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This syllabus was designed upon results of the mock examination M0024. According to your results, we have found a need of improvement of areas such as grammar and lexis.
A wide knowledge of general academic vocabulary is essential for all sections of the test. The reading and listening sections both have specific vocabulary questions that check understanding of vocabulary in context.
Knowledge of English sentence structure and ability to understand and use a range of grammatical structures is necessary for all sections of the test. A good understanding of grammatical structures is also required to understand the passages and answer the questions in the reading and listening sections.
The vocabulary material for this course has been selected according two criteria:
- Main academic subject areas: arts, life science, social science and physical science. Although you are not expected to have specialized content knowledge, you are expected to have a good understanding of the content-specific words that are commonly used in all of these academic areas. These are not all the words you will need, but will give you a starting point for expanding your vocabulary in each area.
- The Academic Word List. This is a list of 570 words taht are most commonly used in academic contexts. The selection is based on samples of academic texts from a wide range of subject areas and includes general academic words that are commonly used in all subject areas; it does not include subject-specific words.
The grammar points have been selected according to which grammar will be most useful for you in the test. You will need to have a general level of grammatical accuracy in order to achieve a high score. There are also some common mistakes test takers have. Despite not all of these mistakes were done by you in your mock examination, it is important to clarify common mistakes done in past papers.
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TOEFL ITP STRATEGIES
Use your time wisely. The TOEFL is a timed test. You must work very quickly and efficiently to finish all of the questions in the time you are allowed. The skill strategy practice in this course will help you learn to budget your time on each section of the TOEFL. In addition, you should bring […]
VOCABULARY LESSON 1: Visual art and architecture
unique (adj) aspect (n) innovative (adj) A unique aspect of Turner’s painings is his innovative use of color. vision (n) utilize (v) Gaudi’s vision of architecture utilized organic shapes to create highly decorative structures. considerable (adj) impact (n) contemporary (adj) The development of steel construction had considerable impact on contemporary architecture. illustrate (v) insight (n) […]
VOCABULARY LESSON 2: Literature
classic (n)novel (n)fiction (n)autobiographical (adj)On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a classic novel of the 1950s. Although it is a work of fiction, it is based mainly on the autobiographical description of a road trip Kerouac took across the USA and into Mexico. set (n)narrate (v)character (n)contradictory (adj)The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald […]
VOCABULARY LESSON 3: Music and dance
emerge (v)reject (v) Modern dance emerged as an art form in the early 20th century. It represented a rejection of the conventional principles. develop (v)concept (n)contraction (n)release (n or v) Martha Graham developed modern dance techniques that were based on concepts of contraction and release. performance (n)choreographic (adj) Modern dance performances utilize a range of […]
VOCABULARY LESSON 4: Compare and contrast
To express similarity (compare): Similarity (between) Both… and… have in common in the same way similarly likewise like be similar to resemble neither… nor To express diference (contrast): difference (between) whereas while on the other hand* however* by contrast* unlike in contrast to compared to be different from (than) differ (from) *these expressions can be […]
VOCABULARY LESSON 5: Biology
estimate cell survive layer classify characteristic organism microscopic link vary genetic factor identify DNA process nutrient adapt system distinguish evolved
VOCABULARY LESSON 7: Prefixes and roots
A root is the base of a word to which prefixes and suffixes can be added to create ew words. Prefixes go before the root and suffixes follow the root. Prefixes and roots of academic words often come from Latin Greek. There are roots that describe number, size or value, movement, and relationship. Roots that […]
WORD BUILDING 1: Creating words
In order to understand general ideas from a text we need to improve the range of vocabulary words you know. It will become easier to understand some meanings by identifying how they are built. There is always a base word in which you might add a prefix (at the beginning) or a suffix (at the […]
STRUCTURE 2: Articles
Use a or an with singular count nouns that are not specific. Use the with specific nouns (singular, plural, or non-count).A town needs a good transportation system to grow. The transportation system in my town is very efficient. The use of a or an depends on the sound not the way a word is written. […]
STRUCTURE 3: SVA
Being aware of Subject-verb agreement is essential. A singular subject must have a singular verb. A plural subject must have a plural verb. Consider the following tips: Singular count nouns, non-count nouns, and gerunds have a singular verb. Sometimes the subject and verb can be separated by a number of words or phrases. If the […]
STRUCTURE 4: Comparative structures
I. Comparative structures are used to say how two things or people are similar or diferent. -er adjective + than / more + adjective than Use more with adjectives of more than two SYLLABLES and SOME two-syllable adjectives. less + adjective + than Note irregular forms: better, worse, further, elder, etc. Cities are becoming larger […]
COMMON MISTAKES1: Relative clauses
A relative clause is a subordinate clause (a clause that can’t stand by itself as a complete sentence) that describes or modifies a noun. Notice how the relative clause in each of the following sentences (shown in italics) describes the nown that it follows: This is the computer that I want to buy.The muscles that […]
COMMON MISTAKES 2: Relative adverbs
A relative clause often starts with a word that isn’t a relative pronoun. This is usually either a relative adverb –when, where, or why– or a relative adjective –which or whose. The climate is the reason why we moved to California.In 1948, when revolutions broke out across Europe, marx published his communist Manifiesto.They had been […]
COMMON MISTAKES 5: Conditional sentences (Part II)
The result or effect clause of a conditional sentence sometimes uses a modal auxiliary other than will or would. In Conditionals II and III, could and might can be used as well. If a storm hits, it might be dangerous.If it’s 10:00, we must have slept about twelve hours.If you came to Seoul with me, […]
COMMON MISTAKES 4: Conditional Sentences (Part I)
Conditional sentences talk about a cause and a result or effect. However, they dont state the cause and result as ordinary facts. Instead, both the cause and the results may be probable events, possible events, unlikely events, or impossible events. The cause is expressed in a clause that begins with if. The result is expressed […]
COMMON MISTAKES 6: Subjunctive
The subjunctive is used in several ways, includig in conditional if-clauses and for expressin wishes. The present subjunctive could be used for requests and suggestions. The structure is easy since it uses only the basic infinitive form of the verb (feel, drive, etc.). That is, the verb does not change to show the subject´s person […]