TOEFL TPO 13 Speaking Task 2 Sample: The woman expresses her opinion about the university’s plan. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

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New Stadium A university official announced plans to spend $2 million to build a new athletic stadium, commenting that a new stadium would help the university achieve its goal of attracting more top students. The official also said that, additionally, building a new stadium would allow the university to strengthen its relationship with the town since a new and larger stadium would have the space to seat not only students, parents, and alumni, but members of the local community as well.

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The woman expresses her opinion about the university’s plan. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

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1.Sub Scores

Delivery: 3
Topic Development: 3
Language Use: 3

2.Estimated Scores

Total Score: 23

3.Delivery The speaker's delivery is generally clear and fluid, with a consistent pace and only occasional pauses. However, there are some punctuation issues that result from inappropriate pauses. To improve delivery, the speaker should practice maintaining a natural flow of speech and avoid unnecessary pauses. Additionally, working on accurate pronunciation will help eliminate any spelling errors in the response.

4.Topic Development The response is coherent and well-organized, with clear connections between ideas and sufficient support or examples from the listening passage. However, there is room for improvement in terms of providing more specific details from the reading passage to further support the woman's opinion. To enhance topic development, the speaker should focus on incorporating more information from both the reading and listening passages to create a more comprehensive and balanced response.

5.Language Use

The university plans to build a new stadium with $2 million because it can help to achieve the goal to attract more top students and can allow the university to strengthen its relationship with the town by providing more seats. However, the woman in the listening part disagrees with these ideas. The first reason is that top students won't be too thrilled about the university's condition since the equipment here in the library is outdated and the library needs more books and the student center is too small. So she suggests that the university should spend the $2 million on a better place to achieve the goal. And the second reason is that since the university's team always lose, the citizens do not come. But the team won't improve overnight, so ~~the villagers~~ the townspeople ("villagers" replaced with "townspeople" for consistency) would not come just because the place is bigger and there's more seats for them.

Revised Answer (140 words):

The university plans to construct a new $2 million stadium, aiming to attract top-tier students and strengthen its relationship with the local community by offering additional seating. However, the woman in the listening passage disagrees with this plan for two main reasons. Firstly, she believes that elite students would not be impressed by outdated science laboratory equipment, insufficient library resources, and a cramped student center. Instead, she proposes allocating the $2 million towards improving these facilities to better achieve their goal. Secondly, she argues that merely expanding seating capacity will not entice townspeople to attend games, as they have shown little interest in supporting a consistently underperforming team. Therefore, investing in a larger stadium may not yield significant benefits in terms of attracting high-caliber students or fostering stronger community ties.

6.Mind Map

University's plan
- New stadium
- $2 million
- Attract top students
- Strengthen community ties
Woman's disagreement
- Outdated facilities
  - Science labs
  - Library resources
  - Student center
- Underperforming sports teams
  - Lack of community interest

7.Key Words

Word	Phonetic Symbols	Parts of Speech	English Definition	Sample Sentence
underperforming	/ˌʌndərpərˈfɔrmɪŋ/	adjective	performing less well than required, expected, or desired	The woman believes that the underperforming sports teams will not attract more community members to attend games in a new stadium.
elite	/iˈliːt/	adjective	representing the most select or superior group	Elite students may not be impressed by the university's outdated facilities and would prefer improvements over a new stadium.
entice	/ɛnˈtaɪs/	verb	to attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage	A larger stadium may not entice townspeople to attend games if the team continues to struggle.
allocate	/ˈæləkeɪt/	verb	to distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose	The woman suggests allocating the $2 million towards improving academic facilities instead of building a new stadium.
cramped	/kræmpt/	adjective	uncomfortably small or restricted	The cramped student center may deter top-tier students from choosing this university, so it should be prioritized for improvement.