Resumen y Escritura Integrada en el TOEFL

Clase 30 de 39 • Curso de Preparación para TOEFL

Resumen

¿Qué implica la sección de escritura integrada del TOEFL?

El examen TOEFL no solo evalúa la capacidad de escribir, sino que desafía a los estudiantes a integrar habilidades esenciales como la lectura, la escucha y, por supuesto, la escritura. Dentro de esta sección, los estudiantes deben demostrar su comprensión integral de un texto y una conferencia, sintetizando ideas de cada uno para demostrar competencia lingüística y de análisis.

¿Cuál es el procedimiento para abordar esta tarea?

Leer un pasaje: Primero, se te presenta un texto que debes absorber cuidadosamente. Aquí, es crucial identificar la idea principal y los detalles de apoyo.
Escuchar una conferencia: A continuación, escucharás una conferencia relacionada. Es fundamental captar los puntos clave que conectan o contrastan con el pasaje leído.
Escribir una respuesta: Finalmente, te asignarán una tarea de escritura donde tendrás que resumir y explicar cómo las ideas principales del pasaje y la conferencia se relacionan entre sí.

¿Qué estrategias son clave para tener éxito?

Toma de notas eficiente: Aunque el tiempo es limitado, tomar notas rápidas y relevantes durante la lectura y la escucha te ayudará a organizar tus ideas al escribir.
Estructuración de la respuesta:
- Párrafo introductorio: Comienza con una apertura que presente las ideas centrales del texto y la conferencia.
- Cuerpo del resumen: Utiliza uno o dos párrafos para detallar las ideas principales del pasaje leído.
- Declaración final breve: Concluye con una declaración que resalte cómo se conectan las ideas principales de ambos recursos.

¿Cuáles son algunos consejos especiales para esta tarea?

No incluyas tu opinión: La tarea es, fundamentalmente, un ejercicio de síntesis y análisis. Tu opinión no es necesaria ni deseada.
Sé claro y explícito: Asegúrate de mostrar cómo los elementos del pasaje y la conferencia están relacionados de manera explícita. Esto demuestra tu capacidad de vincular ideas complejas.

¿Cómo efectuar una autoevaluación efectiva de tu respuesta?

Después de completar tu escritura, utilice la rúbrica proporcionada para comparar tu respuesta con el ejemplo de respuesta disponible. Evalúa aspectos como la coherencia, la claridad y la manera en que sintetizaste la información. También puedes utilizar la sección de comentarios para recibir retroalimentación constructiva de otros estudiantes, lo cual es crucial para mejorar tus habilidades de escritura.

Visita la sección de recursos adjunta al material de clase para descargarlos, y no dudes en enviar tu trabajo para recibir valoraciones. También, ofréceles tus comentarios a otros usando la rúbrica, ya que enseñar y evaluar te ayudará a aprender mejor.

¡Sigue practicando y no dudes en buscar ayuda o clarificaciones en los recursos adicionales ofrecidos! Esto te permitirá aprender de tus errores y crecer constantemente en tu preparación para el TOEFL.

Felipe Bernardo González Barranco

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you've got to be mentally prepared since this exam it's quite demanding!

Aaron Jimenez

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The total answer has to be 150 to 255 words, or each paragraph has to be 150 to 255 words? Because in the pdf with the sample answer has 4 long paragraph.

Julián Cárdenas

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the passage tells the story of a controversial historian who allegedly kept memories of famous people from the 18th century, the problem with these facts is that his memories were written some time later, so their accuracy is in question, on the other hand a professor cited in the document offers arguments in favor of the precision of his memory, which would rescue those passages in order to understand the social processes of the 18th century

magda.novoa

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this was my answer, I hope to recevie some feedback: the chavelier was a controversial figure because the memories he wrote very specific details that no one can remember and also wrote very adventures that may be could be true but not at all, it had some specific details that are exaggerated, according to critics and historians. First, the chavelier life is presented as a glamourous and extravagant life with parties and gambling where he loses a lot of amounts of money, this fact happened in Switzerland, but many critics say that if he was so rich and abundant, why he usually borrowed money and never paid. Second, he wrote about many adventures, one specific is about when he escaped from a prisión in Venice, Italy. He wrote that he escaped by doing a hole in the prisión roof using just a piece of metal and he bribed some guardians. But the critics say that he had some political Friends that helped him to escape. Third, the talk that he had with Voltier. Without ignoring that once they actually met, it is impossible to remember a complete talk with someone, even if he wrote the memory the same day that they met.

