口语Speaking About Campus Situations
GOOD (3.5 – 4.0)
Look for opportunities to build your fl uency in English.
■ Take risks and engage others in conversation in English whenever possible.
■ Join an Internet chat room.
FAIR (2.5 – 3.0)
Practice speaking English about everyday topics that are important to students’ lives. This will develop your fl uency and confi dence.
■ Find a speaking partner. Set aside time each week to practice speaking with your partner in English.
■ If you can’t find a native English speaker,find a friend who wants to practice speaking English and promise to speak only English for a certain period of time.
■ Read articles from campus newspapers that can be found on the Internet. Discuss the articles with a speaking partner or friend. Practice summarizing the articles and expressing your opinions about the articles.
LEVEL
LIMITED (1.5 – 2.0)
Develop friendships with people who want to speak English with you. Interaction with others will improve your speaking ability. If you can’t fi nd a native speaker, fi nd a friend who wants to practice speaking English and promise to speak only English for a certain period of time.
WEAK (0 – 1.0)
Take a conversation class. This will help improve your fl uency and pronunciation in English.
口语Speaking About Academic Course Content
GOOD (3.5 – 4.0)
Record yourself and then listen and transcribe what you said.
■ Read a short article from a newspaper or textbook. Record yourself summarizing the article.
■ Transcribe the recording and review the transcription. Think about other ways to say the same thing.
FAIR (2.5 – 3.0)
Practice speaking for a limited time on different academic topics.
■ Read a short article from a newspaper or a textbook. Write down key content words from the article.
■ Write down 2 or 3 questions about the article that include the content words.
■ Practice answering the questions aloud.Try to include the content words in your response.
■ After practicing, record your answers to the questions.
LIMITED (1.5 – 2.0)
Practice speaking about current events.
■ Read newspaper articles, editorials and cultural events in English. Share the information that you read with a friend in English.
■ Visit a university class and take notes in the class. Then use your notes to tell a friend about some of the information you heard in English.
■ Develop your academic vocabulary. Write down important new words that you come across while reading or listening and practice pronouncing them.
■ Listen to a weather report and take notes on what you heard. Then give the weather report to a friend in English.
WEAK (0 – 1.0)
Increase your vocabulary and improve your grammar in your speech.
■ Study basic grammar rules so that your speech is grammatically correct.
■ As you learn new words and expressions,practice pronouncing them clearly. Record yourself as you practice.
小作文的建议
GOOD (4.0 – 5.0)
Continue to improve your ability to relate and convey information from two or more sources. For example, practice analyzing reading passages in English.
■ Read two articles or chapters on the same topic or issue, write a summary of each, and then explain the ways they are similar and the ways they are different.
■ Practice combining listening and reading by searching for readings related to talks and lectures with teacher or a friend.
FAIR (2.5 – 3.5)
Practice fi nding main points.
■ Ask a friend to record news and informational programs in English from the television or radio, or download talks or lectures from the Internet.
▶ Listen and take notes. Stop the recording about every 30 seconds to write out a short summary of what you heard.
▶ Replay the recording to check your summary. Mark places where you are not sure if you have understood what was said or if you are not sure you have expressed yourself well.
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