The TOEFL® test is the most widely respected English-language test in the world, recognized by more than 8,500 colleges, universities and agencies in more than 130 countries, including Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the United States. Wherever you want to study, the TOEFL test can help you get there.
Our TOEFL Preparation Program offers a step by step program that teaches you critical test-taking techniques, helps you polish the language skills needed for the exam, and makes you a smarter test taker. The complete guide is an efficient way to prepare for TOEFL. By concentrating only on the points that are actually tested on TOEFL, it lets you get the most of your preparation period and it never wastes your time.
In our TOEFL Preparation Program, High Intermediate and Advanced English students can prepare for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) full time. TPP students work on TOEFL skills in classes and computer labs for 18 hours per week. This program meets the full requirements of F-1 non-immigrant visa status.
As a TPP student, you will work intensively on all of the skills measured on the TOEFL iBT, both, independent and integrated tasks. You will also work on real world, academic tasks, on developing your vocabulary, and take at least two TOEFL practice tests.
If you have taken the TOEFL iBT and received a score of 61, or 500 on the paper based test you may be eligible for TPP. We will re-test you at LA Institute of Translation and Interpretation to make sure that you are an appropriate student for TPP. If your score is below 500 upon re-testing at LA Institute of Translation and Interpretation, you will continue to be placed in regular EIP classes, and take courses in writing, reading, grammar and spoken English. Students enrolled in the TOEFL Preparation Program must have a score of 500 and be writing at the Advanced level, normally demonstrated by having met the pre-requisite classes.
Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test: iBT
Your TOEFL Preparation Program includes:
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Week 2:
SKILL 1: Understand vocabulary from context READING EXERCISE 1 SKILL 2: Recognize referents READING EXERCISE 2 READING EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Coral Colonies Week 3:
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 Week 4:
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 Week 5:
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 Week 6:
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 Week 7:
Sleep
Week 8:
SKILL 1: Understand the gist LISTENING EXERCISE 1 SKILL 2: Understand the details LISTENING EXERCISE 2 LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Anthropology Paper Week 9:
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 Week 10:
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
The Great Lakes Week 11:
Vacation Registering for Classes Nonverbal Communication Problem in French Class Echolocation
Week 12:
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) Week 13: 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) Week 14:
SKILL 5: Note the main points as you read SPEAKING EXERCISE 5 SKILL 6: Note the main points as you listen SPEAKING EXERCISE 6 Week 15: SKILL 7: Plan the response SPEAKING EXERCISE 7 SKILL 8: Make the response SPEAKING EXERCISE 8 SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 5-8): History Syllabus Week 16: SKILL 9: Note the main points as you read SPEAKING EXERCISE 9 SKILL 10: Note the main points as you listen SPEAKING EXERCISE 10 Week 17: SKILL 11: Plan the response SPEAKING EXERCISE 11 SKILL 12: Make the response SPEAKING EXERCISE 12 SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 9-12): Equity Theory Week 18:
SKILL 13: Note the main points as you listen SPEAKING EXERCISE 13 SKILL 14: Plan the response SPEAKING EXERCISE 14 Week 19: 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 Week 20: SKILL 17: Plan the response SPEAKING EXERCISE 17 SKILL 18: Make the response SPEAKING EXERCISE 18 SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 16-18): SAD
Getting News Cafeteria Problem Social Environments Class Schedule Problem Life on Mars Week 21:
News Story
Week 22:
SKILL 1: Note the main points as you read WRITING EXERCISE 1 SKILL 2: Note the main points as you listen WRITING EXERCISE 2 Week 23: SKILL 3: Plan before you write WRITING EXERCISE 3 SKILL 4: Write a topic statement WRITING EXERCISE 4 Week 24: 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 Week 25:
SKILL 8: Plan before you write WRITING EXERCISE 8 SKILL 9: Write the introduction WRITING EXERCISE 9 Week 26: 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 Week 27: 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 Week 28: 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 Week 29: 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 Week 30: 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 APPENDIXES APPENDIX A: Cohesion APPENDIX B: Sentence Structure APPENDIX C: Error Correction (Grammar) Week 31: 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-Mile Island Speaking: Dream Job Group Paper Spring Show Great Ape Communication Dreaded Science Class Mercantilism Writing: Venus Family Traditions Week 32: 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 |