AT THE END OF THE PRE-TEST COURSE, LEARNERS WILL BE ABLE TO: ➢
make use of ... Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test – iBT (2nd ed.) ...
PRE-TEST SYLLABUS – 2nd semester AT THE END OF THE PRE-TEST COURSE, LEARNERS WILL BE ABLE TO: make use of reading, writing, listening, speaking and vocabulary strategies so as to succeed in the tasks provided on proficiency exams; demonstrate comprehension and retention of oral texts by using different level thinking skills to respond to and interact with them; appropriately use advanced level tenses, patterns and structures in oral and written communicative tasks; MATERIALS:
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Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test – iBT – Second Edition + Audio CDs Final Michigan ECPE Skills Booster
LONGMAN PREPARATION COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST – iBT • Inform students about the sections/pages of this st book used in the 1 semester. Let students know about the different materials to be used during the semester. • Section 1: pp. 56-69 – Skill 6
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Section 2: pp. 160-167 – Skill 5
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Section 3: pp. 214-218 – Skills 9 & 10
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Section 4: pp. 270-272 – Skill 8
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Section 1: pp. 70-75 – Skill 7 Appendices C15-C16 – pp. 532-534
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Section 2: pp. 168-176 – Skill 6
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Section 3: pp. 219-222 – Skills 11 & 12
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Section 4: pp. 273-276 – Skill 9
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Section 1: pp. 76-90 – Skill 8
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write coherent and cohesive essays using standard writing conventions and appropriate grammar; carry on a conversation with good accuracy as well as express opinions about complex topics.
Final Michigan ECPE Skills Booster Unit 1 Self-Assessment & Vocabulary Development pp. 8-12 Grammar Development pp. 13-15 Composition p. 16 (homework) Listening pp. 17-20 Grammar & Cloze pp. 21-24 Vocabulary & Reading pp. 25-31
Unit 2 Self-Assessment & Vocabulary Development pp. 32-36 Grammar Development pp. 37-39 CONTINUED
SUGGESTED WIKI MATERIAL (Pre-Test: Second Semester Program)
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Needs Analysis Survey (Folder material – Needs analysis) More General Review Exercises (Folder material - Grammar)
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Subject-verb agreement + subject-verb agreement review (Folder material – Grammar) TOEFL iBT Speaking Rubrics (Folder material – Test Rubrics) ECPE Writing Rubrics (Folder material – Test Rubrics)
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TOEFL iBT Writing Rubrics (Folder material – Test Rubrics)
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ECPE Final Test Progress Chart (Folder material – Progress Charts)
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New ECPE Speaking Test – Task 4 (Folder material – Speaking) ECPE Speaking – Test Format (Folder material – Info. about tests) ECPE Speaking Rubrics (Folder material – Test Rubrics) Speaking Tips – Integrated Tasks: Reading and Listening (Ibeu Computer Presentations and Activities)
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Gerunds + Gerund or Infinitive (Folder material - Grammar) Bored or boring (Folder material - Grammar)
PRE-TEST SYLLABUS – 2
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Section 2: pp. 177-181 – Listening Post-Test
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Appendices C17-C19: pp. 535-538
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Section 3: pp. 223-230 – Skills 13,14 & 15
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Section 4: pp. 277-280 – Skill 10
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Appendices C20-C21: pp. 539-543
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Section 1: pp.91-97 – Skill 9
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Section 3: pp. 231-237 - Skills 16, 17 & 18
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Section 4: pp. 281-283 – Skill 11
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Mini-Test 4; pp. 345-354 (Reading + Listening)
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Mini-Test 4: pp. 355-359 (Speaking + Writing)
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Appendix C22: pp. 543-545
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Section 1: pp. 98-110 – Skill 10
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Section 3: pp. 238-242 – Speaking Post-Test
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Section 4: pp. 284-286 – Skill 12
