iBT Speaking Materials | Announcement-Discussion Task Question
The Third Question you're going to encounter in the TOFEL IBT Speaking Section is The Announcement/ Discussion Task Question. In this question, you will first be asked to read a short written announcement related to university life, and then hear a conversation in which two students discuss the announcement.Your job is simply to state what one student thinks of the announcement. Below you'll find some useful phrases that will help you do that.
State the overall topic of the announcement
●The announcement is about + (n/ n phr)
●The topic of the announcement is + (n/ n phr)
●The main point of the announcement is to + ( V )
●The announcement tells about (n/ n phr)
●The notice tells about (n/ n phr)
Citation
●According to the announcement + (Sentence)
●According to the notice + (Sentence)
●According to the man + (Sentence)
●According to the woman + (Sentence)
●The man says that + (Sentence)
●The woman says that + (Sentence)
●The notice in the (n) says that + (Sentence)
●The announcement in the (n) says that + (Sentence)
●The man tells the woman that + (Sentence)
●The woman tells the man that + (Sentence)
●The woman asks the man if + (Sentence)
●The man asks the woman if + (Sentence)
Agreement/Opinion (Student Opinion)
●The man thinks the new policy is (adj)
●The woman thinks the new policy is (adj)
●The woman approves of the new policy
●The man approves of the new policy
●The man agrees with the idea that + (Sentence)
●The woman agrees with the idea that + (Sentence)
General Agreement
●The man agrees in general with the new policy, but
+ (Sentence)
●The woman agrees in general with the new policy, but
+(Sentence)
Contrast (announcement vs students ideas/ S1 vs S2 ideas)
●(Sentence) .However, (Sentence)
●(Sentence) ,but (Sentence)
Giving Reasons for Student's Opinion
●There are two reasons why the man likes the new policy.
One is that....... The other reason is that.....
●There are two reasons why the man doesn't like the new
policy.
One is that...... The other is that ........
●There are two reasons why the woman likes the new
policy.
One is that....... The other is that......
●There are two reasons why the woman doesn't like the new policy. One is that...... The other is that.......
●The man is in favor of the new policy because he thinks that + (Sentence)
●The woman is in favor of the new policy because she thinks that + (Sentence)
●The reason why the man supports the new policy is that +
(Sentence)
●The reason why the woman supports the new policy is that + (Sentence)
Giving Examples
●For example,
●such as
State the overall topic of the announcement
●The announcement is about + (n/ n phr)●The topic of the announcement is + (n/ n phr)
●The main point of the announcement is to + ( V )
●The announcement tells about (n/ n phr)
●The notice tells about (n/ n phr)
Citation
●According to the announcement + (Sentence)
●According to the notice + (Sentence)
●According to the man + (Sentence)
●According to the woman + (Sentence)
●The man says that + (Sentence)
●The woman says that + (Sentence)
●The notice in the (n) says that + (Sentence)
●The announcement in the (n) says that + (Sentence)
●The man tells the woman that + (Sentence)
●The woman tells the man that + (Sentence)
●The woman asks the man if + (Sentence)
●The man asks the woman if + (Sentence)
Agreement/Opinion (Student Opinion)
●The man thinks the new policy is (adj)
●The woman thinks the new policy is (adj)
●The woman approves of the new policy
●The man approves of the new policy
●The man agrees with the idea that + (Sentence)
●The woman agrees with the idea that + (Sentence)
General Agreement
●The man agrees in general with the new policy, but
+ (Sentence)
●The woman agrees in general with the new policy, but
+(Sentence)
Contrast (announcement vs students ideas/ S1 vs S2 ideas)
●(Sentence) .However, (Sentence)
●(Sentence) ,but (Sentence)
Giving Reasons for Student's Opinion
●There are two reasons why the man likes the new policy.
One is that....... The other reason is that.....
●There are two reasons why the man doesn't like the new
policy.
One is that...... The other is that ........
●There are two reasons why the woman likes the new
policy.
One is that....... The other is that......
●There are two reasons why the woman doesn't like the new policy. One is that...... The other is that.......
●The man is in favor of the new policy because he thinks that + (Sentence)
●The woman is in favor of the new policy because she thinks that + (Sentence)
●The reason why the man supports the new policy is that +
(Sentence)
●The reason why the woman supports the new policy is that + (Sentence)
Giving Examples
●For example,
●such as
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