Course Description

TOEFL PREPARATION

Students will receive training on how to successfully negotiate the format, content areas and experience of taking the TOEFL Test. Students will focus on the core skills for the exams, including listening, speaking, vocabulary development, reading and essay writing. Students will also learn general test-taking strategies applicable to a wide range of exams at the university level. Practice tests and sample questions will give students insight into their strengths and weaknesses and instructors will provide feedback and strategies for improvement. A minimum of 24 hours of out-of-class work will be required for this course and may include vocabulary study, memorization and practice, assigned readings, sentence, paragraph or essay writing, grammar assignments, textbook or handout exercises and other practical English usage exercises.

Prerequisite: ESL 061 or corresponding score on placement test

IMPORTANT FACTS:

All students will be given a language test, to assess their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and how well they can understand and speak English

Minimum level - High-Intermediate

A Certificate of Achievement awarded to each student upon completion.

The classes are 50 minutes each.

18 hours per week

6 weeks length

108 hours course length

What you'll learn:

Understand the basic structure of all sections of the TOEFL iBT Test.

Recognize different question types for all sections of the TOEFL iBT Test.

Apply strategies for individual question types.

Quickly read short academic texts for understanding of the general ideas of the text.

Take detailed notes when listening to academic lectures and conversations.

Quickly prepare well organized spoken responses to opinion questions and questions that ask for the summary of material.

Write summaries of written and verbal materials.

Write well organized compare and contrast, informative, and persuasive essays.

Recognize and use a wide variety of new vocabulary words.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2024

Session Start Date	Session End Date
January 8, 2024	February 3, 2024
February 5, 2024	March 2, 2024
March 4, 2024	March 30, 2024
April 1 2024	April 27, 2024
April 29, 2024	May 25, 2024
June 3, 2024	June 29, 2024
July 1, 2024	July 27, 2024
July 29, 2024	August 24, 2024
August 26, 2024	September 21, 2024
September 23, 2024	October 19, 2024
October 21, 2024	November 16, 2024
November 18, 2024	December 14, 2024

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS:

Jan 1 New Year's Day, May 27 Memorial Day, Jul 4 Independence Day, Sep 2 Labor Day, Nov 28, 29 Thanksgiving, Dec 24 Christmas Eve, Dec 25 Christmas Day, Dec 31 New Year's Eve.

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