Integrated speaking campus setting: announcement/student conversation

In a TOEFL integrated speaking task which includes a reading passage and conversation, it is essential that you can do four things.
1) Show that you understand the topic of the reading passage.
2) Show that you understand the topic of the listening passage or conversation
3) Show that you understand the relationship between the two passages  (the point of integration).
4) Do all three of the points above in an organized, fluent one-minute speech.

The basic structure of a integrated speaking task could look like this -

Introduction

In this set of materials the reading passage  __(topicof reading passage)_____ and the listening passage (topic of listening passage + point of integration)___ (Usually the main idea of the listening passage and the point of integration are the same)

Section describing Reading passage

The reading passage __(topic of reading passage restated)___ . Main point 1 & Supporting details or implications Main point 2 & Supporting details or implications (The number of main points will depend on the information in the passage. Also, how many supporting details you can include depends on time and importance of the details. You DO NOT have to include all supporting details. Sometimes you may not need to include any)

Section describing Listening passage

The listening passage __(topic of listening passage restated)___ . Main point 1 & Supporting details or implications Main point 2 & Supporting details or implications (How many supporting details you can include depends on time and importance of the details. You DO NOT have to include all supporting details.)

 
Look at the example from your textbook.

Reading Passage
A notice from the office of the university president
The university president wants to make sure it is perfectly clear to all university professors, administrators, students, and any other members of the university community that university policy requires that no pets be allowed on campus. The only exception to this rule, absolutely the only exception, is animals such as seeing-eye dogs that are trained for use in assisting persons with disabilities. Any other pets, no matter how large or small, are unequivocally not allowed. Anyone who fails to follow this policy, be they faculty, administrators, students, or others will face immediate action by the university.

Sample notes from textbook
Topic of Reading Passage: notice from university president on policy against pets on campus
Main points about the notice
MP 1 --- reminds university community about policy against pets on campus (except animals for persons with disabilities)
MP2 --- tells campus community that action will be taken against anyone with pets on campus.

Another set of sample notes
Topic of Reading Passage: notice from university president on policy against pets on campus
MP1 --- reminds university community about policy against pets on campus
            -- only exceptions animals for disabled people
            -- definitely no others allowed
MP2 --- anyone who breaks rule will be punished
            -- includes faculty, administrators, students

Listening Passage
Woman: You saw the notice from the university president?
Man: I certainly did.
Woman: From the tone of the notice, it sounded as if he was kind of upset, don’t you think?
Man: I do.
Woman: I wonder why he created this new policy.
Man: Well, it wasn’t a new policy. He was just reminding us of a policy that already existed. But, you didn’t hear why he put out this notice reminding us about the policy.
Woman: No, I didn’t. Did you?
Man: Well, I heard something. This is what some of the other guys told me. They said one of the professors in the Biology Department has a pet snake.
Woman: A pet snake?
Man: Yeah, a really big one. Anyway, the snake got out somehow, it escaped, and got into the president’s office somehow.
Woman: Oh, no!
Man: Yeah, the president got quite a surprise when he sat down at his desk and felt this snake under his desk.
Woman: Okay. Now I see why the president issued the notice.

Topic of Listening Passage: why the president issued the notice
Reasons for issuing the notice
1 --- policy on pets already existed
2 --- professor in Biology Department had pet snake anyway
3 --- snake escaped and got into presidents office
4 --- president wanted to remind campus of existing policy


Topic of Listening Passage: why the president issued the notice
MP1 --- no-pet policy already existed
MP2 --- prof. in Bio.Dep. broke rules, kept snake
          -- big snake
MP3 --- snake escaped
          -- got into president’s office
MP4 --- pres. wants to underline policy

Question: How does the information in the students conversation add to the information in the notice on the university’s policy on pets?

Sample speech textbook
In this set of materials, the reading passage describes a notice from the university president, and the listening passage provides a student discussion of the reasons for the notice.

The notice that is described in the reading passage reminds the university community about a policy against pets on campus, except for animals for persons with disabilities. The notice also tells the university community that action will be taken against anyone with pets on campus.

In the listening passage, the students discuss the reasons why this notice was issued. The students say that a policy against pets already existed on campus. However, a professor in the Biology Department has a pet snake anyway, and the snake escaped and got into the president’ office. The president most likely issued the notice to remind the campus of the policy. (136 words)

Another sample speech
In this set of materials, the reading passage is a notice from the university president, and the listening passage is a conversation about why the notice was issued.

The reading passage notice tells the university community that there is a policy against pets on campus. Only animals like seeing-eye dogs are allowed. The notice also says that students or staff who break the rule will be punished.

In the listening passage, two students discuss why the president issued the notice. The man says that the policy against pets already existed, but a professor still kept a big pet snake. The snake escaped and got into the president’ office. So that’s why the president wanted to underline the no-pet policy. (121 words)