COURSE SYLLABUS University of Technology and Education Faculty of Foreign Languages AVTC 3-160326 Semester I, 2015– 2016 Course Description This course is designed to help third-year students at HCM UTE, who are diagnosed to be at low intermediate level, with further practice of Toeic tests It is based on the principles of Communicative and Learner-centered approaches and aimed to provide Toeic test training and practice for listening and reading skills which help build the students’ confidence and improve their performance in sitting for the test Moreover, a variety of classroom activities carried out in groups and pairs will encourage their self and cooperative learning strategies and basic competences, which are very necessary for their later success in working and living environment Credit Values: 06 Course Objectives By the end of the course students are expected to be able to Improve their listening skills through in-class instructions and self practice at home Extend active vocabulary of daily life as well as business activities Communicate in simple situations, and talk about living and working conditions, educational background, holidays, etc Find general ideas as well as specific, predictable information in short articles, advertisements, emails, faxes, menus and timetables, etc Use tips on pronunciation, intonation, sentence stress and other aspects of spoken language Master test-sitting skills for the Toeic exam Methodology The course includes the following activities: Teacher’s presentations and lectures Discussion breakout groups Hands-on, in-class assignments and homework Video and other media Course text + Required books: Rogers, B., Complete Guide to the TOEIC Test, Heinle, 2006 Bagnell, B at all Practical Guide to the New Toeic Test (New edition) Chih-Ivy Publication 2007 + Reference books: Edmunds, P and Taylor, A, Developing skills for the TOEIC test, Compass Publishing, 2007 Lin Lougheed, Longman Preparation Series for the New TOEIC Test - Intermediate Longman 2007 TOEIC Official Test – Preparation Guide ETS 2001 Toeic Test Preparation – Learning Express, LLC, Newyork 2010 + Reference Websites: http://www.toeic-test.org/ http://www.toeic-online-test.com http://www.toeic-training.com/ COURSE OUTLINE Rogers, B., Complete Guide to the TOEIC Test, Heinle, 2006 CLASS CONTENT SELF-STUDY - Discussion on Learning styles and strategies - Introduction to the course’s syllabus and guidelines to take the course effectively - Revision of test taking tips Lesson 1: Sentences About Photographs - Test format & tactics (p 12 – 13) + Exercise 1.2 (Questions - 15, p 25 – 29) - Preview test (p.13 – 16) + Exercise 1.4 (p.36 – 41) - Exercise 1.1 (p.18 - 20) + Review test (p 42 – 46) - Exercise 1.2 (Questions 1-5, p 22 – 24) - Exercise 1.3 (p 30 – 35) + Exercise 2.2 (Questions – 10) Lesson 2: Stimuli - Response - Home work check: Review test (part 1) + Exercise 2.3 (Questions 8-14) - Test format and tactics (p 47) + Exercise 2.6 - Preview test (p 48) - Exercise 1.1 (p.49) - Information questions - Exercise 2.2 (Questions – 5) - Exercise 2.3 (Questions 1-7) - Exercise 2.4 (Questions 1-8) - Exercise 2.5 (Questions 1-8) + Exercise 2.7 (Questions – 10) Lesson 2: Stimuli – Response (cont) - Homework check (Exercise 2.6, p 57) + Exercise 2.8 (Questions – 12) - Yes/ No questions + Exercise 2.9 (Questions – 16) - Exercise 2.7 (Questions – 5) + Exercise 2.11 (Questions – 10) - Exercise 2.8 (Questions – 6) + Exercise 2.12 - Other types of questions & statements + Review test - Exercise 2.9 (Questions – 8) - Exercise 2.10 (Questions – 12) - Recognizing sound/ meaning distractions - Exercise 2.11 (Questions – 5) - Recognizing other types of distractions - Exercise 2.12 (Questions – 10) + Review all TOEIC grammar points in groups Lesson 3: Short conversations - Test format and tactics - Preview test (p 71 – 72) - Overview questions - Exercise 3.1 (p73 – 74) - Exercise 3.2 (p.75) - Exercise 3.3 (p 75 – 76) - Exercise 3.4 (p 78) Appendix: Part in all units Edmunds, P and Taylor, A, Developing skills for the TOEIC test, Compass Publishing, 2007 Part 3: Short converstations (cont.) - Review test (p 88 – 90) Homework check: Group presentations (groups – 4) - Detail questions - Exercise 3.5 (p 80 – 81) - Exercise 3.6 (p 82 – 83) - Exercise 3.7 (p 85) - Inference questions - Exercise 3.8 (p 86 – 87) + Announcements Lesson 4: Short talks Exercise 4.1 (Questions – 15, p 96-97) - Test format and tactics (p 91 – 92) - Preview test (p 93 – 94) - Announcements - Exercise 4.1 (Questions – 6, p 96) - News, weather, and public service bulletins - Exercise 4.2 (Questions – 6, p 99) + News, weather, and public service bulletins Exercise 4.2 (Questions – 2, p 99) Lesson 4: Short talks (cont.) Commercial messages Commercial messages Exercise 4.3 (Questions 7-12, p 101) - Exercise 4.3 (Questions 1-6, p 101) + Business talks + Business talks - Exercise 4.4 (Questions – 6, p 103) + Recorded messages - Exercise 