Diego Valle

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It is about three specifics aspects of the chevalier's memoirs. The first one is about if he really was a poor person because he always was asking for money, even though he had assests.

The second one is about how reliable were their notes taken from the conversatios he had with Voltaire. And finally is up to debate how he escape from prison, if the escape by making a hole in the ceiling, or just bribing the jailers.

Juliana Gallo

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The passage states some critics regarding the controversial figure: “Chevalier”, in order to consider him as a reliable historical source. Though the affirmations made in the passage, the professor has another position to consider him as an important ancient source. While the passage mentions that he was not rich due to his money borrowing need, this does not mean that he wolud lack of being a wealthy person. On the contrary and as the professor says he had many assets that were not reflected in cash, therefore he used to borrow cash that after he wolud return by inference.

The second passage's piece critics the accuracy of Chevalier´S conversations sustained with Voltaire, the famous writer, by indicating that Chevalier's writings were made many years later after the talks took place. Nevertheless the professor puts the fact that Chevalier and Voltaire discussions were written down each night by the controversious figure each night.

The final piece of the passage establishes that Chevalier´s scape from prison in Venice, was a result of a bribe to the joilers that let him out. On the contrary the professor points out that there were more powerfull prisioners able to bribe the guards but it didnt happened, moreover evidence from old venitian governmets found the cealing with damages and they had to repaired it.

Overall the position manifested by the professor casts doubt about what is stablished in the passage, thus the fact of considering Chevalier as relaiable historical source makes all sense to the educator.

Juan Manuel Mamani Canchohuaman

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Aqui mi aporte, gracias:

The chevalier

All the chevalier’s writes about all his adventures are very impressive, but many people has doubts about the accuracy about them. Many critics specialised in 18th century have had controversial points of view about chevalier stories.

In first place, chevalier wrote on his book that he has spent great deal of money going to parties, but in contrast with this, many bank documents from that year showed information of chevalier’s borrow of money from merchants.

Also, chevalier recorded in his memorial book that he had many interviews with the famous writer Voltaire, and certainly it is very possible that he meets with Voltaire, but it is hard to believe that every single word said by Voltaire was carefully remembered and wrote at Chevalier’s book memories, specially when the book was written after so many years the meetings between them.

The las questioned chevalier’s memoir is about his scape form a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. According his story he scaped form his cell using a piece of metal and making a hole in the prison’s walls , but according the documents from that prison and testimony of others prisoners it was very common to get out from prison with the help of politician friends.

Jair Israel Avilés Eusebio

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Sharing my answer:

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The lecture and the passage refers to the memoir of the Chevalier de Seingalt and some controversial inconsistencies that may contain given the evidences of

the society he lived in those years and what is documented against some facts that could justify these situations.

First, the passage about he being wealthy while living in Switzerland described as he had a well social life style including gambling and lots of expenses. However, since it’s documented he ask for borrowing money, puts in doubt if he really had many money as he claimed. On the other hand, those loans can be justified as he has first to sell his assets and wait some time until having available cash to be used, in the meantime.

Secondly, being a person with a vast network of revenant people. One of this most notable memories are having conversations with Voltaire. What is argued is how well detailed these are described in the memoir after years of occurred. What can be justified, is that the Chevalier is recognized as a person who often took notes about almost every situation an conversation he had.

Lastly, when he was at jail in Venice and managed to escape from that place. This can be interpreted from his memoir as an exaggeration by breaking the roof. Some speculation is that he actually get out the prison through bribing. However, is exists government documents confirming that the roof had to be repaired after the Chevalier escape.

Jefferson Parrasi Hernandez

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This text focuses on the main figure of the 18th century, the Chevalier de Seingalt. He held a prominent position, but opinions differ regarding his memoirs. Some argue that the accuracy of events surrounding his life is questionable. Critics have noted his impoverished background and lack of interesting conversations. However, he did have influential contacts in the Venice jail, which helped him escape.

Federico Acuña

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Here's my answer (167 words) In the lecture is presented two opposed points of view of the memoirs written by the Chevalier, so I’m going two present both.

