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How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC® TEST Distributed Free of charge by Paraskevi Kanistra Charalambos Kollias Acknowledgments Thisbookcouldnothavebeenwrittenwithouttheassistanceofmanypeople. WemustthanktheHellenicAmericanUnionfaculty,whoproofreadthemanuscriptandpilotedtheactivitiesin theirclasses.WewouldalsoliketothanktheHellenicAmericanUnionstudentsfortheirvaluablefeedback. Lastbutnotleast,wemustthankLeonidasͲPhoebusKoskos,ExecutiveDirectoroftheHellenicAmericanUnion,for hisencouragementandsupportateverystageofthisendeavor.  EditedbyCatherineGeorgopoulou DesignedbyElenaXanthi            ©HellenicAmericanUnion,2008 Allrightsreserved.ThispublicationisprotectedbyCopyright(N.2121/1993)andpermissionshouldbeobtained fromtheHellenicAmericanUnionpriortoanyprohibitedreproduction,storageinaretrievalsystem,or transmissioninanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise. ISBN:978Ͳ960Ͳ8331Ͳ64Ͳ8 Notefromtheauthors TheaimofHowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®TestistogiveteachersideasonhowtouseTOEIC®practice testsasateachingtool.Thispublicationprovidesusefulactivitiestohelpstudentsprepareeffectivelyforthe variouspartsoftheListeningandReadingSectionsoftheTOEIC®Test.Theseactivitiesenablestudentstohavea betterunderstandingofthepurposeofthetesttasksandoftheskillsandsubskillsoflisteningandreading requiredtocompletethesetasksinaspecifictimelimit.AllactivitiesareadaptedfromPracticeExamsforthe TOEIC®TestpublishedbytheHellenicAmericanUnionin2007.Similaractivitiescanbeincludedinapreparation courseusingpracticetestsfromthisHAUpublication. Practicetestsusedasteachingtoolsneednotnecessarilybeexploitedassuchintheirentiretynorshouldtheybe completedinoneclasssession.Theyshouldbespreadoutoverseveralsessions,focusingononeortwopartseach time,andshouldbecombinedwithlanguageconsolidationactivities(e.g.grammar,vocabulary,etc.).Forexample, asamplefromPartIoftheListeningSectioncouldbedoneduringthefirsthourofthesessiona ndexamplesof grammarandvocabularyitemsfromtheReadingSectionduringthesecond.Onasubsequentsession,examples fromPartIIoftheListeningSectioncouldbepresentedandanalyzedduringthefirsthourandexamplesofreading taskscouldbeexploitedduringthesecond.Ofcourse,notallthepracticetestsonaTOEIC®Testpreparation coursesyllabusshouldbeusedasteachingtools.Forexample,inasyllabusthatuseseightpracticeexaminations (e.g.45ͲHourNewTOEICPreparationCourseSyllabus,HAUPublication2008),onlytwoofthesetestsshouldbe reservedforthispurpose.Theremainingsixshouldbeadministeredtothestudentsasprogressormocktests,or beassignedashomework. UsingpracticetestsasateachingtoolwillprovidemoreeffectiveclassroompreparationfortheTOEIC®Test.The varietyofactivitiesfacilitateamorecreativelearningenvironmentandhelpstudentstogaininsightsonhowthe TOEIC®Testreflectsauthentictasksintherealworld. Notefromthepublisher TheEducationalTestingService(ETS)hasofferedtheTOEIC®Testforover25years.TheTOEIC®Testisdesigned fornonnativespeakersofEnglishwhowanttomeasuretheirEnglishlanguageskills.T heHellenicAmericanUnion wasentrustedwiththeresponsibilityforadministeringthetestin2001andsincethenithasbeenprovidingnot onlyhighqualityexaminationservices,butalsostrongacademicsupportfortheEFLcommunitythroughover150 seminarsheldeachyearthroughoutGreeceaspartoftheinstitution’scommitmenttofurtheringteacher development. ThisacademicsupportdrawsontheextensiveawarenessandexperienceofcurrentpracticeinthefieldofEFL whichtheHellenicAmericanUnionhasacquiredthroughrunningthelargestTeacherEducationinstitutionfor teachersofEFLinGreeceandthroughitsexperienceasacenterfortestdevelopment,bothincooperationwith EuropeanprogramsandfromitsclosecooperationwiththeUniversityofMichigan. Itwasfromourclosecontactwithlanguageteachersandlanguageschoolownersthatwerealizedthattherewas astrongneedfordevelopingHowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test.Thispublicationtakesintoaccountthe mostrecentadjustmentstotheTOEIC®Test,helpingtoraiseawarenessofthesechangesandtoprovidesupport forteacherspreparingstudentsforthistest. InproducingHowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test,theHellenicAmericanUnionhasdrawnonits vast academicknowledgeaswellasitsaccesstoteachersandstudents.Throughthedrafting,editingandpiloting stages,theinstitutionhascontributeditssoundacademicbackgroundandvaluablepracticeexperienceof teachingthistest,producinghighqualitymaterialthatwebelievewillassistbothteachersandcandidatesforthe TOEIC®Test.  