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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 (R) 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 (R) test.
INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE: READING
READING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
George Washington Carver
READING OVERVIEW
READING SKILLS
VOCABULARY AND REFERENCE
SKILL 1: UNDERSTAND VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT
Reading Exercise 1
The Tournament of Roses
Mark Twain
Copernicus
SKILL 2: RECOGNIZE REFERENTS
Reading Exercise 2
Oxygen at High Altitudes
Lascaux Cave
Pepper
Reading Exercise (Skills 1-2)
El Nino
SENTENCES
SKILL 3: SIMPLIFY MEANINGS OF SENTENCES
Reading Exercise 3
Seven Days in a Week
Communications Satellites
Alexander's Gold
SKILL 4: INSERT SENTENCES INTO THE PASSAGE
Reading Exercise 4
Dinosaur Footprints
The Washington Monument
Alex Haley
Reading Exercise (Skills 3-4)
3D Movies
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-4)
Paul Revere in Longfellow's Poem
DETAILS
SKILL 5: FIND FACTUAL INFORMATION
Reading Exercise 5
Icebergs
Submarines
Sugar
SKILL 6: UNDERSTAND NEGATIVE FACTS
Reading Exercise 6
The Penguin
Fingerprints
The Tarantella and the Tarantula
Reading Exercise (Skills 5-6)
Medford's Attempted Silk Industry
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-6)
The War of 1812
INFERENCES
SKILL 7: MAKE INFERENCES FROM STATED FACTS
Reading Exercise 7
Flour
Machu Picchu
Weightlessness
SKILL 8: INFER RHETORICAL PURPOSE
Reading Exercise 8
Lituya Bay
Cats
The Amazon River System
Reading Exercise (Skills 7-8)
The Pacific Ocean
Reading Review Exercises (Skills 1-8)
Charles Dow
READING TO LEARN
SKILL 9: SELECT SUMMARY INFORMATION
Reading Exercise 9
Stress
Robin Hood
The Pocket Veto
SKILL 10: COMPLETE SCHEMATIC TABLES
Reading Exercise 10
The Mile
Virginia Colony
Venus and Earth
Reading Exercise (Skills 9-10)
The Manned Space Program
Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-10)
Roald Dahl
READING POST-TEST
A New Idea
SECTION TWO: LISTENING
LISTENING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
An Economics Class
Antarctica
LISTENING OVERVIEW
LISTENING SKILLS
BASIC COMPREHENSION
SKILL 1: UNDERSTAND THE GIST
Listening Exercise 1
An Exam
A Reading Assignment
Sunspots
SKILL 2: UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS
Listening Exercise 2
The Recital
Carlsbad Caverns
The Grouper
Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-2)
London Bridge
PRAGMATIC UNDERSTANDING
SKILL 3: UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTION
Listening Exercise 3
Grading
Finding a Book
Rivers
SKILL 4: UNDERSTAND THE SPEAKER'S STANCE
Listening Exercise 4
A Meeting
A Late Paper
Announcements
Listening Exercise (Skills 3-4)
A Music Class
Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-4)
James Fenimore Cooper
CONNECTING INFORMATION
SKILL 5: UNDERSTAND THE ORGANIZATION
Listening Exercise 5
The City of Chicago
Alpha Centauri
A Course Syllabus
SKILL 6: UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS
Listening Exercise 6
A Missed Exam
The Robin
Auroras
Listening Exercise (Skills 5-6)
Harley-Davidson
Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-6)
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
LISTENING POST-TEST
An Exam
The Roosevelts
SECTION THREE: SPEAKING
SPEAKING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
Reading Material
Mountains or Ocean
A Dormitory Closing
Tornado Alley
A Biology Class
Man-eating Clams
SPEAKING OVERVIEW
SPEAKING SKILLS
INDEPENDENT TASKS
SKILL 1: PLAN THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 1
Sadness
Your Favorite Month
Classmates
SKILL 2: MAKE THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 2
SKILL 3: PLAN THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 3
Astronaut or Musician
Early or Last-Minute Worker
Love or Money
SKILL 4: MAKE THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 4
Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 1-4)
Hometown Activities
Types of Classes
INTEGRATED TASKS (READING AND LISTENING)
SKILL 5: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ
Speaking Exercise 5
A Professors' Absence
A Memo
Part-time Jobs
SKILL 6: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN
Speaking Exercise 6
A Professors' Absence
A Memo
Part-time Jobs
SKILL 7: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK
Speaking Exercise 7
SKILL 8: MAKE THE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 8
Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 5-8)
An Assignment
SKILL 9: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ
