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Home My WebLink AboutALP-068Bergen Community College School of English American Language Program Departmental Syllabus ALP-068: TOEFL iBT Preparation Semester and year: Course and Section Number: Meeting Times and Locations: Instructor: Office Location: Phone: Departmental Secretary: Office Hours: E-mail Address: Course Description ALP-068: TOEFL iBT Preparation aims to improve students' ability to integrate the skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing in English as required for the TOEFL iBT test. Students will learn to recognize the types of questions on this test and to develop skills and strategies to answer the questions. This course emphasizes reading and listening comprehension and includes activities to improve speaking and writing. 3 credits (non-degree) Pre-requisites: ALP-051/2, ALP-053 , ALP-054, SPE-002 or placement in ALP-061/2 and SP E- 003 Co-requisites: ALP-061 /062; or ALP-063 and 064; or SPE-003 and ALP-063 or ALP-064 Signature required for registration in the course. Student Learning Objectives As a result of meeting the requireme nts in this course, students will be able to: • Demonstrate comprehension ofthe structure and expectations of the TOEFL iBT exam • Identify and produce high-frequency idioms and expressions • Demonstrate increased academic and social listening comprehension skills, including conversations and lectures • Speak fluently and comprehensibly about a familiar experience • Accurately orally summarize a listening and/or reading passage • Write a grammatically-correct and coherent essay based on a reading and a listening passage • Write a well-organized , grammatically-correct essay based on a prompt Means of Assessment The major assessment types used in this course are multiple choice tests that mirror those in the TOEFL exam, presentations, written assignments, homework and class participation. Course Content Focused listening comprehension exercises Inductive and deductive activities for comprehension of vocabulary Presentations to show comprehension of listening passages and articles Presentations to share opinions Writing activities to summarize listening passages and articles Getting main ideas using context and prediction Predicting content Basics of note-taking Special Instructions ... :. •,I • This course has a Moodie page. You should check the website several times a week for updates on the course schedule, assignn:Ients and news. In addition, you will be required to listen to and read articles on other websites as directed by the instructor. Texts We will be using parts of two books. The parts of each book that we will use are either on reserve ore-reserve at the Bergen Community College library. They can also be purchased at the BCC bookstore. I) North Star Building Skills for the TOEFL iBT (High Intermediate) Pearson Longman 2006 ISBN: 0-13-198578-7 (student book with Audio CD) ISBN: 0-13-193708-1 (student book only) 2) TOEFL iBT with CD-R om (Fourth Edition) Kaplan 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4195-5027-0 Course Requirements Students are expected to participate actively in class. This includes preparing for class, speaking , asking questions , working in groups and/or with partners , and doing homework . Students must attend class regularly, do all the assigned work on time, and make up any work missed because of absence . Please get the phone numbers and/or emails of at least two of your classmates so you can find out what you missed if you are absent. You can also find out on the class website. Absence is not an excuse for missed homework! Any missed quizzes will result in a zero unless accompanied by a doctor's note, which will result in the quiz not be used in calculating the final grade. Students are expected to arrive on time for class. Two lates equal one absence. Students who miss more than four classes may fail the course or have their final grade reduced by one letter grade. Students may be required to attend the English Language Resource Center (ELRC) during the semester to do individual pronunciation and listening work. Grading Policy Class Participation Homework In-class Assignments Quizzes & Tests Grading Scale A 90%-100% B+ 85%-89% B 80%-84% C+ 75%-79% c 70%-74% D 65%-69% F 64% or below Attendance Policy 25% 25% 25% 25% BCC Attendance Policy: All students are expected to attend punctually every scheduled meeting of each course in which they are registered. Attendance and lateness policies and sanctions are to be determined by the instructor for each section of each course. These will be established in writing on the individual course