TOEFL iBT Integrated Speaking Task
Polynesian Migrations

Exercise 9 reading passage 3 notes
Main idea: Polynesian migrations (one of greatest in history)
MP 1: --- began 4000 years ago         
MP2: --- covered vast area Pacific Ocean
                -- 20,000 sq m
                -- Hawaii – NZ – Easter Is.
MP3: --- used outrigger canoes
                -- two logs joined by platform

Exercise 10 reading passage 3 notes
Main idea: Polynesian may have reached S.Amer. (interesting fact)
MP 1: --- astonishing
               -- only outrigger canoes          
MP2: --- plant evidence in Hawaii
               -- S. Amer plants in Hawaii
               -- Plants there before Europeans come
               -- suggests Polynesians brought from S. Amer

Example speeches
In this set of materials the reading passage concerns one of the greatest migrations in history and the listening passage introduces an interesting fact about that migration.

The reading passage describes the Polynesian migrations. These began 4,000 years ago and covered a vast area of the Pacific Ocean. The Polynesians used simple outrigger canoes to make their long voyages. These were very simple canoes made of two logs and a platform joining them.

The listening passage tells us that it is possible the Polynesians actually made it all the way to South America. This is amazing using only outrigger canoes. There is plant evidence in Hawaii to support this. There were South American plants in Hawaii before the Europeans came there and this suggests the Polynesian made visits to South America and brought these plants back with them.