Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Curriculum at a Glance xii
Table of Contents xv
Overview xxiii
About the Test
TOEFL iBT Overview: Interaction
Activity xxiv
General Information xxiv
Exam Delivery and Format xxv
No Special Background Knowledge
Needed xxvi
Registration xxvi
Scores xxvi
Students Exam Experience xxvi
TOEFL iBT Preparation Tips xxvii
Goal-setting: An Information Exchange
Activity xxvii
Partner A: TOEFL iBT Preparation
Tips 15 xxviii
Partner B: TOEFL iBT Preparation
Tips 610 xxix
Understanding the Four Exam Sections xxx
Audio-visual PowerPoint Jigsaw xxx
Reading Overview
Audio-visual PowerPoint: Reading xxx
How to Approach a TOEFL iBT Reading
Passage xxxii
Speed-reading Tips xxxiii
Task-based Internet Reading Activities xxxiv
Email News and Bookmarked Magazine
Websites xxxiv
Listening Overview
Audio-visual PowerPoint: Listening xxxiv
How to Approach a TOEFL iBT Listening
Passage xxxvi
Task-based Internet Listening Activities xxxvii
Familiarize Yourself with Different Accents xxxvii
Bookmark Documentary Websites xxxvii
Speaking Overview
Audio-visual PowerPoint: Speaking xxxvii
How to Approach a TOEFL iBT Speaking Task xxxix
Task-based Internet Speaking Activities xl
Find a Speaking Partner xl
Set up a Learning Exchange xl
Writing Overview
Audio-visual PowerPoint: Writing xl
How to Approach the TOEFL iBT Integrated Essay xli
How to Approach the TOEFL iBT Independent
Essay xlii
Task-based Writing Activities xliii
Start a Speed-writing Journal xliii
Start an Independent Essay Journal xliii
Diagnostic xlv
Reading
Reading Skills xlvi
How to Approach a TOEFL iBT Reading
Passage xlvi
Reading Test: Neuroscience xlvi
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The Brain, Learning, and Memory xlvi
Academic Word List Vocabulary lii
Videos: University Study Skills lv
Integrating Listening and Reading lvi
Listening
Listening Test 1: Conversation lvi
Time Management lvi
Video: Under Time Pressure lvii
Listening Test 2: Education lviii
Teaching Vocabulary lviii
Speaking
Speaking Test Preview lxiii
Which Characteristics Describe You? lxiii
Speaking Test lxiv
Which Characteristic Describes
You Best? lxiv
Writing
Writing Test: Career Studies lxvi
What Are Your Goals for the
Future? lxvi
Understanding the Independent
Essay lxvii
Chapter 1: Family 1
Reading
Reading Skill 1 2
Responding to Vocabulary
Questions 2
Reading Practice 1: Linguistics 3
Word Families and the Academic
Word List 3
Summary Chart 9
Reading Practice 2: Anthropology 10
The Walking Marriage 10
Reading Practice 3: Neuroscience 13
The Neurological Basis of Love 13
Reading Test: Biology 16
Pre-reading Video: Male Biological
Clocks 16
Male Biological Clocks 17
Academic Word List Vocabulary 22
How to Paraphrase 23
Test Reading Passage 24
Listening
Listening Skill 1 25
Recognizing Signal Words and
Predicting 25
Listening Practice 1: Biochemistry 26
Pheromones 26
Listening Practice 2: Conversation 28
Mid-term Exam 28
Listening Practice 3: Ornithology 29
Emperor Penguins 29
Listening Practice 4: Business 32
Family Business 32
Listening Practice 5: Genetics 34
Introduction to Genetics 34
Listening Test 1: Conversation 36
Family Disagreement 36
Listening Test 2: Psychology 38
Parenting 38
Summary Chart 40
Speaking
Speaking Skill 1 41
Speaking Task 1: Stating a
Preference 41
Video: University Interviews about
Success 42
Speaking Practice 1: Career Studies 44
Describe a Successful Person 44
Speaking Practice 2: Sociology 45
Topic Statement Grammar and Language
Check 45
Interaction Activity: Outlining 46
Speaking Practice 3: Education 47
Describe an Important Lesson Learned 47
Summary Chart 48
Speaking Test 50
Describe a Skill You Would Like to
Learn 50
Speaking Test Review 51
Writing
Independent Writing Skill 1 52
Pre-writing 52
Writing Practice 1: Standard Outline 54
Agreement and Disagreement
Prompts 54
Writing Practice 2: Alternative Outline 54
Discuss Both Sides 54
Alternative Independent Essay
Checklist 55
Alternative Outline with Some People
Prompts 57
Writing Practice 3: Mind Mapping 57
A Visual Brainstorming Technique 57