outline. Attendance will be kept by the instructor for administrative and counseling purposes. American Language Program Attendance Policy Students are expected to attend class regularly and punctually. Attendance will be taken at each class session . It is expected that class time will be spent so that students benefit from the lectures , class discussions and class work. If students occasionally arrive late, they should be encouraged to enter quietly, not disturbing the class. If students miss class, they should find out what they missed. It is probably a good idea for students to exchange telephone numbers with other students as a way to find out about missed classes . Make-ups for examinations should be allowed by the instructor if, in the instructor's judgment, the student has presented a good excuse for missing the work. Instructors may penalize work which is late; however, the instructor's policies for make-ups and late work must be clearly specified on the student guide . Attendance Policy in this Course It is important to communicate with the instructor if you have a personal or work situation that affects attendance or performance. Poor attendance will affect a student's grade. If a student misses more than 4 classes, the student's grade may be lowered by one full letter grade. If a student is absent excessively, the student can expect to fail the course. Lateness counts, too. Two late arrivals of more than 10 minutes will equal one absence. There will be no make-ups of examinations. However, if you present a good excuse for missing the exam, the instructor will give you an extra assignment to do in lieu of the exam. Student and Faculty Support Services ELRC (English Language Resource RoomE-201-612-5292 Center) 156 http://www.bergen.edu/pages/2182.a ~ The Office of Specialized Services RoomS-201-612-5270 (for students with disabilities) 131 www.bergen.edu/oss The Sidney Silverman Library-RoomL-201-447-7436 Reference Desk 226 http://www.bergen.edu/pages/683.as p --~·- Course Outline & Calendar Note to Students: The following Course Outline and Calendar is tentative and subject to change, depending upon the progress of the class. Course Schedule: *every class: homework from textbook, free online TOEFL website, and/or news article Course Introduction TOEFL iBT Overview Week 1 Student Evaluations Week2 North Star Unit 1 -identify and express main ideas -identify and express details -make inferences -organize information TOEFL iBT Reading -Strategies -Question Types #1-4 Week3 North Star Unit 1 -complete outlines -express and support an opinion -skim and scan for key information TOEFL iBT Reading -Question Types #5-10 Week4 North Star Unit 2 -identify and express main ideas -identify and express details -make inferences TOEFL iBT Listening -Strategies -Question Types #1-3 WeekS North Star Unit 2 -recognize a speaker's or writer's attitude -paraphrase and summarize -summarize and discuss two points of view using main ideas and details -summarize a text and relate it to a listening TOEFL iBT Listening -Question Types #4-8 Week6 North Star Unit 4 -identify and express main ideas -identify and express details -infer a speaker's or writer's intention or purpose -skim for important facts -express an opinion using detailed examples TOEFL iBT Speaking -Strategies -Tasks #1 and 2 Week 7 North Star Unit 4 -compare and contrast related text and listening -organize main ideas and details -categorize information -summarize using details and examples -organize reasons and details to support an opinion -identify the rhetorical structure of a text -identify the author's purpose TOEFL iBT Speaking -Tasks# 3 and 4 Week 8 North Star Unit 7 -identify and express main ideas -identify and express details -make inferences TOEFL iBT Speaking -Tasks #5 and 6 Week9 North Star Unit 7 -synthesize information -recognize comparison in a lecture -support a position using examples TOEFL iBT Writing -Strategies -Task #I Week 10 NO CLASS -(spring break/thanksgiving) Week 11 North Star Unit 9 -identify and express main ideas -identify and express details -make inferences TOEFL iBT Writing -Task #2 Week 12 North Star Unit 9 -scan for facts -outline information -express and support an opinion TOEFL iBT Integrated Tasks Week 13 North Star Unit 10 -identify and express main ideas -identify and express details -make inferences -recognize markers of introduction, conclusion , and topic change TOEFL iBT Integrated Tasks Week 14 North Star Unit 10 -us e signal words and rhetorical devices to express ideas coherently -recognize hypotheses and explain them TOEFL iBT Integrated Tasks Week 15 Final Exam Self-Evaluation - Things to Continue to Work on