{"id":1036,"date":"2017-05-03T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.254.11.177:8081\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2025-07-31T20:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:05:56","slug":"trucos-toefl-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/trucos-toefl-speaking","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e1cticas para la secci\u00f3n de Speaking del examen TOEFL\u00ae II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 estrategias se pueden usar<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>para obtener una buena puntuaci\u00f3n en dos de las tareas de la secci\u00f3n Speaking<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(Integrated Speaking tasks)? En esta segunda entrega, se comienza por una breve<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>introducci\u00f3n a los Integrated Tasks, y luego se enfoca en dos Integrated tasks,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>que requieren tanto leer un texto como escuchar una conversaci\u00f3n o una clase<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>magistral. Como en la entrega anterior, se presentan las respuestas de un<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>hispanohablante y se hace un an\u00e1lisis de cada respuesta.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/api.americanlanguage.es\/uploads\/2cb47c65fad5416eac7bc94b51f5798a.png\" alt=\"TOEFL Speaking Tasks\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this post, we will provide a brief introduction to the Integrated tasks and then discuss the first two of the Integrated Tasks in the TOEFL iBT\u00ae test. (This post is a continuation of \u00abTactics for the Speaking Section\u00bb)<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/trucos-toefl-speaking\/#Integrated_tasks\" >Integrated tasks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/trucos-toefl-speaking\/#Tasks_3_and_4_Readinglisteningspeaking\" >Tasks 3 and 4: Reading\/listening\/speaking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/trucos-toefl-speaking\/#Task_three_The_announcementdiscussion_task\" >Task three: The announcement\/discussion task<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/trucos-toefl-speaking\/#Task_four_The_GeneralSpecific_Task\" >Task four: The General\/Specific Task<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Integrated_tasks\"><\/span>Integrated tasks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>You will have four integrated tasks. The integrated tasks give you some sort of input, such as a text that you read and a listening that connects with it. After that you will need to talk for one minute and connect the two sources together or summarize the one source you have.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tasks_3_and_4_Readinglisteningspeaking\"><\/span>Tasks 3 and 4: Reading\/listening\/speaking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>For tasks three and four you will have both a text to skim through and a related listening to listen to. The text you will see will be between one and two paragraphs long, but you will only have 45 seconds to \u201cread\u201d it. Really you will not have time to read it. What you will be required to do is skim\/scan it very quickly while looking for and writing down key information such as the topic and important supporting information.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Task_three_The_announcementdiscussion_task\"><\/span>Task three: The announcement\/discussion task<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Your first integrated task is more socially focused. You will have a text to read that will give information about some sort of social issue\/concern happening, normally, around a university campus.<\/p>\n<p>In 45 seconds, you will need to skim\/scan for important information such as the topic and a description of that topic. Also, you will need to find supporting information to try to answer the WH- question words: What is happening? When is it happening? Who is affected? What options are given? How can they solve this problem?<\/p>\n<p>After reading, you\u2019ll listen to a conversation about the announcement. You\u2019ll then respond to a question like:<br \/>\n<strong>\u00abThe man gives his opinion about the announcement. Explain his opinion and the reasons he has for that opinion.\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A brief description or definition of the topic of the announcement.<\/li>\n<li>The supporting information (the WH- questions) from the text<\/li>\n<li>The student\u2019s opinion<\/li>\n<li>The reasons he or she gives for having that opinion and how that connects to the supporting information of the text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please listen to the example response below from a native Spanish speaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/118538564&amp;color=ff5500\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Juan gives a great response again.<\/strong> I might call this a three. He clearly presents information from an announcement about a laptop giveaway program&#8230; I would recommend that he better connect and transition between the sources of information.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Task_four_The_GeneralSpecific_Task\"><\/span>Task four: The General\/Specific Task<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Task four, like task three, requires you to \u201cread\u201d, listen, and finally talk. Task four has a more academic leaning of the information. This task is called the general\/specific task. That means that the article you \u201cread\u201d will have general academic information, and the listening will have a specific application of that general information.<\/p>\n<p>Example: General topic = Photosynthesis<br \/>\nSpecific example = Cacti<\/p>\n<p>The question might be:<br \/>\n<strong>\u00abThe lecturer describes how cacti photosynthesize. Explain how this is related to the normal characteristics of photosynthesis described in the reading.\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk about the general topic and describe or define it<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the two or three characteristics\/categories\/subdivisions of the general topic<\/li>\n<li>Introduce the specific topic or topics and describe or define them<\/li>\n<li>Tie together how the specific topic(s) are related to the general topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please listen to the example response below from a native Spanish speaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/118538564&amp;color=ff5500\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Juan\u2019s response is not bad. I would probably give him a three again.<\/strong> He has pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar issues. He attempts to explain the general topic \u201cUtopias\u201d and its three characteristics, and links it to the specific case of Brook Farms, though with factual inaccuracies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 estrategias se pueden usar<br \/>\npara obtener una buena puntuaci\u00f3n en dos de las tareas de la secci\u00f3n Speaking<br \/>\n(Integrated Speaking tasks)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/api.americanlanguage.es\/uploads\/c3208fcf74f74a48a70881bc17b40221.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-examenes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanlanguage.es\/blog-aprender-ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}