PracticeExamsfortheTOEIC®Test–Test2 Listeningsection ListeningPart1:Photographs Activity1 x GetstudentstobrainstormpictureͲrelatedvocabulary x Havestudentsmakesentencesaboutthepictureusingthevocabulary Example1(Item3):  1. GetstudentstobrainstormpictureͲrelatedvocabulary.Askstudentstowritevocabularyunder threeheadings:nouns–verbs–adjectives Possibleanswers: Nouns Verbs Adjectives puppets working big man looking small glasses wearing long apronl etc. old tools  etc. etc.     HowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test HellenicAmericanUnion 4 2. Askstudentstocreatefactualquestionsaboutthepicture. Studentscanusethe… x presentsimple:–Theman isstandingbehindthecounter. x presentprogressive:–Themanisholdingatool. x presentperfect:–Hehasn’tfinishedyet. Rationale:ByscanningthepicturefirstandmakingamentalnoteofpictureͲrelatedwordsandactions, studentsavoidmakinghypotheticalassumptionsaboutthepicture.Theinstructionsforthispartstate thatthey“mustselecttheonestatementthatbestdescribeswhat[they]seeinthepicture.”Students, therefore,mustselectthestatementthatstatesatruthaboutthepicture.DistractorssuchasHehas repairedthepuppetcannotbethebestresponse.Thisisanunsupportedhypotheticalassumptionthat doesnotdescribethepicture,aswedonotknowwhenandwhetherthepuppetwasactuallyrepaired. Allweknowaboutthepictureisthatthemanisperformingsomeaction.Thecorrectresponsethat “bestdescribesthepicture”isHeworkswithhishands. Activity2 Example2(Item7):      HowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test HellenicAmericanUnion 5  HowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test HellenicAmericanUnion 6 Askstudentstoanswerthefollowingquestions: Whenviewingpeople: x Whoarethepeopleinthepicture?(colleagues,bossͲemployees) x Whataretheydoing?(talking) x Whataretheywearing?(suits) x Wherearethey?(office) x Howmanypeoplearethereinthepicture?(3) x Whatmakesthemdifferentfromeachother?Oneman–Oneelderlywoman–Oneyoung womanͲͲͲoneperson(man)sittingdown,twowomenstandingup.Onewoman(elderly)is wearingglasses. Whenviewingobjects: x Whattypeofobjectisit?(pencilholder,laptop) x Whereistheobjectusuallyfound?(pencilholder,onofficedesk) x Whatistheobjectmadeof?(pencilholder,glass,metal,plastic) Rationale:Byansweringthesetypesofquestions,studentswilldevelopthetechniqueofquickly scanningthepictureontestdaysothattheycanmakesoundinterpretationsofwhatthepicture depicts.AnswerchoicessuchasThey’realllookingatthecomputerscreendoesnot“bestdescribethe picture”asonlytheelderlywomanislookingat thecomputerscreen.ThebestresponseisThey’re discussingaproject.Thisisasafeinterpretationtomakeastheyareinanofficeandtheyseemtobe discussingsomething. Activity3 Askstudentstolistentothefourstatementsandchoosethebestresponse.Askstudentstojustifytheir answerandexplainwhytheotherthre eanswerchoices(distractors)arewrong. Rationale:Bygettingstudentstojustifywhydistractorsarewrong,theywillcometounderstandthat theymaymakeunwarrantedassumptionsaboutthepictureiftheybringintheirownbackground schemata. Examstrategies: Beforestudentslistentothechoices: 1. Theyshouldquicklyscanthepicturema kingamentalnoteofallthenouns,verbs,and adjectives. 2. TheyshouldquicklyanswerthequestionsinActivity2.   Whiletheylistentothechoices: 1. Studentsshouldusethebackoftheirpencilandmoveacrossthethreeanswerchoicesasthey eliminatedistractors. 2. Studentsshouldanswer thequestionassoonastheyarecertainthattheyhavefoundthe correctanswerandquicklyscanthenextpicture.Theyshouldberemindedtoalwaysbea questionahead.  ListeningPart2:QuestionͲResponse Activity1 A. Givestudentsahandoutwiththefollo w i n gchart.Askthemtoplaceatickunderthetypeof questiontheyhear.   Function Question Negative Question Information Question Alternative Question Yes/No Question Question1      Question2      Question3      Question4      Question5      1. When’sthebesttimetomeet?(Informationquestion)(Item13) 2. Canyoutellmewherethemanageris?(Yes/Noquestion)(Item28) 3. Whyweren’twetoldinadvance?(Negativequestion)(Item37) 4. Wouldyoucareforsomecoffeeortea?