PRACTICE ACTIVITY

Did you understand? Read a passage and listen to a conversation or lecture on the same topic. Then listen to the example response or read the example essay. Is it complete? Are all of the points in the reading passage mentioned? Are all of the same points from the conversation or lecture included?

SPEAKING TASK 2

Reading Time: 45 seconds

Announcement from the Office of the President

The Board of Trustees approved tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board rates during its June meeting on Friday. The plan provides for tuition for instate students to be frozen at $12,000, the same rate as last year. Out-of-state tuition is scheduled to increase 3 percent over the last academic year. Tuition for current international students will also increase by 3 percent; however, the tuition for new international students will increase by 5 percent over the last academic year. Instate students make up approximately 80 percent of undergraduate students, out-of-state students 12 percent, and international students 8 percent.

Now listen to a conversation on the same topic.

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Question

The man expresses his opinion of the announcement. State his opinion and give the reasons he has for holding that opinion.