Course planning 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
2-6
Unit 1. General Overview
2. Listening Comprehension Section
Unit Objective Students will be able to evaluate their previous knowledge and competences taking a diagnostic TOEFL ITP test.
Students will be able to expand their abilities of understanding spoken English used in academic contexts.
Specific Objectives
Content
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: be familiar with the differences among TOEFL tests, format, completion, and scoring types.
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. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: get familiar with the areas of the full test; evaluate their prior knowledge and competences regarding TOEFL IPT test performance. 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.
1.4 Complete TOEFL ITP practice test. (Diagnostic test)
2.1 General listening section overview and strategies
2.2 Short dialogues overview, strategies and practice activities: Strategies Who, what, where Negatives Functions Contrary meanings Identic language
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: be familiar with the format and directions of long conversations 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: 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. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: get familiar with the areas of the full test; avoid doubts when facing to the real test. 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.
2.3 Long conversations overview, strategies and practice activities Before listening While listening
2.4 Long talks overview, strategies and practice activities: Before listening While listening
2.5 Complete TOEFL ITP practice test 3.1 General structure/written expression overview and strategies
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
14-16
17-18
4. Reading Comprehension Section
5. General Review
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: get familiar with the areas of the full test; avoid doubts when facing to the real test. Students will be able to At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: expand their abilities about identify the procedure in reading section. reading and understanding reading material in At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: academic contexts. 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. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: get familiar with the areas of the full test; avoid doubts when facing to the real test.
Adjectives and adverbs Articles Prepositions
3.5 Complete TOEFL ITP practice test 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
5.1 General review: Listening comprehension Structure/ Written expression Reading comprehension 5.2 Complete TOEFL ITP practice test (final)
