TOEFL Speaking 26: Using Better Vocabulary

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Жыл бұрын

This video takes a really deep dive into the concept of "Vocabulary Diversity" and how it affects TOEFL scores.
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@mostafaasemani4839 Жыл бұрын

Explain-illustrate-Elucidate-State-Elaborate are also great :)

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Indeed! I noticed just now that I used "however" three times. Should probably adjust that too. :)

@glauserra Жыл бұрын

The best tutor is you,Michael!

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. :)

@user-rk2vk6te5n 4 ай бұрын

This is so helpful! thank you

@Toeflresources 4 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for the kind words.

@serifegunay3489 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I`m daily looking forward to your channel, Facebook page, and website for recent news. You`re doing a great job. I have a question; we have limited time in the speaking section, and I can not remember synonym words fastly. How should I study to be familiar with the synonyms?

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Well, there isn't a short cut to learning synonyms. But the key thing to remember is that you should try to use basic and simple alternatives. Don't try to think of fancy replacements for words. Just use whatever easy word comes to mind.

@susiew5394 Жыл бұрын

thanks. that's helpful.

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@haniabdelmalek7071 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Michael for your helpful video. I'm wondering if there will be AI rater for the writing section as well?

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Yes there is. It is called "e-rater."

@namshe7886 Жыл бұрын

I have a question on scoring system. Do you know why I sometimes got lower overall score even though I scored better metrics? For example, overall 23(sr 99 pf 99 ..so on) vs overall 26(sr 80 pf 80...)?

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Well, all the metrics count. Your score could be influenced by more than your sr and pf.

@thurayamurar8343 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video Thank you very much

@Toeflresources 11 ай бұрын

I am so happy you liked it! When will you take the test?

@thurayamurar8343 11 ай бұрын

My story is crazy I am an old -timer Toefl student who watched your videos a long time ago while I was working on my TOEFL preparation since 2012. Unfortunately, my FPGEE expired in 2013. I have made several attempts during these years. My last exam was two years ago, but I have not yet achieved the required scores. but I still have hope to reach my goal:)@@Toeflresources

@Toeflresources 11 ай бұрын

Best of luck to you! Let me know if I can help you along the way.

@thurayamurar8343 11 ай бұрын

Thank you🌷

@BangladeshiGarden 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, I hope this video helped me.

@Toeflresources 6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! When will you take the test?

@BangladeshiGarden 6 ай бұрын

I am not ready yet@@Toeflresources

@Toeflresources 6 ай бұрын

Let me know when you do take it. :)

@veronicaghali3301 10 ай бұрын

Speking questions are still graded from 1 to 4? If so I think using the TOEFL GO app id better as it is gives us the grade we will get on the rest?

@Toeflresources 10 ай бұрын

Yes it is. But note that on the real score report you will never see a 1-4 score. You will only see 0 to 30 scores.

@Nur-to2sj 10 ай бұрын

My score was 21. It is a geeat practice without tutor. Thanks

@Toeflresources 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you are enjoying it!

@catalysisgorger3662 Жыл бұрын

I’m curious that why every time you try a vocabulary diversity improved version and your grammatical accuracy goes down even though you didn’t simply change any grammatical structure in your answer. I wonder if there’s any dynamic balancing happening in that section? The whole Ai thing is still kind of skeptical to me.

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

I am unsure. As I've indicated before, the grammar score is a huge mystery to me. I don't know what influences it. It seems dodgy.

@jabsnshs7847 9 ай бұрын

I took the TOEFL test and scored well. I didn't like the photo taken then, can I change it now? If yes then how can I change it . thank you

@Toeflresources 9 ай бұрын

I don't think you can change the photo.

@mhmmdsaralov Жыл бұрын

Today i received my trial Toefl score which i took in the official center and i got 82(21S, R/ 18L, 22R) what do u think in the real exam it would change slightly or there is a chance to get a higher score than trial exam or less ? Thanks a lot for your worthwhile endeavor, indeed u helped me significantly...

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

I am not familiar with the trial test you took. So I can't predict how close it is to your actual score.

@karlomokbel757 Жыл бұрын

what do you think about testglider ? I think it's using the same AI engine ?!

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

No. They made their own AI engine.

