TOEFL.doc

TOEFL
Instructor: Carmen Carbajal
Location: munity College
Continuing Education B-6
Time: Monday through Thursday
Continuing with preparing the Transitional student for institutes of higher learning, we began strenuous preparation for the TOEFL exam. The TOEFL exam provides the language skills needed to eed in a university setting. It is also beneficial in a student’s job, social munity life.
The following is an eight-week lesson plan that provides prehensive approach to TOEFL exam preparation. Topics are as follows:
prehension
prehension
Writing
Grammar/Structure
Listening/Reading/Writing Synthesis
A variety of publishers are utilized in this program. “Barron’s” TOEFL is our primary resource. However, “ARCO’s” and “NTC’s” TOEFL have also proven very useful. Other materials are listed with each topic of this curriculum plan.
PREHENSION
Materials:
Barron’s TOEFL Tapes
TOEFL]
Arco’s TOEFL and Tape Recorder
Copies of Model Tests 1,2,3,4
Copies of Practice Tests 1,2,3,4
[NOTE: For Barron’s see . Use the search function to look for TOEFL. For Arco, look at c/obidos/external-search/104-3994002-4609543?keyword=+Arco+TOEFL&tag=daveseslcafe.]
Objectives:
Comprehend cause and effect relationships.
Identify and recall the main idea.
Sequencing.
Inferring (Almost half of the questions in this section of the TOEFL are inference questions.)
Drawing Conclusions.
Determine feelings and emotions.
Summarize a story.
Distinguish between fact and fiction or opinion.
Methodology:
When students arrive to the class they get the handouts for the test.
They listen to the tape. They are allowed to listen to it twice, as this is practice not the real test.
They should try to answer as many questions as possible the first time, so that during the second time they just check for mistakes and correct them.
Comments: Barron’s prehension tests include the written questions, which is an advantage for the students. This visual aid helps students glean pertinent