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Course name: TOEFL ITP Strategies Level: Advanced English General objective: To approach the Listening, Structure/Written Expression, and Reading/Vocabulary sections of the TOEFL ITP with appropriate test-taking strategies. Week 1 Unit 1. General Overview Unit Objective Students will be able to evaluate their previous knowledge and competences taking a diagnostic TOEFL ITP test. Specific Objectives At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: be familiar with the differences among TOEFL tests, format, completion, and scoring types. Content 1.2 TOEFL ITP introduction: Differences among TOEFL tests Completion forms Format Scoring 1.3 General strategies for improving TOEFL ITP score
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: be familiar with general tips regarding TOEFL ITP test. 2-6 2. Listening Comprehension Section Students will be able to expand their abilities of understanding spoken English used in academic contexts. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: figure out about the general overview of listening comprehension section on the TOEFL ITP test; recognize different general strategies for the listening comprehension section on TOEFL ITP test. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: be familiar with the format, directions, and types of questions that are asked on short dialogue section on the TOEFL ITP test; monitor and use time effectively in this section of the TOEFL ITP test.
2.2 Short dialogues overview, strategies and practice activities: Strategies Who, what, where Negatives Functions Contrary meanings Identic language At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 2.3 Long conversations overview, be familiar with the format and directions of strategies and practice activities long conversations section on the TOEFL ITP Before listening test; While listening
monitor and use time effectively in this section of the TOEFL ITP test. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: be familiar with the types of questions that are asked in long talks section and identify the most effective strategies to use when answering them; monitor and use time effectively in this section of the TOEFL ITP test. 7-13 3. Structure /Written Expression Section Students will be able to expand their knowledge about the structure/written expression used in academic contexts. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: get familiar with Tips and strategies regarding structure and written expression section; solve grammatical exercises by applying the tips studied in class. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: identify clauses in a sentence; differentiate sentences with multiple clauses between sentences with reduced clauses; write sentences with inverted subjects and verbs. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: apply the rules seen in class when solving exercises regarding subject/verb agreement; work with parallel structures; differentiate between comparatives and superlatives.
2.4 Long talks overview, strategies and practice activities: Before listening While listening
3.2 Structure questions overview, strategies and practice activities: Sentences with one, multiple and reduced clause. Sentences with inverted subjects and verbs. 3.3 Written expression questions overview, strategies and practice activities: Subject/verb agreement Parallel structure Comparatives and superlatives Form and use of the verb Passive verbs Nouns Pronouns Adjectives and adverbs Articles Prepositions
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Students will be able to expand their abilities about reading and understanding reading material in academic contexts.
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: identify the procedure in reading section.
4.1 General reading section overview and strategies 4.2 Reading comprehension question skills (short) overview, strategies and practice activities: Ideas of the passage. Directly answered questions. 4.3 Reading comprehension question skills (intermediate) overview and strategies: Indirectly answered questions Vocabulary questions. 4.4 Reading comprehension question skills (long) overview and strategies: Overall review questions
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5. General Review
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: be familiar with the necessary skills with short reading passages such as understanding details, identifying clue words. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: be familiar with the format and directions reading comprehension section on the TOEFL ITP test; monitor and use time effectively in this section of the TOEFL ITP test. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: develop skills with long reading passages such as understanding details; improve summarizing skills. Students will be able to At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: reinforce their abilities in all evaluate their knowledge and competences sections that are evaluated in all sections of TOEFL ITP test. in the TOEFL ITP test.
5.1 General review: Listening comprehension Structure/ Written expression Reading comprehension