Summary Chart 59
Writing Test: Effective Parents 60
Characteristics of Effective Parents 60
Standard Independent Essay
Checklist 60
Chapter 2: Food 63
Reading
Reading Skill 2 64
Responding to Reference Questions 64
Summary Chart 65
Reading Skill 3 67
Responding to Insert Text
Questions 67
Summary Chart 68
Reading Practice 1: Health Science 69
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Understanding Calories 69
Reading Practice 2: History 71
Mahatma Gandhi's Hunger Strikes 71
Reading Practice 3: Neuroscience 75
Pre-reading Video: Some Foods
Addictive 75
Fast-food Addiction 75
Reading Test: Agriculture 79
Pre-reading Video: Fox Kills Bovine
Growth Hormone Story 79
The Hazards of Industrial
Agriculture 80
Academic Word List Vocabulary 86
Listening
Listening Skill 2 88
Note-taking 88
Listening Practice 1: Nutrition 89
A Balanced Diet 89
Listening Practice 2: Conversation 91
At the Bookstore 91
Listening Practice 3: Conversation 93
Freshman 15 93
Listening Practice 4: Business 95
Processed Foods and the Flavor
Industry 95
Listening Practice 5: Economics 98
Food Riots 98
Listening Test 1: Conversation 101
Supermarket Marketing 101
Listening Test 2: Psychology 104
Eating Disorders and the Media 104
Speaking
Speaking Skill 2 108
Speaking Task 2: Choosing and
Supporting 108
Speaking Practice 1: Health 110
Video: University Interviews about Junk
Food 110
Variation on Standard Speaking Task 2
Outline 113
Speaking Practice 2: Nutrition 114
Alternative Outline 114
Summary Chart 116
Speaking Test 117
Organic Food 117
Writing
Writing Practice: Economics 118
Foreign Aid 118
Integrated Writing Skill 1 119
Understanding the Integrated
Essay 119
Summary Chart 124
Integrated Writing Skill 2 125
Writing the Contrast Essay 125
Writing Test: Biotechnology 129
Genetically Modied Food 129
Chapter 3: Environment 133
Reading
Reading Skill 4 134
Responding to Paraphrase
Questions 134
Summary Chart 136
Reading Practice 1: Fine Art 136
Pre-reading Video: Rivers and Tides 136
Andy Goldsworthys Environmental
Art 137
Reading Practice 2: Business 141
Pre-reading Video: Ben & Jerrys
Eco-biz 141
Ben & Jerrys Eco-biz 141
Reading Practice 3: Genetics 145
Epigenetics 145
Reading Practice 4: Cosmology 149
Pre-reading Video: The Big Bang and
Parallel Universes 149
The Big Bang and Parallel
Universes 149
Reading Test: Evolution 154
Pre-reading Video: Evolution and Natural
Selection 154
Darwin and Evolution 154
Academic Word List Vocabulary 159
Listening
Listening Skill 3 161
Responding to Gist Questions 161
Gist Content: Couch Surng 161
Gist Purpose: Conversation 163
Summary Chart 166
Listening Practice 1: Climatology 167
Global Warming 167
Listening Practice 2: Conversation 168
Global Warming Presentation 168
Listening Practice 3: Architecture 168
A Living Home 168
Listening Practice 4: Medicine 169
Virtual Reality 169
Listening Test 1: Conversation 170
Culture Shock 170
Listening Test 2: Psychology 172
The Milgram Experiment 172
Speaking
Speaking Skill 3 173
Speaking Task 3: Stating a Students
Opinion and Reason 173
Summary Chart 178
Speaking Practice 1: Chemistry 180
New Chemistry Lab 180
Speaking Practice 2: Campus
Housing 184
Announcement from Residence Building
Manager 184
Speaking Test 186
Psych 101 Classes Moved 186
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Writing
Writing Practice: Sociology 189
Online Dating Environments 189
Integrated Writing Skill 3 194
Writing the Comparison Essay 194
Writing Test: Environmental
Studies 198
Bottled Water 198
Chapter 4: Intelligence 203
Reading
Reading Skill 5 204
Responding to Factual Information
Questions 204
Summary Chart 205
Reading Skill 6 206
Responding to Inference
Questions 206
Summary Chart 208
Reading Practice 1: Nanotechnology 209
Pre-reading Videos: Nanobots and the
Human Body 209
Nanotechnology and Enhancing Human
Intelligence 210
Reading Practice 2: International
Business 214
Cultural Intelligence and the Global
Manager 214
Reading Test: Psychology 218
Pre-reading Video: Multiple
Intelligences 218
Multiple-intelligence Theories 218
Academic Word List Vocabulary 223