4.4 (Questions – 12, p 103) + Recorded messages Exercise 4.5 (Questions – 6, p 105) + Review test (p 106 – 107) Exercise 4.5 (Questions – 12, p 105) + Practice test (Parts 1-4, p 252 – 269) 10 Lesson 5: Sentence Completion - Test format and tactics (p.110) - Preview test (p 111) - Word Choice (p112) Practice test (Part 5, p 270 – 274) More practice on websites - Exercises 5.1 – 5.5 (p113-122) Lesson 5: Sentence Completion (cont) - Word forms (p123) - Word choice & Word forms (p128) - Verbs (p130) - Exercises 5.6 -5.11 (p125 – 134) Practice test (Part 5, p 312 – 316) More practice on websites 11 12 Lesson 5: Sentence Completion (cont) - Prepositions (p 135) Review Test (p 160 - 163) - Connecting words (p 144) - Gerunds, Infinitives, and Simple forms (p 155) - Exercises 5.12 – 5.20 (p138 – 159) More practice on websites Referent Websites Practice test (Part 6, p 275 – 276) Lesson 6: Passage completion - Test format and tactics (p 164) - Preview test (p 165) - Exercises 6.1 – 6.3 (p 169 – 182) Practice test (Part 6, p 317 – 319) More practice on websites Referent Websites Review test (p 183 – 185) 13 Lesson 7: Short readings - + Articles Exercise 7.1 (Questions 13 – 21, p 198 – 199) Test format and tactics (p 186 - 188) + Preview test (p 199 – 193) Business correspondance + Articles - - - - Exercise 7.1 (Questions – 12, p 196 – 198) Exorcise 7.2 (Questions – 20, p 204 – 207) + Business correspondence + Advertisements Exercise 7.2 (Questions – 8, p 201 – 203) + Advertisements Exercise 7.3 (Questions – 12, p 210 - 211) Exercise 7.3 (Questions – 5, p 209) + Announcements + Announcements Exercise 7.4 (Questions – 13, p 215) Exercise 7.4 (Questions – 8, p 213 – 214) + Paired readings - + Non-prose readings Exercise 7.5 (p 217 – 220) Exercise 7.6 (Questions – 10, p 224 – 227) + Paired readings Exercise 7.6 (Questions 11 – 20, p 228 – 231) + Review test (232 – 245) 14 15 16 Part : Reading Comprehension + Review test (p 226) - Test format of part (p.175) Miles Craven, Pass the TOEIC - Try it Out (p 176) Test – Introductory course, First - Steps to Success (p.219) - Strategy Review and Tips (p.225) Press ELT, 2014 Revision - Practice test correction - Revision - Q/A MID-TEM TEST Test correction Bagnell, B at all Practical Guide to the New Toeic Test (New edition) Chih-Ivy Publication 2007 17 Lesson Part 1: Photographs of people (p 15 – 23) Lesson 1: Part 5&6 (Subjects) (p 36 – 41) Part 2: Who – questions (p 24 – 27) Part 7: Advertisement (p 42 – 49) 18 Homework check Lesson (cont) Lesson 2: Part (Photographs of people) (p 50 – 56) Part 3: Who – questions Part 4: Announcement on transportation (p 28 – 35) 19 Homework check Lesson Lesson 2: Part 5&6 (Relatives) (p 70 – 80) Part 2: When – questions (p 57 – 60) Part 3: When – questions (p 61 – 64) 20 Homework check Lesson Lesson 3: Part & (p.109 – 117) Part 4: Public announcement (p 65 – 6) Part 7: Announcement & Notice (p 81 – 88) 21 Homework check Lesson Lesson 3: Part (Forms) (p 118 – 129) Part 1: Photographs of actions (p 89 – 95 ) Part 2: What – questions (p 96 – 100) 22 Homework check Lesson Lesson 4: Part (Photographs of actions) (p 130– 136) Part 3: What questions (p 101 – 104) Part 4: Business talks (p.105 – 108) 23 Homework check Lesson Lesson : Part 5&6 (Gerund & Part 2: Why questions (p.137 – 140) Infinitives) (p.151 – 156) Part 7: Newspaper & Magazine articles (p.157 – 164) 24 Homework check Lesson 25 Lesson 5: Part (Where-questions) Part & 4: Why-questions (p.141 – 150) Homework check Lesson (p.172 – 176) Lesson : Part & (Conjunctions) Part 1: Photographs of locations (p.165 – (p.187– 193) 171) Part 7: Tables & Charts (p.194 – 203) 26 Homework check Revision Lesson Part 3: Where-questions (p.177 – 180) Part 4: Tours (p.181 – 186) 27 Lesson Part 3: Opinions (p.216 – 220) Part 4: Introducing people (p.221 – 224) Part 7: Business correspondences (p.233 – 28 Lesson Lesson 6: Part (Photographs of locations) (p.204 – 210) Part (How –questions) (p.211 – 215) 242) Part 5&6 (Tenses) (p.225 – 232) Part 3: Topics (p.256 – 260) Lesson : Part (Photographs of Part 4: Advertisements (p.261 – 264) Part 7: Memos and Emails (p.271 – 279) objects) (p.243 – 250) Part : Yes/ No questions (p.251 – 255) Lesson : Part 5&6 (comparison) (p.301 – 306) 29 Consolidation and Evaluation Simulated TOEIC Test Test correction 30 Simulated TOEIC Test Test correction ... Lesson 3: Short conversations - Test format and tactics - Preview test (p 71 – 72) - Overview questions - Exercise 3. 1 (p 73 – 74) - Exercise 3. 2 (p.75) - Exercise 3. 3 (p 75 – 76) - Exercise 3. 4... 5.5 (p1 13- 122) Lesson 5: Sentence Completion (cont) - Word forms (p1 23) - Word choice & Word forms (p128) - Verbs (p 130 ) - Exercises 5.6 -5.11 (p125 – 134 ) Practice test (Part 5, p 31 2 – 31 6) More... 6 .3 (p 169 – 182) Practice test (Part 6, p 31 7 – 31 9) More practice on websites Referent Websites Review test (p 1 83 – 185) 13 Lesson 7: Short readings - + Articles Exercise 7.1 (Questions 13