(Alternativequestion)(Item14) 5. WhatwouldyourecommendIdo?(Functionquestion)(Item40) Rationale:Thisactivityhelpsstudentsrecognizethedifferenttypesofquestionsthattheywillhearin thispartofthetest. B. Thenaskstudentstodecidewhattypeofinformationisneededtoanswerthequestion. 1. Whenisthebesttimetomeet?(Informationquestion)(timereference) 2. Canyoutellmewherethemanageris?(Yes/Noquestion)(Yes/Noornaturalresponse) 3. Whyweren’twetoldinadvance?(Negativequestion)(reason) 4. Wouldyoucareforsomecoffeeortea?(Alternativequestion)(achoiceofthetwo,both, neither,orevenanaturalresponse) 5. WhatwouldyourecommendIdo?(Function)(suggestion/advice)  HowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test HellenicAmericanUnion 7  HowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test HellenicAmericanUnion 8 Rationale:Thisactivityhelpsstudentstounderstandthetypeofquestionsaskedandtheappropriate responsestosuchquestions.Studentsneednotonlytounderstandwhattypeofinformationthe questionasksforbutalsotobeawarethatmanyquestionsmaybeanswerednaturallywithout necessarilyfollowinganexpectedanswerpattern.AnappropriateanswertoWho’sinthephoto?may notnecessarilyrefertoanactualperson.AnaturalresponseinthiscaseisIamnotsure. Activity2 Askstudentstolistentothefollowingquestionsoneatatimeandpredictanappropriateresponse: Example: 1. Whodidn’treceivethememo?(Item11) 2. Whenwilltheeventtakeplace?(Item21) 3. Doyouliketheredoneortheblueone?(Item24) 4. WhatwouldyourecommendIdo?(Item40) 5. Canyoutellmewherethemanageris?(Item28) Rationale:Thisactivityprovidesanactualreasonforstudentstolistentothequestionorstatementand makesthemfocusonthetask.Thiswillreinforcetheimportanceofpayingattentiontothequestionsor statementsandnotonlytotheanswerchoices. Activity3(Item11) Givestudentstheanswerchoicesbelowan daskthemtocomeupwithanappropriatequ estion.Only oneoftheanswerchoicesshouldbethecorrectanswertothequestionstudentscreate. A. Theaccountingdepartment B. Thesecretarytypedthememo. C. Wereceivedityesterday.   Rationale:Byformulatingquestionsfromtheanswerchoices,studentswillhaveabetterunderstanding ofthetypeofquestionthatcanbeansweredbytheanswerchoices.Studentswillbeabletoeliminate inappropriateanswerchoiceswithoutnecessarilyunderstandingthewholequestionorstatement.For example,ifthestudentshearWhodidn’treceivethememo?ChoiceCcanbesafelyeliminatedasit wouldbeamoresuitableresponsetoa“when”question. Activity4 Havestudentsdecideon thetimeͲframeofthequestion. Item21.Whenwilltheeventtakeplace? a. Hastheeventhappened?(no) b. Howdoweknow?(will)  HowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test HellenicAmericanUnion 9 Item15.Howmanyhavealreadyregistered? a. Canpeoplestillregister?(yes) b. Howdoweknow?(havealready+ed) Rationale:Thisactivityhelpsstudentsunderstandthatanappropriateresponsemusttakethetime frameofthequestionorstatementintoaccount. Examstrategies: Whilestudentslisten,theyshould: 1. Trytorecognizethetypeofquestionheard. 2. Predictpossibleanswerbeforetheylistentotheresponses. 3. Eliminateinappropriateanswerchoices. 4. Usethebackoftheirpencilandmoveacrosstheanswerchoicesastheyeliminatedistractors.               HowtoPrepareStudentsfortheTOEIC®Test HellenicAmericanUnion 10 ListeningPart3:Conversations Activity1 Writethequestionsbelowontheboard.Havestudentsanswerasmanyofthesequestionsastheycan whiletheylistentoeachconversation: 1. Whoarethespeakers?  2.Whatistheirprofession? 3.Whatistheirrelationship?  4.Wherearethey? 5. Whataretheydiscussing?  6.Whyaretheydiscu s s i n gthis?  Questions50Ͳ52refertothefollowingconversation. Man: Whyisyourcomputermakingthisbeepingnoise ? Doyouhavesomany   incomingmessages?  Woman: No,Idon’t.ForsomereasonIcan’tlogontomyOutlookaccounttoreadmymessages.  Man: You’veprobablybeenlockedoutforsomereason;youneedtocontact thehelpdeskto unlockyou.  Woman: IthinkI’lljustlogoffmycomputerfirst;itmighthavecrashed! I t’snotthatit’sstate-ofͲ theͲ artequipment.Ishouldhaveupgradeditalongtimeago.  Suggestedanswers: 1. Whoarethespeakers?(colleagues) 2. Whatistheirprofession?(secretaries–notcomputerexperts) 3. Whatistheirrelationship?(colleagues) 4. Wherearethey?(office) 5. Whataretheydiscussing?(computerproblems) 6. Why aretheydiscussingthis?