{"id":2791,"date":"2016-02-11T10:25:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T18:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:44:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:44:15","slug":"flowcharts-and-note-taking-part-2-speaking-section-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/flowcharts-and-note-taking-part-2-speaking-section-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowcharts and Note-Taking, Part 2: Speaking Section Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flowcharts are common kind of visual in the business world. They\u2019re often used to illustrate the processes for making decisions (figure 1 below), and completing tasks (figure 2).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2787 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img3.png\" alt=\"fantp1-lsc_img3\" width=\"480\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img3.png 480w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img3-177x300.png 177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2788 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img4-600x479.jpg\" alt=\"fantp1-lsc_img4\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img4-600x479.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img4-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img4.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowcharts are also useful In TOEFL Speaking, because Integrated Speaking conversations can also be seen in terms of processes, tasks, and decisions. In Speaking Task 2, one student gives an opinion and supports it. A flow chart can be created to show the process behind the student\u2019s argument\u2014the opinion he or she has arrived at, and the ideas given to justify the opinion. <\/p>\n<p>Below is an example flowchart for a TOEFL Integrated Speaking conversation. Figure 3 is a flowchart for Speaking Task 3 (<strong>renamed Task 2 on the current TOEFL!<\/strong>) on page 18 of Quick Prep Volume 3 (transcript on pages 37-38, audio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ets.org\/c\/17722\/audio\/vol_3\/track9vc330431.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2789 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img5-600x466.gif\" alt=\"fantp1-lsc_img5\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img5-600x466.gif 600w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/fantp1-lsc_img5-300x233.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note the way that flowcharts can simplify TOEFL Speaking Notes, giving them direction and focus. This works for <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/toefl-listening-tips-tricks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conversations in TOEFL Listening<\/a>\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flowcharts are common kind of visual in the business world. They\u2019re often used to illustrate the processes for making decisions (figure 1 below), and completing tasks (figure 2). Flowcharts are also useful In TOEFL Speaking, because Integrated Speaking conversations can also be seen in terms of processes, tasks, and decisions. In Speaking Task 2, one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13610],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[13630],"class_list":["post-2791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking-task-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Flowcharts and Note-Taking, Part 2: Speaking Section Conversations - Magoosh Blog \u2013 TOEFL\u00ae\ufe0f Test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/flowcharts-and-note-taking-part-2-speaking-section-conversations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flowcharts and Note-Taking, Part 2: Speaking Section Conversations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Flowcharts are common kind of visual in the business world. 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