Miyazaki International College Course Syllabus
Course Title ( Credits ) TIP 1 Course Designation for TC
Language Teacher
Instructor Edward Rummel
E-mail address [email protected] Office/Ext Office 1-409 / Ext. 734
Office hours Tuesday, Thursday 15:30 –17:00
Course Description:
TOEIC test taking practice. Students will have one class of 80 minutes per week over a 15 week semester.
This course gives students intensive practice in TOEIC listening and reading. The course also focuses on vocabulary and grammar forms specific to the TOEIC as well as strategies for achieving higher scores in the TOEIC test.
In addition to working through the text Successful Keys to the TOEIC Test, (Pearson Longman), students focus on a particular part of the TOEIC test in time blocks which reflect the difficulty students usually have with the TOEIC. Accordingly, 6 weeks are assigned to the listening section and 8 weeks to the reading section. Material for additional study is taken from Tactics for TOEIC (Grant Trew, Oxford – official ETS publication). This material includes practice tests as well as considerable attention to strategies that students can use when attempting the TOEIC.
Students can access the practice tests mentioned above through Moodle, and can practice taking the various sections of the authentic TOEIC test in an online medium which allows them to check their answers. The text book audio is also available on Moodle, so students can work at their own pace through the listening activites unit by unit.
Students are expected to learn vocabulary weekly (about 30 words per week) and they do weekly quizzes at the beginning of each class.
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Course Goals/Objectives:
Students’ TOEIC scores should increase, through study of TOEIC test questions within topics relevant to the TOEIC; practice of TOEIC test taking strategies relevant to each section of the TOEIC (1-7); learning of vocabulary specific to TOEIC style tests.
Tentative Course Schedule
Week Topic Content/Activities
1 Course introduction
Unit 1 Daily life Focus on TOEIC part I listening 2 Unit 2 Places Quiz on unit 1 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part I/II listening 3 Unit 3 People Quiz on unit 2 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part I/II listening 4 Unit 4 Travel Quiz on unit 3 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part III/IV listening 5 Unit 5 Business Quiz on unit 4 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part III/IV listening 6 Unit 6 Office Quiz on unit 5 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part III/IV listening 7 Unit 7 Technology Quiz on unit 6 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part V reading 8 Unit 8 Personnel Quiz on unit 7 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part V reading 9 Unit 9 Management Quiz on unit 8 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part VI reading 10 Unit 10 Purchasing Quiz on unit 9 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part VI reading 11 Unit 11 Finances Quiz on unit 10 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part VI reading 12 Unit 12 Media Quiz on unit 11 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part VII reading 13 Unit 13 Entertainment Quiz on unit 12 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part VII reading 14 Unit 14 Health Quiz on unit 13 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part VII reading 15 Unit 15 Restaurants Quiz on unit 14 vocabulary
Focus on TOEIC part VII reading 16 Final review test
Required Materials:
Text book: Successful Keys to the TOEIC Test, (Pearson Longman). This is available at 3 levels of difficulty: book 1 (goal 500), book 2 (goal 600), book 3 (goal 700). All classes will complete roughly one unit from the text book each week. The textbook contains or is linked to numerous secondary resources such as worksheets, self study quizzes, answer key (in Japanese), and audio files. Each unit provides practice at a customized level of difficulty for the 7 parts of the TOEIC test
Course Policies (Attendance, etc.)
Weekly classes will be held and students will move between classrooms and computer labs as required. Students are expected to attend all the lessons. If you have to be absent from class, you need to e-mail the instructor in advance.
Class Preparation and Review
Students are expected to spend at least one hour preparing for every hour of lesson, and one hour reviewing and doing Homework
Grades and Grading
The final grade is based on: Class participation (20%), Homework (30%), and In-class tests (30%).
Final review test (20%)
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