@cheese-power Жыл бұрын

I wonder if accent plays a part in this AI grading. For example, I have a quite strong British accent, and some voice recognition algorithms can't pick it up properly.

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

I don't know. I guess it is worth experimenting. Perhaps I can do my very best impersonation of a British accent.....

@namshe7886 Жыл бұрын

I don't think the accent plays an important role in grading. I also have a very strong British accent, but the delivery score was just fine when I tried that AI grading thing.

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

@@namshe7886 yeah, I think you are correct. I have submitted a lot of recordings of people with noticable accents and they often get 99/99 scores.

@soheylatalebi7841 11 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@hawb2020 Жыл бұрын

Hi Micheal. I do think the filler (uhh) also affected your scores.

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Yes, for sure. But not the "vocabulary diversity" score.

@kadirimariamdamilola9905 Жыл бұрын

Do we need to pay for the speechrater

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

Sign up at MySpeakingScore and you can get a couple credits for free. After that you will need to pay. But note that ETS will start giving away access to the SpeechRater for free in July.

@kadirimariamdamilola9905 Жыл бұрын

@@Toeflresources okay thank you, because I'm writing my TOEFL in August. So I really need to work on my speaking and writing sections .. can I get the writing templates as well

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

www.toeflresources.com/writing-section/toefl-writing-templates/

@renatarodrigues4779 Жыл бұрын

@@Toeflresources I just signed up and they were ready to charge me since my first try. So sad. Didn't buy it.

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

@@renatarodrigues4779 I'm sorry. I think the site has changed since I first made the video. :(

@cheese-power Жыл бұрын

Lesson learned: if you want to get a perfect score, please don’t speak naturally like a native.

@holynadahjl Жыл бұрын

The human raters will be different. I think they affect the score much more than the speechrater and look more for natural language production. But take Michael's advice as well. It's gonna help you a lot.

@cheese-power Жыл бұрын

@holynadahjl I agree, and Michael's videos are really helpful indeed.

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

That's it exactly. It is a game of inches. The test-taker needs to be sure to please both the human rater and the AI rater. Both, at the same time. This video is mostly for the people that absolutely need 26+ in the speaking section. If you don't have a particular speaking target it is probably fine if you forget about the AI and just accept a margin of error in your score.

@asmaasy2252 23 күн бұрын

Hmmm the point of not having to be rich isn’t so accurate, all the good preparation websites require money, and if you live outside the US it’s pretty expensive, even in the US, for me as a student It’s a financial burden

@Toeflresources 22 күн бұрын

Well, I uploaded this video like a year ago so I'm not totally sure what I said. But a few things are worth mentioning: 1. It is cheaper than before to prep for tests due to AI tools. 2. One of the best online TOEFL prep sites - GREGMAT - costs like $8.

@asmaasy2252 22 күн бұрын

@@Toeflresources I appreciate your reply. I didn’t know about this site before, I’ll be definitely checking it out, thank you.

@Toeflresources 21 күн бұрын

Cool! When will you take the test?

@asmaasy2252 19 күн бұрын

@@Toeflresources It was my test’s day. Finally I got the grade I wanted 🥳 Thanks a lot for all the information, practices and sample answers you provided 💐 Specifically , I followed your advice about using ‘while’ in the beginning of the Academic discussion question, it made a big difference I believe.

@Toeflresources 18 күн бұрын

Wonderful news! I am happy to hear that you got the grade you needed. What's next for you?

@holynadahjl Жыл бұрын

The AI is so bad😂😂😂 giving bad scores to native speakers--my god

@holynadahjl Жыл бұрын

And the Godawful AI gives you 30 on grammatical accuracy. What a joke!😂😂😂

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

And that's what we have to keep in mind. The AI is consistent in the way it grades answers (of course). So we have to make sure we don't do "the bad things." I got a ton of sh--t for suggesting there are "secrets" students should know. But there ya go. The grammar scores are something to explore in a further video (if I can ever figure out what triggers it).

@holynadahjl Жыл бұрын

@@Toeflresources Must feel really frustrating to get criticized for spitting out facts :(

@Toeflresources Жыл бұрын

People get really huffy and declare "there are no shortcuts." But it's standardized testing. With automated scoring.