VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S+W]

Avoid repetitions
Match tenses
Practice summarizing using FACT method.

Summarize an article using the FACT method

I’m 40 yo, now I am an English teacher, I teach little kids phonics and also grammar. the age range between my students of kindergarten to middle school students. Now I am preparing TOEFL coz I wanna try to attempt to go abroad to get a master degree in ESL teaching . Just attempt if I fail this year I won’t try again but nevertheless it is a good opportunity to improve my English. I have been here for half a year. mainly focused on TOEFL preparation, listening and speaking, There are 4 sectors in TOEFL exam. the weakest part to me are speaking and writing.

The uni that I have interest in are all require a score more than 105, so if I got only 100 basically I have no opportunity to go to the Uni in my target list.

In both exams I failed to complete the reading, I got some time issues in reading.

I’m 40 yo, now I am an English teacher, I teach little kids phonics and also grammar. My students are  kindergarten kids to middle school pupils. Now I am preparing  the TOEFL coz I want to attempt/in an attempt to go abroad to get a master degree in ESL teaching . I just want to try / I just want to give it a go.  if I fail this year I won’t try again but nevertheless it is a good opportunity to improve my English. I have been here for half a year. mainly focused on TOEFL preparation, listening and speaking, There are 4 modules in the TOEFL exam/the TOEFL is divided into 4 modules. the weakest parts to me are speaking and writing.

The uni that I have interest in all require a score of more/higher than /above 105 (out of 120),  |
so if I get only 100 basically I have no opportunity to go to the Uni in my target list. / I have no opportunity to go to the Uni in my target list unless I get a score higher than 105.

In both exams I failed to complete the reading, I had some time issues when I was doing the reading module

Opinion on various topics:

Same sex marriage:
I am student B, I am for same sex marriage law. The first and most important reason is gay people are people, they should have every rights given by the law in our country. Marriage is a right for all the people so gay people of course should have the right to get married. I know some people are against same sex marriage but if we don’t give the right to gay people we don’t recognize gay people as humans. It is a sexual tendency it is not a crime, it is not a disease so I see no reason against gay people get married.
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I agree with /side with B, I am for/I am in favor of a/the same sex marriage law. The first and most important reason is gay people are people (too/like any of us), they should have every rights given by the law in our country. Marriage is a right for everyone so gay people should have it too. I know some people are against same sex marriage because they think it is not natural. but if we don’t give this right to gay people we don’t recognize them as humans. It is a sexual preference it is not a crime, it is not a disease so I see no reason against gay people getting married.

Creation of the universe:

I agree with student A, I believe science is the only way that humans can explain the universe although there is obviously a limitation. First we people designed and elaborate the whole system of science. every brick on the wall of science is solid, is testified. The second is the wall of science is higher and higher as we put bricks onto it. Though we don’t see where our final is but what we can do is only to work harder and build the wall higher. I don’t agree that religion can explain the religion is there is no evidence of the religious theory and we can only imagine if we have no sincere and use religion we are in the ancient time we have no TV, rocket, we don’t know the earth is a globe. That is why I side with science.

I agree with student A, I believe science is the only way that humans can explain the universe although there is obviously a limitation. First we people design and elaborate the whole system of science. every brick on the wall of science is solid, is proven. Secondly, the wall of science is higher and higher as we put bricks onto it/as we add bricks to it. Though we don’t see where it ends / the finish line is. We can only work harder and build  a higher wall. I don’t agree that religion can explain the universe because there is no evidence supporting/backing the religious theory. Just imagine, if we relied on religion only and not on science we would still be (living) in the ancient time we would have no TV, rocket, we wouldn’t  know the earth is a globe. That is why I side with science.

Vocabulary

to prove  / you show it is true (science)
He proved that the Earth isn’t flat.

to testify / you say something is true to the best of your abilities
He testified that he saw the killer that night.

stigma / bad reputation
There is a social stigma on gay marriage.

commercial / TV ad
Nike released a commercial featuring Jay Z.

exuberant / in a showy manner
This man is very exuberant, he dresses in flashy colors.

to summarize / explain briefly something

to state (your opinion)
He stated his opinion on gay marriage

I have to come up with my own catchphrase / I have to figure out/imagine my own slogan

1 / describe

A lady is ordering a beverage, she orders a Pepsi and young waiter says ok, then another male customer sit behind the female customer stand up suddenly and seems not so happy and his voice raises and he says OK.
and maybe it’s imagine the customer switch customs with the waiter and asks the waiter what he wants. he says Pepsi and the customer got very excited He is demonstrating how to react to an order

a lady is ordering a beverage, she orders a Coke and young waiter asks her if Pepsi is ok? , then another male customer sitting behind the female customer stands up suddenly and looks unhappy/ doesn’t seem happy/ looking unhappy, he raises his voice and he says OK.
Then the man and the waiter switch roles and clothes. The man asks the waiter what he wants and he says Pepsi and he gets very excited and demonstrated how to react to an order.

2/

This is a commercial for Pepsi.

One male customer isn’t satisfied with the answer from the waiter to replace coke with pepsi.
He tries to explain why and demonstrate how to reply the question in a right way with his answer with pride and everybody else in the restaurant shows joy with saying the name of pepsi. The waiter finally understands the point. This commercial tries to tell the audience that pepsi is no less than coke, maybe even more.

One male customer isn’t satisfied with the answer from the waiter to replace coke with pepsi.

The commercial starts in a restaurant. A customer orders a Coke and the waiter asks/enquires if Pepsi is acceptable? Suddenly another customer gets excited about the dialogue and wants to show how to reply to the question in a right way.

He tries to explain why and demonstrates how to reply to the question in a right way with his answer with pride and everybody else in the restaurant shows joy while saying the name of pepsi. The waiter finally understands the point. This commercial tries to tell the audience that pepsi is no less than coke, maybe even more.

Summarizing: FACT method

1) Focus : main idea
The main idea of the video is to tell everyone that pepsi is better than coke

2) Analyze :

3) Conclusion:

in the end all the people in the restaurant came to the agreement that Pepsi is even better than coke

4) Tighten

This is a commercial to show that Pepsi is better than coke

There are several characters sitting in a restaurant. A customer overhears a conversation between 2 other people which implies that pepsi isn’t as good as coke. He then thinks not enough respect is paid when the waiter mentions pepsi and he demonstrates how to say it in a right way. To do so he says Pepsi in a high tone joyful voice and using exciting facial expressions.

in the end all the people in the restaurant came to the agreement that Pepsi is even better than coke

Grammar

general statement -> present tense