Testing Skills

Course Schedule

Meeting Weekly Topics Practice, Review,
& Course Review Tasks		 Assessment Modules TOEIC®L&R Agenda
1 Orientation Course Orientation
Guidelines for Question Making
Language and Style of Distractors		      
2 Section 1 Describing a Scene - Practice   Cycle 1
Meeting 4
11:59pm






Cycle 2
Meeting 8
11:59pm






Cycle 3
Meeting 12
11:59pm		  
3 Section 1 Describing a Scene - Review Assessment Module 1  
4 Section 2 Question or Statement and Response - Practice    
5 Section 2 Question or Statement and Response - Review Assessment Module 2  
6 Section 3 Short Conversations - Practice    
7 Section 3 Short Conversations - Review Assessment Module 3  
8 Section 4 Short Talks - Practice    
9 Section 4 Short Talks - Review Assessment Module 4  
10 Section 5 Fill-in-the-Blank
(vocabulary/grammar)- Practice		    
11 Section 5 Fill-in-the-Blank
(vocabulary/grammar)- Review		 Assessment Module 5  
12 Section 6 Missing Words or Phrases - Practice    
13 Section 6 Missing Words or Phrases - Review Assessment Module 6  
14 Section 7 Reading Comprehension - Practice    
15 Section 7 Reading Comprehension
Review/Course Review		 Assessment Module 7  

Course Can-do Goals

Speaking Skills

  1. I can describe a scene using the Subject Verb Object (SVO) pattern.
  2. I can ask information type questions appropriate to the context.
  3. I can ask yes/no type questions appropriate to the context.
  4. I can participate in short converastions about a variety of topics.
  5. I can give short talks on familiar topics.

Listening Skills

  1. I can distinguish between words with similar sounds based on context.
  2. I can distinguish between information and yes/no type questions.
  3. I can understand the main point of short conversations.
  4. I can understand the inferences being made in short conversations.
  5. I can understand the main point of short talks.
  6. I can catch important details from short talks.

Reading Skills

  1. I can understand the meanings of new words based on context.
  2. I can understand the main points of short readings.
  3. I can pick out important specific information from short readings.
  4. I can understand letters, advertisements, memos, and charts written in English.

Writing Skills

  1. I can write grammatically correct sentences using the SVO pattern.
  2. I can use prepositions of place and time accurately.
  3. I can use a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms.
  4. I can write questions using the 5 Ws and 1 H about short conversions and talks that I hear.
  5. I can write questions using the 5 Ws and 1 H about short readings.
  6. I can write clear and simple answers to questions.
  7. I can use the appropriate language of distractors.
  8. I can use the appropriate style of distractors.

Group-working Skills

  1. I can speak confidently in a small group of people.
  2. I can organize a discussion so that all group members participate equally.
  3. I can help group members reach a consensus.
  4. I can ask questions and give honest answers in a group setting.
  5. I can give effective feedback to other people in a group.
  6. I can reflect on work I have completed in an honest and logical way.