Listening
Listening Skill 4 225
Responding to Detail Questions 225
Summary Chart 227
Listening Skill 5 228
Responding to Inference
Questions 228
Summary Chart 230
Listening Practice 1: Conversation 231
Consultation with an Advisor 231
Listening Practice 2: Kinesiology 232
Exercise and Cognition 232
Listening Practice 3: Conversation 234
Library Research 234
Listening Practice 4: Neuroscience 235
Emotional Intelligence 235
Listening Test 1: Conversation 237
Research Paper 237
Listening Test 2: Sociology 238
Smart Mobs 238
Speaking
Speaking Skill 4 241
Speaking Task 4: Relating Reading
to Lecture 241
Summary Chart 245
Speaking Practice 1: Music 246
The Mozart Effect 246
Speaking Practice 2: Biology 249
Intelligence in Nature 249
Speaking Test: Computer
Science 251
Emotional Machines 251
Writing
Independent Writing Skill 2 255
Writing the Introduction 255
Writing Practice 1: Education 257
Which Learning Method Suits You
Best? 257
Summary Chart 259
Independent Writing Skill 3 259
Writing the Conclusion 259
Writing Practice 2: Education 261
A Students Most Important
Characteristic 261
Writing Practice 3: The Alternative
Essay 262
New Technologies: For Better
or for Worse 262
Summary Chart 265
Independent Writing Test: Communication
Technology 266
Advanced Communication
Technologies 266
Chapter 5: Gender 267
Reading
Reading Skill 7 268
Responding to Negative Factual
Information Questions 268
Summary Chart 269
Reading Practice 1: Linguistics 270
Gender-inclusive Language 270
Reading Skill 8 271
Responding to Schematic Framework
Questions 271
Summary Chart 273
Reading Practice 2: Zoology 274
Fish that Change Gender 274
Reading Practice 3: Anthropology 277
Pre-reading Activity: The Gender
Challenge 277
Margaret Mead on Gender
Roles 277
Reading Practice 4: History 280
Pre-reading Video: Feminism
Interviews 280
A Brief History of Feminism and
Masculism 281
Reading Test: Gender Studies 285
Pre-reading Video: Track Meet Gender
Controversy 285
The Gender Continua 286
Academic Word List Vocabulary 289
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Listening
Listening Skill 6 293
Responding to Organization
Questions 293
Summary Chart 296
Listening Skill 7 296
Responding to Connecting Content
Questions 296
Summary Chart 297
Listening Practice 1: Conversation 299
At the Registrars Ofce 299
Listening Practice 2: Bioethics 300
Sex Selection 300
Listening Practice 3: Marketing 302
Gender and Comfort Food 302
Listening Practice 4:
Communications 303
Gender and Communication
Styles 303
Listening Test 1: Conversation 305
Working Mothers 305
Listening Test 2: Biology 307
Gender-bending Chemicals 307
Speaking
Speaking Skill 5 309
Speaking Task 5: Summarizing
and Paraphrasing Problem and
Solutions 309
Summary Chart 313
Speaking Practice 1: Gender Studies 314
Gender Stereotyping Problem 314
Speaking Practice 2: Conversation 317
Gender Bias Problem 317
Speaking Test: Conversation 320
Roommate Hassles 320
Writing
Writing Practice 1: Education 322
Single-sex Schools 322
Writing Practice 2: Bioethics 326
Pre-reading Video: Boy or Girl? Decide in
California 326
Sex Selection 327
Integrated Writing Skill 4 329
Using Contrast and Citation
Language 329
Writing Test: Sociology 330
Beauty Pageants 330
Class Debates 333
Chapter 6: Values 335
Reading
Reading Skill 9 336
Responding to Purpose Questions 336
Summary Chart 337
Reading Practice 1: Literature 339
The Alchemist 339
Reading Skill 10 341
Responding to Prose Summary
Questions 341
Summary Chart 342
Reading Practice 2: Sociology 344
The Evolution of the Family 344
Reading Practice 3: Ethology 347
Altruism in Various Species 347
Reading Practice 4: Economics 350
Pre-reading Video: Irans Cosmetic
Surgery Craze 350
Cosmetic Surgery and the Beauty
Premium 351
Reading Test: Business Ethics 355
Pre-reading Video: Afrmative Action
Interviews 355
Afrmative Action 357
Academic Word List Vocabulary 362
Class Debate 363
Listening
Listening Skill 8 364
Responding to Attitude Questions 364
Summary Chart 366
Listening Skill 9 367
Responding to Function
Questions 367
Summary Chart 369
