Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test: Longman Introductory Course for the TOEFL Test: The Next Generation without Answer Key 1st Edition - paper

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test: Next Generation (IBT), a book/CD-ROM package written by Deborah Phillips, gives students all the tools they need to succeed on the new TOEFL® integrated-skills test. Providing both a comprehensive language skills course and a wealth of practice for all sections of the test, the Longman Preparation Course is appropriate for courses in TOEFL® Test preparation or as a supplement to more general English courses.
 
Note: You must have the audio program to use the listening material (the Skills Practice, the Mini-Tests, and the Complete Tests) in the textbook. Click here to order the audio program (on CD or audiocassette).
 
The Student Book features:

• Authentic material for all the new types of passages and questions on the test.
• Diagnostic pre-tests and post-tests that allow students to identify strengths and weaknesses and assess improvement in each section.
• Practice sections for the four skills:
  • Reading provides practice exercises in the new test formats, including filling in a table or chart and paraphrasing.
  • Listening provides authentic conversations between two people in an academic setting and academic lectures with new questions about a speaker's attitude or purpose.
  • Speaking includes personal and expository tasks and integrated tasks.
  • Writing consists of expository and integrated tasks: reading/listening/writing.
• Eight mini-tests that preview the test's integrated four-skills format.
• Two complete practice tests that familiarize students with the actual test format and timing.

 The CD-ROM features:

• Completely different material from the Student Book.
• Practice sections for all parts of the test, including speaking.
• Eight mini-tests, and two complete tests.
• Pop-up explanations for all items on the CD-ROM.
• Easy-to-use scoring and record-keeping to monitor progress.

Table des matières

INTRODUCTION
 
SECTION ONE: READING
 
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST: Aggression
 
READING OVERVIEW
 
READING SKILLS
Vocabulary and Reference
SKILL 1: Understand vocabulary from context
READING EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2: Recognize referents
READING EXERCISE 2
READING EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Coral Colonies
Sentences
SKILL 3: Simplify meanings of sentences
READING EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4: Insert sentences into the passage
READING EXERCISE 4
READING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): Theodore Dreiser
READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Pulsars
Details
SKILL 5: Find factual information
READING EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6: Understand negative facts
READING EXERCISE 6
READING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): John Muir
READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Caretaker Speech
Inferences
SKILL 7: Make inferences from stated facts
READING EXERCISE 7
SKILL 8: Infer rhetorical purpose
READING EXERCISE 8
READING EXERCISE (Skills 7-8): Ella Deloria
READING REVIEW EXERCISES (Skills 1-8): Early Autos
Readingto Learn
SKILL 9: Select summary information
READING EXERCISE 9
SKILL 10: Complete schematic tables
READING EXERCISE 10
READING EXERCISE (Skills 9-10): Species
READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-10): Decisions
 
READINGPOST-TEST: Aquatic Schools
 
SECTION TWO: LISTENING
 
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
Problem Class
Sleep
 
LISTENING OVERVIEW
 
LISTENING SKILLS
Basic Comprehension
SKILL 1: Understand the gist
LISTENING EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2: Understand the details
LISTENING EXERCISE 2
LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Anthropology Paper
Pragmatic Understanding
SKILL 3: Understand the function
LISTENING EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4: Understand the speaker's stance
LISTENING EXERCISE 4
LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): The Fugio Coin
LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Hibernation
Connecting Information
SKILL 5: Understand the organization
LISTENING EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6: Understand relationships
LISTENING EXERCISE 6
LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): The Outer Banks
LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Leaf Arrangements
 
LISTENING POST-TEST
Music Project
The Great Lakes
 
 
SECTION THREE: SPEAKING
 
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
Good Teacher
Vacation
Registering for Classes
Nonverbal Communication
Problem in French Class
Echolocation
 
SPEAKING OVERVIEW
 
SPEAKING SKILLS
Independent Tasks
SKILL 1: Plan the free-choice response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2: Make the free-choice response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 2
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)
SKILL 3: Plan the paired-choice response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4: Make the paired-choice response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 4
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 3-4)
Integrated Tasks (Readingand Listening)
SKILL 5: Note the main points as you read
SPEAKING EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6: Note the main points as you listen
SPEAKING EXERCISE 6
SKILL 7: Plan the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 7
SKILL 8: Make the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 8
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 5-8): History Syllabus
SKILL 9: Note the main points as you read
SPEAKING EXERCISE 9
SKILL 10: Note the main points as you listen
SPEAKING EXERCISE 10
SKILL 11: Plan the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 11
SKILL 12: Make the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 12
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 9-12): Equity Theory
Integrated Tasks (Listening)
SKILL 13: Note the main points as you listen
SPEAKING EXERCISE 13
SKILL 14: Plan the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 14
SKILL 15: Make the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 15
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 13-15): Bored in Class
SKILL 16: Note the main points as you listen
SPEAKING EXERCISE 16
SKILL 17: Plan the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 17
SKILL 18: Make the response
SPEAKING EXERCISE 18
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 16-18): SAD
 
SPEAKING POST-TEST
Admirable Person
Getting News
Cafeteria Problem
Social Environments
Class Schedule Problem
Life on Mars
 
