TOEFL Ibt Prep Course... Intro and Reading... Class 1

Your Facilitator
ALEXANDER GIRALDO
ENGLISH PROFESSOR
TOEFL PREPARATION
COURSE
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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT TOEFL ?
What does TOEFL stand for ?
Test Of English as a Foreign
Language
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT TOEFL ?
What do you need to present

TOEFL ?
Course Objectives.
Teachers in the course will…
1. Review the TOEFL iBT ® Test content

2. Identify the language skills measured on
®
the TOEFL iBT Test and show how those
skills relate to academic success
3. Identify the strategies and test taking skills
needed to be successful when presenting
this test
The TOEFL ®
iBT Test
• Measures the ability to communicate by combining all four language
skills—Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing
• Is academically focused, measuring the kind of English used in
academic settings
• Provides fair and objective scoring
• Provides valid and reliable information to support score users
• TOEFL iBT ® scores are accepted by more than 9,000 colleges,
universities, and agencies in more than 130 countries
Assessment of Integrated Skills
Integrated-skills testing
Speak (output)
Read/Listen
(input) Write (output)
The TOEFL iBT® Test measures students’ ability to integrate (combine)

their skills …just as they would in real-life academic situations.
-Summarizing
-Synthesizing
-Analyzing
-Answering questions in class
Test Details
TOEFL iBT® Reading Section
• 3–4 passages from academic texts
– Approximately 700 words long
– Followed by 12-14 questions for each reading
passage
– Most questions worth one point, but a few worth
more than one point (directions at each question
indicate when this is the case)
TOEFL iBT® Reading Section
Reading Section
1. WHAT TO DO
Reading Section
2. WHAT TO DO
To get the
main idea
Reading Section
3. WHAT TO DO
Reading Section
4. WHAT TO DO
Reading Section
5. WHAT TO DO
SHORT SAMPLE
(Flamingoes) and
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
(50 minutes)
SAMPLE
SAMPLE
SAMPLE
AMERICAN VS BRITISH
Vocabulary Activity
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
(50 minutes)
DIAGNOSTIC TEST ANSWERS
CONCLUSIONS about
the test… reflection on
what the problems are
and possible solutions

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What do you need to present

1. Review the TOEFL iBT ® Test content

The TOEFL iBT® Test measures students’ ability to integrate (combine)

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