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Appendices C23-C24: pp. 545-547
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Mini-Test 5: pp. 361-370 (Reading + Listening)
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Mini-Test 5: pp. 371-375 (Speaking + Writing)
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Section 1: pp. 111-116 – Reading Post-Test
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Section 4: pp. 287-290 – Skill 13
Final Michigan ECPE Skills Booster
SUGGESTED WIKI MATERIAL (Pre-Test: Second Semester Program)
Composition p. 40 (homework) Listening pp. 41-44 Grammar & Cloze pp. 45-48 Vocabulary & Reading pp. 49-55
Unit 3 Self-Assessment & Vocabulary Development pp. 56-60 Grammar Development pp. 61-63 Composition p. 64 (homework) Listening pp. 65-68 Grammar & Cloze pp. 69-72 Vocabulary & Reading pp. 73-79
Unit 4 Self-Assessment & Vocabulary Development pp. 80-84 Grammar Development pp. 85-87 Composition p. 88 (homework) Listening pp. 89-92 Grammar & Cloze pp. 93-96 Vocabulary & Reading pp. 97-103
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New ECPE Speaking Test – Task 5 (Folder material – Speaking)
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Inversion + Inversion 2 (Folder material - Grammar)
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New ECPE Speaking Test – Task 6 (Folder material – Speaking)
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Transitions (Folder material – Writing)
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New ECPE Speaking Test – Task 7 (Folder material – Speaking)
PRE-TEST SYLLABUS – 2
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LONGMAN PREPARATION COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST – iBT • Appendix B3: pp. 511-513
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Mini-Test 6: pp. 377-386 (Reading + Listening)
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Mini-Test 6: pp. 387-391 (Speaking + Writing)
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Appendices C25-C26: pp. 548-550
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Section 4: pp. 290-293 – Skills 14 & 15 Mini-Test 7: pp. 393-402 (Reading + Listening)
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Mini-Test 7: pp. 403-407 (Speaking + Writing)
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Section 4: pp. 294-296 – Writing Post-Test Mini-Test 8: pp. 409-418 (Reading + Listening) Mini-Test 8: pp. 419-423 (Speaking + Writing) Homework: Complete Test 2 – Reading (pp. 463476); Writing (p. 498) Complete Test 2: Listening (pp. 477-490); Speaking (pp. 491-495) & Writing (p. 497) Written evaluation of the course
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Final Michigan ECPE Skills Booster
SUGGESTED WIKI MATERIAL (Pre-Test: Second Semester Program)
Unit 5 Self-Assessment & Vocabulary Development pp. 104-106 Grammar Development p. 107 Composition p. 108 (homework) Listening pp. 109-112 Grammar & Cloze pp. 113-116 Vocabulary & Reading pp. 117-123 •
ECPE 2011 Sample Prompt 1 (Folder material – Speaking)
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Course Evaluation (Folder material – Course evaluation)
NOTES: st nd 1. Half of the TOEFL book is used in the 1 semester of the course and the other half, in the 2 semester. As for the ECPE book, a different one is used in each semester. 2. The CD-ROM that comes with the Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test - iBT should be used primarily by the students at home. (Please assign homework from it from time to time). However, you can also use the CD-ROM in class. (It’s installed in every computer, as well as the Final Michigan ECPE Skills Booster Multi-ROM.) 3. Make sure to do in class what students can’t do on their own – namely, the listening and speaking sections of both tests and the TOEFL integrated writing tasks. 4. Please don’t use the Speaking Tests in the Final Michigan ECPE Skills Booster since they don’t reflect the ECPE Speaking Test. Replace them with the suggested wiki material. 5. Assess your students’ writing and speaking using the TOEFL/ECPE rubrics. Always give students feedback on their performance and suggest ways to improve it. 6. Assign homework every class. Explain to students that passing the proficiency tests will also depend on how much studying they do on their own. 7. Check the wiki for more extra material. 8. Revision to the ECPE in 2013: ECPE Cloze Section The ECPE cloze section now features two shorter cloze passages with ten items each. The total number of items to be answered has not changed, but examinees have a greater variety of topics to engage with. ECPE Preliminary Test Cambridge Michigan Language Assessments has decided to discontinue the ECPE Preliminary Test and replace it with ECPE practice materials.
