GEPT Study Group

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• -- How to prepare for listening and reading
  tests?
• -- How to write an essay in a test? 

• GEPT Study Group

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• ??(1) ??
• ??????(yes-no, ???who, what, why, when,
  where???????????embedded question)
• ???
• ???????????
• e.g. The cat at Lisa's house triggered Aaron's
  allergies.
• A I dont like her cat either. (a possible
  consequence?????)
• B The poor guy. Did he take medicine for it? (a
  direct answer)

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• 2.??(1) ?? embedded question
• e.g. I wonder who lives up there in that mansion
  on the hill.
• B No, I have no idea. Maybe we should go up and
  take a look. (??yes/no ??)
• D I don't know, but they must be very rich. (a
  direct answer)
• ??(2/3) ???????
• 1. ?????????,????????????
• 2. ??? -- Main ideas facts figures,
  descriptions
• e.g. A What do you want to watch.
• B. Let's get Bridget Jones. I've always wanted
  to see that movie.
• Q. Where are the speakers ? At a video store.

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• ??(2/3) ?????????????(Question Types)
• for main ideas (??)
• For implied meanings (??? ?????)
• For details (??)-- need scanning

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• (1/2) ????(Tips useful for writing and
  translation, too!!!)
• ???? subject-verb agreement Tense
  Sentence Construction passive voice active
  voice preposition??
• Sentence Construction ??????????(to)????(where,
  and)?????(used to V),????????, etc.
• Remember vocabulary in contexts
• with their usages, or in word groups (insure and
  assure inspire and aspire).
• Memorize ??????????? and their usages
• (3) ????
• ??????-skimming, scanning???????(???)??????
  First reading ??????????
• Clues ???? ???????

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• (ref. 2008-2010 ??????????? ??)
• ?????--1 ? 15 questions, each within 20 sec.
• ???? 1 ? ??,each within 3 mins
• ???? 1 ? ??,each within 6.5 mins ??
  3??,??3.5??.

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Composition (1)

• Timed Essay Writing

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• Part I
• Chinese-English Translation (40)In this part of
  the test, you should translate a Chinese passage
  into an English passage.
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• Part II
• Guided Writing (60)In this part of the test,
  you will be provided with a main topic. You
  should write an essay of 150180 words in an
  appropriate style. Write your essay on the
  writing test answer sheet.
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• Pre-writing, writing and proofreading all
  within 30 mins
• pre-writing ??????????,????????????????
• 2) writing ?? ? ????
• a. Language -- ???????????? ????,??????(key
  words)?
• b. Language and Ideas -- ??????????????????
  ???????
• c. ????
• ?????????????Thesis Statement????Topic
  Sentence?
• ??() ??????(?????????????)??????????
• Use transitions
• 4) proofreading ???????????,????????????

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??????word choice usage

• the tradition is needless to question about it
• Needless word usage it is ???needless to
  say needless worries.
• It is needless to question the tradition of
  Chinese New Year.
• Needless to say, Chinese New Year is a welcome
  tradition.
• necessary
• It is necessary for you to pay attention to all
  the grammatical details.
• X Grammatical details are necessary to pay
  attention to.

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??????parts of speech???Sentence
Construction

• 1. ??????????????
• Before new year coming that we (S) have to
  cleaning (V) the house and buy new clothes,
  sweets and some foods.
• Before new year comes, we have to clean the house
  and buy new clothes, sweets and some foods.
• 2. ????????????-???verbal phrase, ???,?????
• Chinese New Year, one of the most important
  holidays in Chinese. fragment It means say
  (???--saying) good bye to the past year and
  welcome the new start, family get together, and
  happiness.
• ? Chinese New Year, one of the most important
  holidays for Chinese, means saying good bye to
  the past year and welcoming a new start with
  ones family and in happiness.

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???????????? parallelism

• ??some others still others
• Relatives gather for a round-table dinner,
  uniting the whole big family people reexamine
  themselves, seeing the New Year as a new start
  people who only aim to have fun, taking the
  holiday to forget bad things of last year.
  (????????????????)
• Some gather with their relatives for a
  round-table dinner, uniting the whole big family
  others reexamine themselves, seeing the New Year
  as a new start still others only aim to have
  fun, using the holiday to forget bad things of
  last year.

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???????fragment, ????

• Even though there is no way to know when did the
  Chinese New Year(Spring Festival) first began.
  As a Chinese, there is no doubt that it is the
  oldest and most important festival for us, and it
  is an ancient festival that marks the end of
  winter.
• ? Even though there is no telling when the
  Chinese New Year(Spring Festival) first began, it
  is undoubtedly the oldest and most important
  festival for Chinese people, a festival that
  marks the end of winter. (???)

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??????? Thesis Statement

• Chinese New Year is a very important day to
  Chinese people, just like Christmas to Americans.
  When it comes to Chinese New Year, many words
  come to my mind, such as spring cleaning, Chinese
  New Years Eve, red envelope, red couplets, New
  Year cake and so on. Each of them plays an
  important role in Chinese New Year and means a
  lot.
• ? (????????)
• ?Each of them plays a different role in the
  festival, but they all mean bringing good luck of
  one kind or another.)

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??????? Thesis Statement unity

• The Chinese New Year undoubtedly adds significant
  spices to our monotonous lives annually. The
  festival indicates the end of a year and the
  beginning of another flourishing year. During
  the past year, we might experience certain
  unforgettable anecdotes or memorable incidents,
  and it remained in our mind. (off-focus not
  about the Chinese new year.) Meanwhile, Chinese
  New Year brings us abundant anticipation in the
  promising new year.
• suggested revisionre-focusing Celebrating the
  Chinese New Year, we keep in mind the
  unforgettable anecdotes or memorable incidents
  weve had in the past year, while welcoming the
  new year with anticipation.)
• Adding a Thesis Statement Celebrating this
  period of transition, we clean the dirt in the
  house while keeping in mind the memorable from
  the past year we relax and enjoy our time with
  our family while welcoming the new year with
  resolution and anticipation.

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??????? Topic Sentence

• Families begin preparing for Chinese New Year in
  the middle of the twelfth lunar month. It is
  generally thought to be a time of discarding the
  old and ushering in the new, and thats the major
  reason why we hold spring cleaning.
• Topic Sentence unclear
• The first thing to do in welcoming good luck
  during the Chinese New Year festival is spring
  cleaning in the middle of the twelfth lunar
  month we clean the dirt and discard the old in
  order to usher in the new.

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• ????????(cause-and-effect)????????(refute
  counter-arguments)
• ?? Off-focus
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• ???????? Cliché
• ???????rhetoric question.
• Another example (????? )
• Please check this page for the official samples
  http//www.etweb.fju.edu.tw/eng_course_site/course
  _site/www3/materials.asp?cno212

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What is a good essay? ??????????????????

• 1. Topic ????????????????????,???????,???????????
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• 2. Idea Development and Organization
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• a. ???,????,??????
• b. ????????????
• c. ????????????
• d. ???,??????????
• 3. Paragraph Unity and Coherence ????(??
  first,second,third,next,in addition,furthermore,in
  conclusion?)????????????
• 4. Vocabulary ??????,???????
• 5. Syntax ?????????
• 6. ????????????????,???????????????????,?????????
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• http//www.lttc.ntu.edu.tw/teacher/Reading/medium/
  w.htm

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How to increase your vocabulary?

• http//blog.xuite.net/mmbakhtin/sharelearnenglish/
  22205068 (from http//www.chinapost.com.tw/busine
  ss/2009/01/29/193882/Vouchers-touch.htm )
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