 
SECTION FOUR: WRITING
 
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
Human Memory
News Story
 
WRITING OVERVIEW
 
WRITING SKILLS
Integrated Task
SKILL 1: Note the main points as you read
WRITING EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2: Note the main points as you listen
WRITING EXERCISE 2
SKILL 3: Plan before you write
WRITING EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4: Write a topic statement
WRITING EXERCISE 4
SKILL 5: Write unified supporting paragraphs
WRITING EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6: Review sentence structure
WRITING EXERCISE 6
SKILL 7: Review grammar
WRITING EXERCISE 7
WRITING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-7): Iceman
Independent Task
SKILL 8: Plan before you write
WRITING EXERCISE 8
SKILL 9: Write the introduction
WRITING EXERCISE 9
SKILL 10: Write unified supporting paragraphs
WRITING EXERCISE 10
SKILL 11: Connect the supporting paragraphs
WRITING EXERCISE 11
SKILL 12: Write the conclusion
WRITING EXERCISE 12
SKILL 13: Review sentence structure
WRITING EXERCISE 13
SKILL 14: Review grammar
WRITING EXERCISE 14
WRITING EXERCISE (Skills 8-14): Emotions
 
WRITING POST-TEST
Unintended Consequences
Safe or Sorry
 
 
MINI-TESTS
 
MINI-TEST 1
Reading:        Migration
Listening:       Science Lab
                            The Little House Books
Speaking:       Leader of the Country
                            History Films         
                            Formation of Glaciers
Writing:          Garlic
 
MINI-TEST 2
Reading:         Birth Order
Listening:       Confused Assignment
                            Cross-Dating
Speaking:       Getting Up Early
                             Leadership Roles     
                             Meeting on Exam Schedule
Writing:           Historical Event
 
MINI-TEST 3
Reading:         Ketchup
Listening:       Biology Class
                            Gem Cuts
Speaking:       Hometown
                            Library Rules
                            Split Infinitives
Writing:          Bamboo and Pandas
 
MINI-TEST 4
Reading:         Estuaries
Listening:       Cumulative Exam
                            Mountains
Speaking:       Kinds of Exams
                            Nullification
                            Simple Direct Response
Writing:          Working for Others
 
MINI-TEST 5
Reading:         Schizophrenia
Listening:        Scholarship
                             Atolls
Speaking:       Good Friend
                            Student Assistant Positions
                            Zero-Sum Economies
Writing:          Catch-22
 
MINI-TEST 6
Reading:        Exxon Valdez
Listening:       Schedule Plan
                            Animal Hearing
Speaking:       Million Dollars
                            Formation of the Solar System
                            Rescheduled Speaker
Writing:          Visitors to Your Country
 
MINI-TEST 7
Reading:         Plate Tectonics
Listening:       Group Project
                            The Trumpet
Speaking:       TOEFL Test
                            Discussion Class     
                            NIMBY
Writing:          Hemophilia
 
MINI-TEST 8
Reading:        The Limners
Listening:       General Studies
                            Carbon
Speaking:       Big Party
                            Somnambulism
                            Questioning the Professor
Writing:          Violence in Movies
 
 
COMPLETE TESTS
 
COMPLETE TEST 1
Reading:           1 Prehistoric Astronomers
2 Truman and the Railroads
3 Mathematical Bases
Listening:          Student Newspaper
The Great Salt Lake
Kleenex
Exam Grade
Hawaii
Three-MileIsland
Speaking:          Dream Job
Group Paper
Spring Show
Great Ape Communication
Dreaded Science Class
Mercantilism
Writing:             Venus
Family Traditions
 
COMPLETE TEST 2
Reading:               1 Navigational Devices
2 The Neanderthals
3 The Silent Era
Listening:          Grade Report
Washington, D.C.
The Letter C
The Space Shuttle
Caves
The Compound Eye
Speaking:          Favorite Movie
Telling a Lie
Business Internships
Supersonic Speeds
Project Done Bit by Bit
Multiple Personality Disorder
Writing:             Library at Alexandria
Good Leader
 
 
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A: Cohesion
APPENDIX B: Sentence Structure
APPENDIX C: Error Correction (Grammar)
 
SCORES AND CHARTS
Scoring Information
Skills Charts and Self-Assessment Checklists
Progress Chart
 
RECORDING SCRIPT

A propos de l'auteur

Deborah Phillips has been teaching English for over twenty-five years with an emphasis on test preparation and academic skills preparation. She has led seminars and participated in conferences on test preparation and English language teaching in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. She currently teaches courses for the certification of teachers in English as a second language at the University of California.  Ms. Phillips is the author of the Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test series of textbooks and CD-ROMs. She is currently working on new textbooks and CD-ROMs to prepare students for the latest version of the TOEFL® test.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Deborah Phillips
• Edition: Pearson Elt
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2005
• EAN: 9780131923416
• ISBN: 978-0-13-192341-6
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 275 mm x 29 mm
• Poids: 1177 g
• Séries: Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test; Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test
• Thèmes: Prentice Hall; Prentice Hall
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Livres scolaires pour élèves; Englisch : Lehrwerke