(computermakingnoise–computerold) Rationale:Thisactivityprovidesstudentswiththenecessaryfocustobetterunderstandthe conversationtheyhear.Somestudentsdonothavetimetoscan questionsbeforehand,buthaving thesequestionsinmindwillincreasetheirprobabilityofansweringcorrectlythequestionsthatwill follow.   [...]... to discern what one text is about before reading the other text 19 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union REFERENCES: COURSE BOOK Lougheed, L (2004) Longman Preparation Series for the New TOEIC Test: Advanced Course (4th edition) USA: Longman PRACTICE MATERIAL Kanistra, P., Kollias, Ch and Lee, K (2007) Practice Exams for the TOEIC Test Athens: Hellenic American Union... to a written notice before testing, the right to refuse or discontinue a test, and the right not to have test results disclosed to unauthorized persons *The law does not preempt any provision of any State or local law or any collective bargaining agreement which is more restrictive with respect to lie detector tests DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 17 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American... paragraph contains the complaint itself Students should also pay attention to titles and subtitles as the former contain important information concerning the purpose of the text and the latter guide students to the section that they should be skimming and scanning 18 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union Types of Reading Texts Exam strategies: Students should: 1 Spend more than... the notice? (skimming/scanning) Rationale: This activity helps students focus on the key information and provides a real purpose for reading the text It also makes students aware of the reading skills and subskills they need to employ while reading the text 16 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union Step 2 Have students answer the questions by underlining relevant parts of... Business Grammar and Practice (New edition) Oxford: Oxford University Press RECOMMENDED BOOKS (for self study) 600 Essential Words for the TOEIC (2003) USA: Barron’s (Students should be encouraged to use this book for self study as it is extremely important for them to become familiar with the business jargon) Contact Information Hellenic American Union TOEIC Department Massalias 11B 10680 Athens :... their own sentences, they will reinforce their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar 15 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union Exam strategies: Students should: 1 Analyze sentence structure and work out what part of speech is missing 2 Reread sentence with their answer choice to ensure that it is appropriate for the stem in terms of meaning and form 3 Pay attention to the co... the text but do not answer the questions 11 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union Exam strategies: Before students listen: 1 They should skim the questions and answer choices paying attention to the key words While listening: 2 Students should keep their eyes on the key words in the question stem and answer choices 3 Students should mark the correct answer choice as quickly... will fall even further We're looking for a low of minus ten tomorrow night in higher elevations, and zero to minus one, here in the city So cover your outdoor plants and make sure any outdoor animals have a sheltered place to sleep It's going to be very chilly for the next few days That's the local weather Now for a look at 12 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union Possible... listening, students should: 2 Pay attention to the introduction of the talk to understand the type of the talk 3 Keep their eyes on the key words in the question stem and answer choices 4 Mark the correct answer choice as soon as they hear it 13 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union Reading section Reading Parts 5 and 6 Activity 1 – Word forms, Vocabulary and Grammar Ask students. .. The company has been seeking a new boss Subordinate clause: since the shareholders ousted William Lee Reduced adjective clause: _ with a bid for the London Stock Exchange, Possible answer: who were unhappy or unhappy 14 How to Prepare Students for the TOEIC Test Hellenic American Union 116 The President overcame strong opposition and _ to get re elected again (A) (B) (C) (D) accomplished fulfilled