L4 Speaking Task # 2
Begin by reading the passage in the box below. Do not exceed 45 seconds. You can use the clock on the right to time yourself.
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Next listen to a lecture about the topic in the passage by clicking the start button in the recording section below. You may take notes as you listen.
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Then record your response by clicking the "Add Submission" button at the bottom of the page.
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If you get a Flash permission message, check "Allow" and "Close".
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Next, click the "Record" button and begin speaking. You will have 60 seconds for your response. You may need to click "Stop" when you have finished.
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Finally, click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom to upload your recording for grading and teacher comments.
When you are ready, put on your headset and click the start button on the audio player here to begin this speaking task.
Thomas Robert Malthus The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus was an English scholar, influential in political economy and demography. Malthus popularized the economic theory of rent. Malthus became hugely influential, and controversial, in economic, political, social and scientific thought. Many of those whom subsequent centuries term evolutionary biologists read him, notably Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, for each of whom Malthusianism became an intellectual stepping-stone to the idea of natural selection. Malthus remains a writer of great significance and controversy. |