Chapter 8 gives you a method for estimating your TOEFL score from scores on the model teats in this book. If you do not have a teacher or a raliable grater to availuale your speaking and writing sections, you may want to consider using one of the services listed at the end of the chapter. You need to know how your speaking and writing will factor into the total score. | TAKING NOTES 65 The problem is that most populations of ginseng in Canada are too small to survive unless they are completely protected from harvesting by humans. Ginseng survive - 0 human harvesting Practical Strategy Sometimes it is faster to represent an idea with a symbol or a diagram than it is to write notes in words. This is especially true of relationships. Practice Activity 10 Did you understand Now practice drawing diagrams to represent relationships. First listen to each of the sentences from lectures on different topics. Then stop the audio and draw your diagram. Compare your drawings with the drawings in the answer key. The first one is completed to give you an example. Your answer is correct if it shows the same relationship as the drawings in the answer key even it the diagram is not exactly the same. The answers are printed in Chapter 7 on pages 509 -511. Example The nervous system is divided into two major parts the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Nervous system Central Peripheral Listen to some sentences from college lectures. Take notes by drawing diagrams. Activity 10 CD 2 Track 9 2. 3. neîlicrt beskyüel material PARAPHRASING 87 PARAPHRASING Paraphrasing means using different words to express the same meaning. When you paraphrase you express an idea that you have heard or read but you say or write it in your own words. Because you are including all of the information when you paraphrase the paraphrase is usually about the same length as the original. There are three problems that you will confront when you are paraphrasing. 1. There Is a natural tendency to repeat the same words Instead of paraphrasing them. This means that you need to listen and read for meaning instead of focusing on individual words and grammatical structures. 2. Reference materials such as a thesaurus may not be used on the TOEFL. This means that you have to know synonyms for words and phrases. 3. Sometimes It is not possible to think of a .
