托福口语的答题原则：

　　INDEPENDENT SPEAKING TASKS

　　In the independent speaking portion of theTOEFL iBT test, you will give two short speeches ontopics that are familiar to you. For the personalpreference task,you will choose and support apreference from a particular category. For thepersonal choice task, you will make and support achoice between two contrasting options.

　　An effective speech begins with an introductorystatement that tells the listener what the speech isabout. The body of the speech is made up ofexplanations and details. A concluding statement completes the speech.

　　1. Listen carefully to the task and think about what you must do in your response.

　　Ask yourself these questions:

　　What is the topic of the task?

　　What am I being asked to do?

　　Then make a mental list of the answers to these questions. For example, look at thefollowing task:

　　Name a skill you have learned and explain why it is important to you. Include details andexamples to support your explanation.

　　For this task, you would make a mental list like the following:

　　The topic is about a skill I have learned. I need to:

　　Name the skill

　　Define the skill if the listener might not know what it is

　　Explain its importance

　　Include details and examples

　　2. Quickly decide on a topic.

　　It is easy to run out of preparation time while trying to decide what topic within the givencategory you will discuss. Quickly choose a topic and start thinking about the examples anddetails you can include for that particular topic. Remember, examiners are not interested inwhat the topic is but in how well you can express yourself.

　　3. Restate the task to include the topic that you ate going to speak about.

　　For the task in Strategy 1 above, you might choose to focus on the skill of touch-typing.Your restatement could be:

　　/ have learned how to touch-type, and this has been very important during my studies.

　　4. Work through your mental list of requirements.

　　For the task in Strategy 1 above, your list might be:

　　Name the skill. You have already named the skill in your restatement of the taskstatement.

　　Define the skill. Ask yourself if you need to define your topic. Will the listener know aboutthe topic you have chosen?

　　Explain the importance to you of the topic you have chosen.

　　Include details and examples from your own experience.

　　5. Know your goal.

　　When studying, record your speech and make a transcript, writing it exactly as you said it.Then make improvements to it: correct mistakes, eliminate long hesitations, and replacewords or rephrase sentences to avoid repetition. Practice reading the corrected version aloud,and time yourself. Read it again while timing yourself, and stop reading at 45 seconds. How fardid you get?