TOEFL i BT TEST PREPARATION Soo Hyoung Joo

TOEFL i. BT TEST PREPARATION Ⅰ Soo Hyoung Joo, Melinda (Chenya) Zhang CEP (Community English Program) Teachers College, Columbia University

Objectives (SWBAT): Students Will Be Able To… 1. ask and answer questions about themselves. 2. write a list of classroom norms and rules. 3. identify the general format of the test and the types of questions • 4. discuss strategies for test taking and test preparation • 5. read and write their answers to the needs analysis • 6. complete the TOEFL diagnostic test. • •

Ice Breaker & Warm Up

Soo Hyoung Joo Email: shj 2118@tc. columbia. edu

Melinda (Chenya) Zhang Email: cz 2305@tc. columbia. edu

Need Analysis

Need Analysis • Paper-based Need Analysis • Internet-based Need Analysis • “Socrative” (web/mobile app) • Room: 2 ffe 9 c 57 • Enter your full name (first + last)

TOEFL Prep Ⅰ Syllabus

Classroom Norms

General Introduction: TOEFL i. BT Test

General Introduction: TOEFL i. BT Test • Test Format

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • Academic Reading Skills • Measure your ability to understand university -level academic texts & passages • Must read and understand information from textbooks and other academic materials written in English

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • Three Purposes for Academic Reading • Reading to Find Information • Basic Comprehension • Reading to Learn

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • Reading to Find Information • Effectively scan text for key facts & important information • Increase reading fluency & rate

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • Basic Comprehension • Understand the general topic or main idea, major points, important facts and details, vocabulary in context, and pronoun usage • Make inferences about what is implied in a passage

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • Reading to Learn • Recognize the organization and purpose of a passage • Understand relationships between ideas (Continue)

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • Reading to Learn • Organize information into a category chart or a summary in order to recall major points and important details • Infer how ideas connect throughout the passage

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL i. BT Reading Section Description • Reading passages: 3 – 4 • Questions per passage: 12 – 14 • Total time for all sections: 60 – 80 min

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Passages • Excerpts from university-level textbooks that would be used in introductions to a discipline or topic • Goal? • Assess how well you can read the kind of writing that is used in an academic environment

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Passages • Cover a variety of different subjects • Don’t need to be familiar with the topic of a passage • Why? • All the information you need to answer the questions will be in the passage itself

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Passages • Present information about the topic from more than one perspective or point of view • Then? • You’ll usually be asked at least 1 question that allows you to show that you have understood the general organization of the passage

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Passages • Must read through or scroll to the end before receiving questions on that passage • Once the questions appear, the passage appears on the right side of the screen • So? • The questions are on the left side

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Question Formats • 3 Question Formats: • [Format No. 1] • Questions with 4 choices and a single answer in traditional multiple-choice format

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Question Formats • 3 Question Formats: • [Format No. 2] • Questions with 4 choices and a single answer that ask you to “insert a sentence” where it fits best in a passage

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Question Formats • 3 Question Formats: • [Format No. 3] • “Reading to learn” questions with more than 4 choices and more than 1 correct answer

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Question Formats • [Format No. 3] • Each passage is accompanied by 1 • Test your ability 1) to recognize how the passage is organized 2) to understand the relationships among facts and ideas in different parts of the passage

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Question Formats • [Format No. 3] • Sort information and place text options provided into a category chart or summary

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Question Formats • [Format No. 3] • Summary questions are worth up to 2 points • Chart questions are worth up to 3 points if there are 5 options presented, and up to 4 points if there are 7 options presented

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Skills Practice • Reading regularly • Materials: university textbooks or others that cover a variety of subject areas, such as sciences, social sciences, arts, business… • Academic style

Introduction: TOEFL Reading Section • TOEFL Reading Skills Practice • One of the best resources: the Internet • Helpful: books, magazines or journals • Read as much as possible in English essential to build your reading skills!

Diagnostic Test: TOEFL Reading Section Total time: 15 min

Introduction: TOEFL Listening Section

Diagnostic Test: TOEFL Listening Section Total time: 15 min

Introduction: TOEFL Speaking Section (347) 699 -2406

Introduction: TOEFL Speaking Section

Diagnostic Test: TOEFL Speaking Section Total time: 15 min

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • Academic Writing Skills • Measure your ability to write in English in an academic setting • Must be able to present your ideas in a clear, well-organized manner

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section Integrated Writing Requirements 1) Take notes on what you hear & read 2) Use notes to organize info. before writing 3) Summarize, paraphrase and cite info. accurately from source material • 4) Write about how the info. you heard relates to the info. you read • •

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • Independent Writing Requirements • Write an essay that expresses and supports your personal opinions • Based on your own knowledge and previous experience

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • TOEFL i. BT Writing Section Description • Number of tasks: 2 • Types of tasks: 2 1) Integrated Writing: 20 min 2) Independent Writing: 30 min • Total time for all sections: 50 min

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • Task Types

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • How Writing Responses Are Scored • Type your responses on the computer keyboard • Then? • Your responses will be sent to the ETS Online Scoring Network

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • How Writing Responses Are Scored • ETS Online Scoring Network • Four raters: • 1) Integrated Task: 2 human raters • 2) Independent Task: 1 human rater + 1 e-rater scored by the computer

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • How Writing Responses Are Scored • Scoring Scale • Rubric: 0 – 5 • Average score on the 2 writing tasks converted to a scaled score of 0 – 30

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • How Writing Responses Are Scored

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • How Writing Responses Are Scored • For Integrated Writing Task • 1) Quality of your writing: Organization, appropriate & precise use of grammar and vocabulary • 2) Completeness & accuracy of the content

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • How Writing Responses Are Scored • For Independent Writing Task • Overall quality of your writing: Development, organization, and appropriate & precise use of grammar and vocabulary

Introduction: TOEFL Writing Section • How Writing Responses Are Scored • For Independent Writing Task • Doesn’t matter “agree or disagree” with topic raters are trained to accept all varieties • For Both Writing Tasks • Raters recognize your response is a first draft Not expected to be “perfect”

Diagnostic Test TOEFL Writing Section Total time: 15 min

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