 with this here now what should she do 63 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:45.480 how should she fix these issues where 64 00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:48.239 she says Ah or um too much 65 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:50.040 so what you should do is pretty simple 66 00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:52.200 she should repeat the same response 67 00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:55.200 again and say ah or um three times or 68 00:02:55.200 --> 00:02:58.680 less that's it so she according to the 69 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:01.680 transcript she said uh or um about eight 70 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.080 times she probably said it about 12 or 71 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.379 15 times try to repeat the same response 72 00:03:07.379 --> 00:03:09.720 again you can even read it aloud just 73 00:03:09.720 --> 00:03:12.480 try to say uh or um three times or less 74 00:03:12.480 --> 00:03:15.599 if you need time to think just pause and 75 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:18.300 be quiet and don't say anything or use a 76 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:21.120 discourse marker like for example in my 77 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:24.180 opinion first of all something like that 78 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:27.180 now besides this activity another thing 79 00:03:27.180 --> 00:03:30.360 that she can do to practice saying uh or 80 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.340 um less is to get used to speaking for 81 00:03:32.340 --> 00:03:34.680 one minute straight you know it's a 82 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:36.180 weird thing to speak for a minute 83 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:38.099 straight you know most of us we just 84 00:03:38.099 --> 00:03:40.140 answer questions five seconds ten 85 00:03:40.140 --> 00:03:42.060 seconds 20 seconds we don't usually 86 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:45.480 speak for longer periods of time so it's 87 00:03:45.480 --> 00:03:48.480 natural to say uh or um especially when 88 00:03:48.480 --> 00:03:50.640 you're trying to speak longer so by 89 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:53.040 practicing every day one minute a day 90 00:03:53.040 --> 00:03:55.500 like this you kind of get used to how 91 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:57.959 you should speak and also you know okay 92 00:03:57.959 --> 00:03:59.700 I have to start reducing some of these 93 00:03:59.700 --> 00:04:01.920 vocal fillers and one of the best ways 94 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:03.900 to practice like this is through the 95 00:04:03.900 --> 00:04:06.720 study plans at speakerenglish.com we 96 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:08.519 have a TOEFL speaking study plan where 97 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:10.620 you get up to 90 days of practice where 98 00:04:10.620 --> 00:04:13.620 you know exactly what to do every day 99 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:16.380 and you're guaranteed to improve your 100 00:04:16.380 --> 00:04:18.660 score in 30 days so you have nothing to 101 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:21.120 lose and you also get a community of 102 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:24.120 people also practicing for the TOEFL and 103 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.220 and access to people like me and other 104 00:04:26.220 --> 00:04:28.080 teachers to help give you some guidance 105 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:31.259 check that out speakerenglish.com had to 106 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:32.820 sneak that in there but she also has 107 00:04:32.820 --> 00:04:34.320 another problem that I have to talk 108 00:04:34.320 --> 00:04:37.500 about a little bit that's her Rhythm now 109 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:40.020 her Rhythm score on my speaking score 110 00:04:40.020 --> 00:04:42.240 was 18 out of 30. 111 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:45.660 what does that mean rhythm well rhythm 112 00:04:45.660 --> 00:04:48.320 is how you say 113 00:04:48.320 --> 00:04:50.759 multi-syllabic words always trouble 114 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:53.639 pronouncing that so basically words with 115 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.040 two or more syllables declaration 116 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:59.360 temperature dangerous so temperature 117 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.580 dangerous you might have some trouble 118 00:05:02.580 --> 00:05:05.160 putting stress on the right syllable 119 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.680 there that's really important and she 120 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.900 had trouble with that now how should she 121 00:05:09.900 --> 00:05:11.580 work on that I'm going to talk about 122 00:05:11.580 --> 00:05:14.040 that in the next video here check this 123 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.520 out where I go into more detail about 124 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:19.740 syllable stress and how to work on it 125 00:05:19.740 --> 00:05:22.080 alright so hope you found that helpful 126 00:05:22.080 --> 00:05:24.979 and I'll see in the next video