PREPARATIONCOURSEFORTHETOEFL

Practiceisthebestofallinstructors
PubliniusSyrus,RomanAuthor,1stcenturyBC

Anounceofpracticeisworthmorethantonsofpreaching
MohandasGandhi

DURATION:
14weeks(84HRS.)

INVERSION(IVAINCLUIDA):
4.960pesos

BOOK:
TheHeinemannELTTOEFLPreparationCourseBYKathleenMahnkeandCarolynB.Duffy,
MacMillanPublisher

OBJECTIVES:
PreparationfortheTOEFLrequiresaninvestmentoftime.Inthiscourse,youwilllearnhowto
manageyourpreparationtimeandyouwillbesuppliedwiththeessentialtoolsandnecessary
skillstosuccessfullyanswertheTOEFLexam(inamoreassertiveway).Thecoursewillhelpyou
increaseyourTOEFLscoresby3060points.

COURSECONTENTANDMETHODOLOGY:
ThiscourseisdividedinfoursectionsListening,Structure,ReadingandWriting.
Thiscoursebeginswithadiagnosticexamtodeterminewherethestudentsareandtomakealist
oftheirstrengthsandweaknesses.Basedontheresultseachstudentcanfocusmoreonthe
troubleareas.StudentswillalsofollowageneralprogramtoreviewallthesectionsoftheTOEFL.
SecondmidtermTOEFLtestisappliedduringweek7toseetheprogressandassessareasof
improvements.Thefinaltestisappliedthelastdayofclasses.

PROGRAM:
STRUCTURESECTION.
Thissectionlasts5weeks(30hrs)andconcentratesonthegrammarskillssincegrammar
knowledgetendstobeaweakcriticalarea.InthissectionTheHeinemannELTTOEFLPreparation
Coursebookwillbecomplementedbyothermaterialtomakethelearningmoreactiveandall
inclusive.

Theskillstobecoveredare:
1 Checksubjects,objectsandnouncomplements
2 Checksubjectsandverbs
3 Checkexpressionsofquantity
4 Checkarticles
5 Checkpersonal,possessiveandreflexivepronouns
6 Checkadjectivesandnouns
7 Checkverbtenseformsandmeanings
8 Checkpassiveandactivesentences
9 Checkmodalsandmodallikeverbs
10 Checksubjectverbagreement
11 Checkprepositionsandprepositionalphrases
12 Checkmainandsubordinateclausemarkers
13 Checkprepositionalphrasesandsubordinateclauses
14 Checkappositivesandthenounstructurestheyrename
15 CheckonewordINGandEDadjectives
16 CheckEDandINGmodifyingphrases
17 Checkgerundsandinfinitives
18 CheckITandTHEREsentences
19 Checkwordformandfunction
20 Checkverbformafterverbs
21 Checkwordform:personnounsandactivitynouns
22 Checkwordform:wordsthatdonotexistinEnglish
23 Checkequative,comparativeandsuperlativedegree
24 Checkstandardwordorder
25 Checkwordorderinsubordinateclausesbeginningwithquestionwords.
26 Checkinvertedsubjectverborder
27 Checkparallelstructures
28 Checkpairedexpressions
29 Checkconfusingwordsandexpressions

LISTENINGSECTION.
Thissectionis4weeks(24hrs)longandfocusesonthelisteningskillsthatareessentialtopassthe
TOEFLexam.InthissectionTheHeinemannELTTOEFLPreparationCoursebookwillbe
complementedbyothermaterialtomakethelearningmoreactiveandallinclusive.
Theskillstobecoveredare:
1 Checkkeywordsandkeywordsynonyms
2 Checkidioms
3 Checkwordswithmanymeanings
4 Checksoundalikes
5 Checkexclamations
6 Checkquestionsintonation
7 Checknegatives
8 Checktime
9 Checkconditions,wishes,causesandresults
10 Checkwhodoeswhat
11 Checkthesituation
12 Checkthetopic
13 Checklanguagefunctions
14 Checkaheadtopredictanswers
READINGSECTION.
Thissectionofthebooklasts3weeks(18hrs).Studentswillfirststartbyexploringtheirreading
techniquestodeterminehowmuchtheyknowaboutreading,howfasttheycanreadandhow
muchtheycanunderstand.Dependingontheresults,thetwomaintechniquesskimmingand
scanningwillbelookedatsothestudentscanlearntousethemproperlywiththepurposeof
improvingtheirspeedandcomprehensionamongotherimportantskills.InthissectionThe
HeinemannELTTOEFLPreparationCoursebookwillbecomplementedbyothermaterialtomake
thelearningmoreactiveandallinclusive.
Theskillstobecoveredare:
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Readingactivityarticletoapplytheskimmingandscanningtechniques
Checkvocabularyincontext
Checkthetopicandthemainideasofthepassage
Checkpurposeandorganizationalpatters
Checkreferencewords
Checkdetailandfactualinformation
Checktomakeinferences
Checktheattitudeoftheauthorandtoneofthepassage

WRITINGSECTION:
2weeks(12hours)willbespentothewritingsection.Inthissectionstudentswilllearnhowto
writeacademicessayscorrectly.Theywilllookandpracticetheprocessesinvolvedinprewriting,
writing,andpostwriting.

Theskillscoveredinthissectionwillbe:
1 Techniquesforprewriting
2 Writingtechniques.