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影响托福口语Task 1&2实力提高五宗罪

时间:2015-07-29 17:28来源:朗阁小编作者:allen

 

朗阁海外考试研究中心  罗爽

 

在托福口语测试中,Q1要求考生回答学习和生活中常见的一些问题,考题范围是人物,地点,事件,物体和其他等。而Q2要求考生回答一道学生日常生活和学习中熟悉但有争议的话题。两者准备时间都是15秒,而作答时间为45秒,要求考生回答时包含必要的细节来支撑自己的观点。两道看似简单的口语,许多考生实际取得的分数却不是那么理想。本文中,朗阁海外考试研究中心的将就评分标准及学员经验谈谈实际备考中学员们的一些不足之处及相应的治愈良剂。

 

一宗罪:语速过慢,流利度不够

 

在新托福考试中,非常重视语音语调的流利和流畅,只有流利的表达才可以丰富个人口语任务的内容,取得良好的成绩。

 

下面是ETS给出的Task One满分答案,说话人描述的是自己想去的国家。

 

I would like to go… Ah. I often go to France because I met a friend of mine ah 2 years ago and she invited me several times and she’s been there already ah for several times. And I always have been fascinated by French history and I started reading French ah books though in Russian but not in French since I was 12 and I’ve already been in the south, so I am going to the North of the country. And I would like to try their famous your, cheese, wines and um just to see the … (100 words)

 

其他优点先不谈,该考生有一点非凡,就是他语速一定非常流利,才能在短短时间内说了100词。而大多考生能说完70-80字已算不错,而有些备考不够认真的或之前口语练习较少的考生可能只是勉强完成任务,40-50字而已。

 

治愈贴士:范儿培养是关键,考生可以在看美剧的同时寻找一个外国好声音,把他或她的台词记录下来,然后看着英文稿子,进行跟读或跟背,久而久之讲话的语速也会有所提高。

 

二宗罪:句型过于简单,未展现语法把握能力

 

语法是托福口语的评分标准之一,其中包括句子结构的掌握及时态的运用等。很多考生可以完成这两个口语任务,但句型较单一,甚至同样句型反复出现,显得语法掌握程度不高,内容空洞。如这样一道例题:

 

Choose a place you go to often that is important to you and explain why it is important. Please include specific details in your explanation.

 

一个考生的回答是:The most important place to me is library. I like reading very much. In library I can read books I want, novels, science books, even history books. The knowledge I want is prepared to me.

 

治愈贴士:建议考生采用多样的句型,如被动句,强调句,虚拟语气,倒装句和各种从句。但注意适当用几句即可,不要过分刻意。

 

三宗罪:词汇贫乏,用词不准,缺乏展开观点的论据

 

词汇的准确性与多样性也是托福评分标准之一,比如在操练人物类话题时,当一些学员想要描述人物性格时,词汇显得比较贫乏,比如不熟悉诸如good-tempered, caring, considerate, kind-hearted, decent, knowledgeable, humourous, responsible, patient, experienced这样的词,也不了解如何好地展开对性格表现的描述。比如很少听到类似于He is pleasant and not easily annoyed or upset. Also he never hits the roof for any unnecessary reasons.这样较为生动的表达。

 

治愈贴士:除了平时积累语料外,可以学习一些填充信息的方法手段,如fact摆事实,statistics列数字,witness亲身经验,comparison比较,analogy类比,example例子,anecdote趣闻,quotation名言,这样一些方法的综合运用,内容不充实也难了。

 

四宗罪:条理不清晰,逻辑关系不明显

 

使用适当的关联词是托福口语明确的要求,但有些考生在回答口语任务时忘记使用,包括一些口语实力还可以的考生,让考官对其分论点层次和观点把握不准。

 

治愈贴士:扎实掌握以下表示句子逻辑关系的关联词,提醒自己注意使用。如并列关系(and, as well as, apart from); 因果关系(because, simply because, mainly because, since, given that, as, this is due to the fact that); 递进关系(especially, among, I love…in particular); 转折关系(but, yet, while, whereas, however, on the other hand); 让步关系(even though, even if, although); 对比关系(unlike a, b tends to be, a is…, while b is more likely to be…, compared with a, b is less likely to be…; a is…, while b is…)。

 

五宗罪:中英转换时常出现中式表达,让人不明其意

 

清晰的个人观点是口语评分标准之一,但常有考生硬是翻译自己一些较为复杂的观点,结果出现不少生硬的中式英语,让人不明就理。比如这样一些句子:I have no experience. 正确表达是:I don’t know much about… . 又或者The price is very suitable for me. 应该为The price is right.

 

治愈贴士:建议养成每天对着一件小东西用英语吐槽的习惯,每次10分钟左右,比如一个杯子,一支笔,每次进行录音,听听发音是否清晰,语法是否有错,表达是否流畅等,积累地道的口语表达。这样易有成就感坚持下去,坚持三周后应会为自信清楚地用英语表达个人观点。

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