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Midterm Oral Exam

Midterm Oral Exam. Cilc Advanced 2 TOIC FORMAT. PART 1. In this part of the test, you will read aloud the text on the screen. You will have 45 seconds to prepare. Then you will have 1 minute to read the text aloud. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26884167.

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Midterm Oral Exam

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  1. Midterm Oral Exam Cilc Advanced 2 TOIC FORMAT

  2. PART 1 • In this part of the test, you will read aloud the text on the screen. You will have 45 seconds to prepare. Then you will have 1 minute to read the text aloud.

  3. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26884167 • Windows XP users face end to Microsoft support • Support for the venerable Windows XP operating system ends this Tuesday. • It means that there will be no more official security updates and bug fixes for the operating system from Microsoft. • Some governments have negotiated extended support contracts for the OS in a bid to keep users protected. • Security firms said anyone else using the 13-year-old software would be at increased risk of infection and compromise by cyber-thieves. • Old codeStatistics suggest 20-25% of all users have stuck with XP despite the fact that there have been three major releases of Windows since its debut in 2001. • Some of those existing XP users have struck deals to get security fixes from Microsoft while they complete their migration away from the ageing code. • The UK government has signed a £5.5m deal for extended support. Similarly the Dutch government has signed a "multi-million euro" deal to obtain help for the 40,000 PCs running XP used by the nation's civil servants. • Anyone currently running Windows XP already faced a disproportionate risk of falling victim to malware, said Dave Emm, a senior research analyst at security firm Kaspersky.

  4. http://http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26921743/ Student B • Feelings of aggression after playing video games are more likely to be linked to gameplay mechanics rather than violent content, a study suggests. • Researchers carried out a range of tests, including making a non-violent version of popular game Half-Life 2. • Games modified to have counter-intuitive, frustrating controls - leading to feelings of incompetence - produced more aggressive reactions. • The team called for more sophisticated research into violent gaming. • "There's a need for researchers who are interested in these questions not just to pull two video games off the shelf from the high street," said Dr Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute, who carried out the research along with colleagues from the University of Rochester in the US. • "We need to have a more sophisticated approach so we're all reading from the same experimental methods." • The link between violence and video games is a heavily debated topic among psychologists. • One recent study suggested that playing violent video games for long periods of time can hold back the "moral maturity" of teenagers. • Problems arose with teenagers who spent more than three hours every day in front of a screen, continuously playing these violent games without any other real-life interaction.

  5. PART 2 • In this part of the test, you both have to improvise a dialogue based on the prompts on the next slide. This is a phone call. Student A is the son/daughter who is living abroad and Student B is the worried parent asking how the child is going. You will have 1 minute to prepare and 2 minutes (maximum) to perform the situation.

  6. Student B • (…) • Tell your friend you are fine. • (…) • Tell you friend about your last vacation. • (…) • Tell your friend details about your vacation • (…) • Tell your mom/dad how the city is like • (…) • Tell your friend you have made some friends • (…) • Tell your friend the sightseeings. Give details. • (…) • Tell your friend what you have been doing in your free time. • (…) • End the conversation Student A • Ask how your friend is • (…) • Ask about his last vacation. • (…) • Ask about transportation. • (…) • Ask about the city • (…) • Ask if your friend has made any other friends. • (…) • Ask about the sightseeing • (…) • Ask about the free activities your friend has done so far • (…) • End the conversation

  7. PART 3 • In this part of the test, you will read the questions on the screen and answer them, like a mini-speech. You will have 45 seconds to read the questions and prepare your mini-speech and then you will have 1 minute to deliver it. Try to expand on your answers as much as you can. Your teacher will interrupt you after the 60 seconds have run out.

  8. Student A • What`s your name? • How old are you? • Where are you from? • What`s your favorite color? • What do you do in your free time? • What did you do yesterday?

  9. Student b • What do you do in your free time? • Why do you do it? • How long have you done that? • W

  10. Thank you! That`s the end of the test.

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