Speaking Exercise 9
Venus
Mountains and Snow
Honeybees
SKILL 10: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN
Speaking Exercise 10
Venus
Mountains and Snow
Honeybees
SKILL 11: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK
Speaking Exercise 11
SKILL 12: MAKE THE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 12
Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 9-12)
Mercantilism
INTEGRATED TASKS (LISTENING)
SKILL 13: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN
Speaking Exercise 13
Tardiness
Class Notes
An Economics Class
SKILL 14: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK
Speaking Exercise 14
SKILL 15: MAKE THE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 15
Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 13-15)
Exam Preparation
SKILL 16: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN
Speaking Exercise 16
The Bald Eagle
Hot-air Balloons
The "Dark Days"
SKILL 17: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK
Speaking Exercise 17
SKILL 18: MAKE THE RESPONSE
Speaking Exercise 18
Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 16-18)
The Human Brain
SPEAKING POST-TEST
Your Dream Job
Memory
The Dormitory Pet Policy
Los Angeles
An English Class Problem
Water in the Past
SECTION FOUR: WRITING
WRITING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
Old World Monkeys
Your Favorite Season
WRITING OVERVIEW
WRITING SKILLS
INTEGRATED TASK
SKILL 1: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ
Writing Exercise 1
U.S. Agriculture
Dolphins
DaVinci's Flight Theory
SKILL 2: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN
Writing Exercise 2
U.S. Agriculture
Dolphins
DaVinci's Flight Theory
SKILL 3: PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE
Writing Exercise 3
SKILL 4: WRITE A TOPIC STATEMENT
Writing Exercise 4
SKILL 5: WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON READING PASSAGES
Writing Exercise 5
SKILL 6: WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON LISTENING PASSAGES
Writing Exercise 6
SKILL 7: REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Writing Exercise 7
"News"
SKILL 8: REVIEW GRAMMAR
Writing Exercise 8
The "Halo Effect"
Writing Review Exercise (Skills 1-8)
Decision-making
INDEPENDENT TASK
SKILL 9: PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE
Writing Exercise 9
Your English Class
Writing a Paper
Winning $1 Million
SKILL 10: WRITE THE INTRODUCTION
Writing Exercise 10
SKILL 11: WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS
Writing Exercise 11
SKILL 12: WRITE THE CONCLUSION
Writing Exercise 12
SKILL 13: REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Writing Exercise 13
A Messy Person
SKILL 14: REVIEW GRAMMAR
Writing Exercise 14
Free Time
Writing Exercise (Skills 9-14):
Sleep Preferences
WRITING POST-TEST
A Twelve-Month School Year
Cheating
MINI-TESTS
MINI-TEST 1
Reading: Blood Types
Listening: Attendance
Waterfalls
Speaking: Your Favorite Sport
A Closed Library
George Catlin
Writing: Assateague Island
MINI-TEST 2
Reading: The French Quarter
Listening: A Math Class
Stone Mountain
Speaking: Truth or Lies
Earthquakes
An Exam Discussion
Writing: Vacation Preferences
MINI-TEST 3
Reading: Studebaker
Listening: Library Books
Leland Stanford
Speaking: Activities with Friends
A Lab Report Notice
Injuries
Writing: Life at the Bottom of the Ocean
MINI-TEST 4
Reading: Songs of the Humpback Whale
Listening: The Assignment
Neptune
Speaking: Written or Oral Presentation
The Gettysburg Address
A Research Paper
Writing: The Perfect Boss
COMPLETE TEST
Reading 1 The Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Reading 2 The Age of the Earth
Reading 3 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Listening A Research Topic
The Assignment
The Pentagon
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Olympus Mons
Dams
Speaking A Gift
Speak or Say Nothing
The Math Syllabus
New Amsterdam
A Math Book
The Continental Divide
Writing Telecommuting
Evening Preferences
TOEFL (R)-LEVEL TEST
Reading Pepper
Listening The Major
The Geodesic Dome
Speaking Personal Descriptions
Planning
Cafeteria Hours
Operant Conditioning
Professor Problems
The Asteroid Belt
Writing Phrenology
Late to Class
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A: Sentence Structure
APPENDIX B: Error Correction
DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT, AND SCORING
Overall Scores
Reading Diagnosis and Scoring
Listening Diagnosis and Scoring
Speaking Diagnosis and Scoring
Writing Diagnosis and Scoring
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