This Question 5 is extracted from the real TOEFL Speaking Test of 2016. It includes a sample answer which can be used as an answer template.
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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONVERSATION
Narrator: Now listen to a conversation between two students.
Woman: How’s that paper coming along, Chris?
Man: Coming along? You’re joking, right?
W: Stuck, huh?
M: Yeah. The problem is, I can’t get started. I mean, I have all the information I want to use—that’s the frustrating thing. For once, I started my research early rather than leaving it to the last minute.
W: Uhhhh....Have you considered just sitting at the computer and making yourself type? Sometimes that helps if you have writer’s block.
M: Just typing whatever comes to mind?
W: Uh-huh. You can’t force inspiration, but if you just let yourself relax and let your thoughts flow and type them out, you’ll eventually get into the rhythm, and you’ll start writing good stuff for your paper.
M: I don’t know.
W: Okay, well, the other thing is, what about making an outline?
M: An outline?
W: Sure. Your research is done, right? So take your notecards and organize them on paper first. See, like, here’s the main point I want to make in this paragraph, and here are the three details I want to use to support it.
M: I see.
W: And if you do that for each section of your paper, you have the structure all mapped out, and when you’re writing, you just need to connect the pieces. It can be a lot easier to deal with.
