授業科目の内容

This course will help students to improve their band scores on the writing section of the TOEFL test. The TOEFL writing section has two parts. The integrated task involves synthesizing information from a listening and reading passage. Candidates must outline the key points made in each and then show how these points are connected. The independent task is an opinion essay where candidates express their personal views on a range of social issues and provide supporting reasons, examples, and experiences. Both Tasks shall be addressed on this course and strategies will be shared so students can understand and make improvements in the TOEFL assessment criteria. This TOEFL course will consist of skills practice for the Integrated and Independent Writing sections of the test. In addition to writing skills and test taking strategies, skills-training that directly target specific sections of the test will enhance student's note-taking, vocabulary development, and time management skills.

第1回講義内容
Course outline and expectations: an overview of the integrated and independent writing tasks

第2回講義内容
Connecting Information and note-taking

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Developing responses and sentence structures

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Evaluating Integrated Writing + Integrated task test

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Pre-writing and brainstorming strategies

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Stating and supporting opinion

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Unity and Coherence

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Sentence variety and word choice

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Evaluating the Independent task

第10回講義内容
Integrated tasks: model answers

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Independent tasks: model answers

第12回講義内容
Final test: Integrated and Independent tasks

その他の学習内容
　　・課題・レポート
　　・課外授業
　　・小テスト

成績評価方法

Class attendance and participation: 20%
Integrated task homework submissions: 20%
Independent task homework submissions: 20%
Vocabulary Diary homework: 20%
Final test: 20%

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受講上の要望、または受講上の前提条件

This course is ONLY designed for students who are highly motivated to improve their TOEFL writing scores.