Listening Practice 1: Anthropology 370
Cultural Differences in Emotional
Display 370
Listening Practice 2: Conversation 371
At the Fitness Center 371
Listening Practice 3: Archeology 372
Egyptian Mummication 372
Listening Practice 4: Conversation 373
Values Survey 373
Listening Practice 5: Law 374
Animal Personhood 374
Listening Test 1: Conversation 375
MBA Options 375
Listening Test 2: Economics 376
Fair Trade 376
Speaking
Speaking Skill 6 378
Speaking Task 6: Explaining and
Supporting 378
Summary Chart 381
Speaking Practice 1: Psychology 383
Writing about a Valued Topic 383
Speaking Practice 2: Ethics 385
The Honor System 385
Speaking Test: History 388
Gun Culture 388
Writing
Independent Writing Skill 4 390
Writing the Body Paragraph 390
Writing Practice 1: Sociology 393
Personal Preferences 393
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Writing Practice 2: Sociology 394
Money Choices 394
Writing Practice 3: Sociology 397
Personal Preferences 397
Summary Chart 399
Writing Test: Sociology 400
Job Choices 400
Chapter 7: Communication 403
Complete Test 1: Reading
Reading Skills Review 404
Reading Section 1: Medicine 404
The Placebo Effect 404
Academic Word List Vocabulary 408
Video: The Placebo Effect 411
Reading Section 2: Physics 412
The Internet and Fiber Optics 412
Academic Word List
Vocabulary 416
Reading Section 3: Psychology 420
Non-violent Communication 420
Academic Word List Vocabulary 423
Non-violent Communication Role
Play 426
Complete Test 1: Listening
Listening Skills Review 426
Listening Section 1: Three-passage
Set 426
Passage 1: Web Design 426
Passage 2: Conversation 428
Passage 3: Criminology 429
Listening Section 2: Three-passage
Set 431
Passage 1: Business 431
Passage 2: Conversation 433
Passage 3: Physiology 434
Timed 10-minute Break
Complete Test 1: Speaking
Speaking Skills Review 436
Speaking Task 1 436
Speaking Task 2 437
Speaking Task 3 438
Speaking Task 4 440
Speaking Task 5 442
Speaking Task 6 443
Complete Test 1: Writing
Integrated Writing Skills Review 445
Integrated Writing Review 445
Integrated Writing Test:
Cyber-ethics 446
Peer-to-peer Software 446
Integrated Writing Skill 5 448
Editing 448
Independent Writing Skills Review 450
Independent Writing Review 450
Independent Writing Test:
Business 451
Advertising: Benet or
Manipulation? 451
Independent Writing Skill 5 451
Editing 451
Chapter 8: Happiness 455
Complete Test 2: Reading
Test Preparation 456
TOEFL iBT Test-taking Tips 456
Reading Skills Review 456
Reading Section 1.1: Economics 456
Pre-reading Video: Cars versus People
in Bogot 456
Bogot: A Model for Urban
Happiness 457
Academic Word List Vocabulary 461
Reading Section 1.2: Literature 464
The Fountainhead and Life
Satisfaction 464
Academic Word List Vocabulary 468
Reading Section 2: Physics 470
Happiness Is a Skill 470
Academic Word List Vocabulary 474
Video: Meditation Study 477
Reading Section 3: Sociology 478
The Slow Movement 478
Academic Word List
Vocabulary 482
Video: Online Speed Dating 484
Complete Test 2: Listening
Listening Skills Review 486
Listening Section 1: Three-passage
Set 486
Passage 1: Economics 486
Passage 2: Conversation 488
Passage 3: Medicine 489
Listening Section 2: Three-passage
Set 491
Passage 1: Psychology 491
Passage 2: Conversation 492
Passage 3: Literature 493
Complete Test 2: Speaking
Speaking Skills Review 495
Group 1: Speaking Task 1 495
Group 2: Speaking Task 2 496
Group 3: Speaking Task 3 497
Group 4: Speaking Task 4 499
Group 5: Speaking Task 5 501
Group 6: Speaking Task 6 503
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Complete Test 2: Writing
Integrated and Independent
Writing Skills Review 504
Integrated Writing Test:
Communications 505
Telecommuting 505
Integrated Writing Skill 6 507
Evaluating 507
Independent Writing Test: Psychology 511
What Makes You Happy? 511
Independent Writing Skill 6 511
Evaluating 511
Answer Key 515
Appendix 603
Score Charts and Feedback Forms 604
Common Word Parts and Meanings 615
Academic Word List Index 621
Credits 643
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