First, in the lecture the speaker is in the position to defend that his memoir was accurate. In the case of his wealth, she explains that he had many assets and in the process of the transaction to sell it, he doesn’t have money and ask for the Swiss merchant to borrow money, but he wasn’t really poor. In the case of the conversations with Voltaire, he was every night journaling his experiences; it’s very possible to recall those conversations.

In the other hand, the critics says that wasn’t true. They defend that he really need that money in order to do his extravagancies. In the case with Voltaire they reaffirm that he can’t recall all those conversations after many years.

Finally, because this was a long time ago, they will keep debating whether the facts mentioned in his memoir where true or false.

Elkin Tomás Sánchez Serna

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The Chevalier de Seingalt to the historians is a controversial and enigmatic person, due to in his writings there are some inconsistencies about his life and events; at first, the Chevalier said that he is a wealthy man, he spent the money in glambings and parties , but according with a register he had borrowed money to a swiss merchant; on the other hand, the conversation between Chevalier and Voltaire look unreliable, when he described the conversation he used many specific words and details, and he wrote about this happening years later; finally, the escape from Venice prison is being questioned by the critics, he claims that he escaped by climbing the roof, the critics mentioned that perhaps how he was good connected his friends paid a bribe to the guards. In conclusion, although the chevalier was well-connected with the famous people in 18 century European society, that does not mean everything that he wrote was true.

Manuel Oviedo

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Julian Esteban Pantoja Perenguez

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Miguel Gomez

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The accuracy of chevalier´s memoirs

There is a memoir from a particular chevalier that are pretty valuable for some historians because of their description of European society during the 18th century. This is the chevalier Sengalt´s memoirs. The value of theirs notes relies on the events and experiences recorded with several important of that century such as kings and writers. Nonetheless, as polemic this knight as polemic his memoir is a well. There are some doubts in regards the accuracy of his tales.

Some point out that his notes on his staying in Switzerland are not true at all as the knight affirms he was rich and used to spend lots of money in parties and gambling. Despite this, there is evidence that the knight borrowed money from a merchant making these affirmations to tremble. We need to consider though, that his wealth was based on properties that needed to be sold first before obtaining the effective and it could take time, so the knight might have borrowed money in the meantime of these transactions.

In the other hand, some doubt about the accuracy of the notes from his arguments with the writer Voltaire. This is mainly because, they were written many years after the actual conversations, making difficult to fully capture the ideas an phrases expressed. Nonetheless, there knight himself manifested he used to take notes the nights after their conversations, and many close friends confirmed he used to consult many notes during the memoir redaction.

Finally, the event of the venetian escape is one of the most polemic ones as the knights states he use a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing up the rooftop to escape. But some argues that it is most likely he managed to bribe the jailers. An argument that defends the knight´s version is that there are official records from the Venetian government at that time talking about some repairs for the ceiling during that time.

Maria Arango

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This is my answer: The chevalier. The passage is talking about a very iconic person named The Chevalier, he was a figure of European society in the 18th century and his memoirs of a very exciting life. Critics sustain that his memoirs are not very accurate, the passage analyzes three of his writings. The first one refers to the Chevalier period living in Switzerland, his wealth and his adventures while parting and gambling. The critics say that the Chevalier wasn’t actually a very wealthy person, it is said that he borrowed larges amount of money in order to sustain his parting and gambling habits. They don’t agree because they say that a rich person doesn’t have to borrow money. On the contrary, it is also said that back in the day it was normal for people to change assets to cash in order to gamble, so other people believe this is what he used to do. Secondly, the critics talk about the conversations he sustained with Voltaire. The critics say they are not accurate because these writings were done many years after the conversations were held so, there is not much accuracy, things tend to be distorted. However, it is believed that the Chevalier used to write down every night right after he talked to Voltaire to keep record of all these conversations that he refers in his memoirs. Lastly, the famous scape from the prison in Venice. It is said that he made a hole on the ceiling to scape. The critics say that it was impossible and that it was most likely happened to be a bribe to one of the guards with the help of one or some of his powerful friends in the high European society, instead of an intrepid scape. The thing is that back in that time it would have been very difficult to bribe the guards, they were very extract and also there is a record that the ceiling of his cell had to be repaired so, despite of what the critics say, there is evidence and counter arguments to defend the Chevalier’s memoirs.