Having carefully outlined the kind of posts that I planned to make over the next period of time, I will now be true to form and write about something completely different!
While out for a walk with my father, I was laughing about my rather ambitious aim of writing a blog aimed at non-English speakers without [...]
As outlined in my previous posts, English Uncensored - a new direction and part 2 of the same, I hope to address topics of interest to people who fall into one or some of the following categories:
People trying to learn English using internet technology (for free or as cheaply as possible).
People who want to learn [...]
Yesterday I foolishly promised to answer two questions about my decision to take my blog in a new direction. I’m not one to break promises, so here is my response. Well, at least here is the beginning or a response.
Why this direction?
Why this tagline?
Answering the first question logically requires that I answer the second question [...]
I have decided to take a new tack with my blog. Although I don’t expect that anyone will actually realise this for a while, I make this post for reasons of posterity. For historical purposes, this will be the reference point, a marker to designate the day that I decided to embark on my new [...]
Listen to the following sample question and follow the instructions. You will find the reading passage below.
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Reading Passage
Much of the economic success that the southern United States experienced before the American Civil War was due to slavery. By forcing black people to work without pay, white landowners avoided labor [...]
Today we are going to play a game called “strange but true” based on a game played in the popular Australian television program, “Good News Week”. Watch the video below to get an idea of what is involved in the game.
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var s0 = new SWFObject(”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n0″,”400″,”280″,”7″);
s0.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s0.addParam(”allowscriptaccess”,”always”);
s0.addParam(”wmode”,”opaque”);
s0.addVariable(”id”,”n0″);
s0.addVariable(”controlbar”,”bottom”);
s0.addVariable(”height”,”280″);
s0.addVariable(”playlist”,”none”);
s0.addVariable(”width”,”400″);
s0.addVariable(”autostart”,”false”);
s0.addVariable(”bufferlength”,”1″);
s0.addVariable(”displayclick”,”play”);
s0.addVariable(”icons”,”true”);
s0.addVariable(”linktarget”,”_blank”);
s0.addVariable(”mute”,”false”);
s0.addVariable(”quality”,”true”);
s0.addVariable(”repeat”,”none”);
s0.addVariable(”resizing”,”true”);
s0.addVariable(”shuffle”,”false”);
s0.addVariable(”stretching”,”uniform”);
s0.addVariable(”volume”,”90″);
s0.addVariable(”aboutlink”,”http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/”);
s0.addVariable(”file”,”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/videos/gnw.flv”);
s0.write(”video0″);
Watch the video and follow the instructions. Click on this link to find out more about TOEFL iBT speaking question five.
Toefl iBT speaking question five - Lost notes
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var s1 = new SWFObject(”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n1″,”400″,”280″,”7″);
s1.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s1.addParam(”allowscriptaccess”,”always”);
s1.addParam(”wmode”,”opaque”);
s1.addVariable(”id”,”n1″);
s1.addVariable(”controlbar”,”bottom”);
s1.addVariable(”height”,”280″);
s1.addVariable(”playlist”,”none”);
s1.addVariable(”width”,”400″);
s1.addVariable(”autostart”,”false”);
s1.addVariable(”bufferlength”,”1″);
s1.addVariable(”displayclick”,”play”);
s1.addVariable(”icons”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”linktarget”,”_blank”);
s1.addVariable(”mute”,”false”);
s1.addVariable(”quality”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”repeat”,”none”);
s1.addVariable(”resizing”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”shuffle”,”false”);
s1.addVariable(”stretching”,”uniform”);
s1.addVariable(”volume”,”90″);
s1.addVariable(”aboutlink”,”http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/”);
s1.addVariable(”file”,”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/videos/sp5-lost-notes.flv”);
s1.write(”video1″);
Watch the video and follow the instructions. Click on this link to find out more about TOEFL iBT speaking question five.
Toefl iBT speaking question five - Difficult Accent
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var s2 = new SWFObject(”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n2″,”400″,”280″,”7″);
s2.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s2.addParam(”allowscriptaccess”,”always”);
s2.addParam(”wmode”,”opaque”);
s2.addVariable(”id”,”n2″);
s2.addVariable(”controlbar”,”bottom”);
s2.addVariable(”height”,”280″);
s2.addVariable(”playlist”,”none”);
s2.addVariable(”width”,”400″);
s2.addVariable(”autostart”,”false”);
s2.addVariable(”bufferlength”,”1″);
s2.addVariable(”displayclick”,”play”);
s2.addVariable(”icons”,”true”);
s2.addVariable(”linktarget”,”_blank”);
s2.addVariable(”mute”,”false”);
s2.addVariable(”quality”,”true”);
s2.addVariable(”repeat”,”none”);
s2.addVariable(”resizing”,”true”);
s2.addVariable(”shuffle”,”false”);
s2.addVariable(”stretching”,”uniform”);
s2.addVariable(”volume”,”90″);
s2.addVariable(”aboutlink”,”http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/”);
s2.addVariable(”file”,”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/videos/sp5-difficult-accent.flv”);
s2.write(”video2″);
Watch the video and follow the instructions. Click on this link to find out more about TOEFL iBT speaking question three.
Toefl iBT speaking question three - Internet Filter
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var s3 = new SWFObject(”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n3″,”400″,”280″,”7″);
s3.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s3.addParam(”allowscriptaccess”,”always”);
s3.addParam(”wmode”,”opaque”);
s3.addVariable(”id”,”n3″);
s3.addVariable(”controlbar”,”bottom”);
s3.addVariable(”height”,”280″);
s3.addVariable(”playlist”,”none”);
s3.addVariable(”width”,”400″);
s3.addVariable(”autostart”,”false”);
s3.addVariable(”bufferlength”,”1″);
s3.addVariable(”displayclick”,”play”);
s3.addVariable(”icons”,”true”);
s3.addVariable(”linktarget”,”_blank”);
s3.addVariable(”mute”,”false”);
s3.addVariable(”quality”,”true”);
s3.addVariable(”repeat”,”none”);
s3.addVariable(”resizing”,”true”);
s3.addVariable(”shuffle”,”false”);
s3.addVariable(”stretching”,”uniform”);
s3.addVariable(”volume”,”90″);
s3.addVariable(”aboutlink”,”http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/”);
s3.addVariable(”file”,”http://www.sallylanger.com/wp-content/videos/sp3-internet-filter.flv”);
s3.write(”video3″);
Hi Toefl takers. A quick warning about this sample question before you listen to it. It contains references to abortion that some people may find offensive. Please remember that while it is created in a similar format to TOEFL speaking question 5, the real TOEFL iBT questions will always be much more ‘moderate’ in their [...]
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