Welcome back. In the second part of this presentation, we're going to look at some strategies regarding the integrated tasks. Let's begin. As mentioned in course 2, for this task, you will read an announcement. Then you will hear a conversation in which two students discuss the announcement. Sometimes this task is called campus question. This conversation lasts from 60-80 seconds and you'll be able to take notes. The best strategy here is identifying exactly what the proposal in the reading section is. Once you identify that, make sure you understand the reasons for it. Are there reasons against the proposal or not? Since their reading section or the announcement is followed by a conversation between two speakers, almost always if female voice and a male voice, you need to have very organized notes. By dividing your listening column into two sub columns, you can specifically note what the female speaker and the male speaker are saying to each other. The third task in the speaking section is that lecture instead of the conversation. First, you are going to read and then you're going to listen to professor explaining something related to what you read. It's very important to use a template so you can have your notes from the reading and the listening side-by-side. First, write the main idea from the reading, as well as the points that are mentioned. Then contrast those points with what the professor mentions and the way he defines the terms and concepts. The last task in the speaking section is listening to a lecture and summarizing the main points. You'll have 20 seconds to prepare your response, and you'll have 60 seconds to record your answer. The best strategy is having great notes and also having a template with these features: topics, citation, lists, and examples. We have talked about these templates in course number 2, module number 2. Besides developing your answers, you need to also think about the way you deliver your response and fluency is an important part of it. You don't want to speak too fast or too slow. Let's try and check out how your speed or your fluency is. You should be able to speak about 130 words in 60 seconds. You have 60 seconds to try to read this paragraph out loud. Let's begin. Besides practicing, developing ideas and fluency or delivery of response, you need to also improve your language use. Think about the variety of vocabulary that you use. Do you repeat the same vocabulary over and over again? Do you use too many simple sentences? Do you have enough compound sentences? Do have complex sentences in your response? Do you ever use a combination of compound or complex sentences? When you practice vocabulary for your speaking tasks, make sure you're able to use varied vocabulary and you do not use and repeat the same word over and over again. Also, make sure you have enough academic words in your responses. Finally, it's a good idea to learn some idioms you can use in your answers. Is completely acceptable to have simple sentences in your answers. Simple sentences have one subject and one verb. They are typically used when you want to state the main point of the reading or listening passage. For example, the reading passage introduces an economic concept called inflation. As you can see here, you have one verb, introduce. Try to use some compound sentences as well. Compound sentences are two independent clauses joined by a conjunction such as, and, but, or, so, yet, for. This type of sentence includes two subjects and two verbs. It helps you introduce the most important points in reading and listening passages. Here's an example. The reading passage introduces an economic concept called inflation, but speaking passage discusses the idea of deflation. Now you can show off your grammar by using some complex sentences. That means a dependent clause, such as a noun, adjective, or adverb clause, plus an independent clause. Here are some examples. Complex sentence with adverb clause. Inflation, as the reading passage suggests, refers to the increase of goods and services over time. Complex sentence with an adjective and adverb clause. For example, bats, which sometimes have difficulty finding their young when they return to the cave, feed other baby bats not related to them, informs this speaker in the lecture. Complex sentence with noun clause, the speaker in the lecture asserts that most terrestrial animals have protective mechanisms to make it more difficult for predators to find and eat them. Also, it's possible to use some compound-complex sentences. That means compound and complex sentences together that can make your sentence pretty long. Here's an example. The author in the reading passage who argues that businesses can be successful, asserts that employees should read all documents in their entirety, that they should attend all meetings, and that they should skip the steps of the writing process, and the speaker in the lecture contradicts those three assertions. This is the end of the second part of this module. In the next module, we're going to look at some writing tips and strategies.
