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I N T R O D U C T I O N A N D S A P
IBT TOEFL INTERMEDIATE
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IBT TOEFL AND IBT TOEFL CLASS?
IBT
What? Who? Where?
IBT TOEFL(HTTP://WWW.ETS.ORG/TOEFL/IBT/ABOUT)
What? The TOEFL iBT test
measures your ability to use and understand
English at the university level. And it evaluates how well
you combine your listening, reading,
speaking and writing skills to perform academic tasks.
Who?1. Studying abroad
2. Scholarship3. Applying for visa4. Tracking progress
5. Enrolling at a language program
Where?IBT Test Centers
(visit ITC’s Website: http://www.itc-indonesia.com/
)
COURSE OUTLINEACADEMIC IBT INTERMEDIATE
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
• This is a preparation class for students who intend to take the official TOEFL iBT test provided by ETS (Educational Testing Service)• This course is recommended only for students who have finished and passed the General English course as prerequisite skills.
GENERAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Students will be familiar with the type of contents, kinds of questions, and tasks encountered in TOEFL iBT test.• Students will improve
their integrated academic skills in English, while building test-taking confidence.
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• In listening, students will be able to improve their academic listening skills, which cover a whole variety of styles and topics mostly on academic situations.
• In reading, students will be able to sharpen their critical reading skills by integrating and organizing information taken either from listening excerpt or the reading passage itself.
• In speaking, students will be able to build their confidence and improve as well their communicative skills in academic environment.
• In writing, students will be able to compose a well-developed and organized essay with correct pattern, detailed examples, correct grammar, and varied vocabulary.
TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS
Lecturer
• Explaining, discussing, giving exercises, giving assignments, facilitating
Students
• Completing tasks, homework
• Listening actively, Reading, Writing, Taking notes
• Participating in Group discussions
COURSE REQUIREMENT
• General English
CLASS POLICY
Attendance: Presence,
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Electronic devices
Exams: Mid-Term, Final,
Remedial, Make up
Leaving classes for
UPH activities
Cheating and
Plagiarism
CLASS POLICY
1. Attendance: Students must come on time. No more admission into class is allowed after fifteen (15) minutes of late arrival, and the student will be marked absent.
2. Clothing: Students must come in proper clothing and are not allowed to wear sandals.
3. Electronic Devices: Students must switch off their personal electronic devices during class.
4. Exam Policy: 85 % of minimum attendance is strictly required before a student can sit for the Final Exam.
5. Leaving classes: Students who leave classes by official appointment from the University to partake in national or international competitions on behalf of the university must perform assignments to be given by the lecturer to make up for the missing classes.
6. Students who engage in cheating and plagiarism during exams or in performing their assignments will be declared “fail” with an F mark and may not sit for remedial exams.
7. Remedial exams may be given to students with a final F mark on the condition that he/she meets the required 85% of minimum attendance. The highest mark that a student can obtain after remedial exams is C-.
8. Make-up exams may be held for students who fall ill or mourn the death of a member of his/her core family on the examination day, provided that the student can authenticate it with a piece of administrative evidence, such the original copy of medical (laboratory) examination reports, hospitalization, or death attestation from the authorities with an original stamp mark, together with an attestation letter from the student’s parents.
• Textbook• Audio CD• Computer Lab• Internet/
websites• Journals/
newspapers
MEDIA
TEXTBOOK
• NorthStar: Building Skills for the TOEFL(R) iBT: Intermediate, by John Beaumont, Pearson-Longman
TOPICS
1. Introduction and Course outline2. Unit 1: Advertising – Skimming and Scanning3. Unit 2: Extreme Sports – Making Inferences4. Unit 3: Fraud – Using Context Clues5. Unit 4: Story Telling – Identifying and Using Rhetorical Structure6. Unit 5: Language – Identifying Main Ideas and Details + Simulation Practice 1 (Independent Skills)7. KAT 1 – Quiz 1: Independent Skills + Reading Assignment8. Mid-Exam (UTS) – Independent Skills – TOEFL IBT Online
TOPICS
9. Unit 6: Tourism; Unit 7: Humor – Paraphrasing and summarizing10. Unit 8: Fashion – Comparing and Contrasting11. Unit 9: Punishment; Unit 10: Marriage – Using Detailed Examples; Cohesive Devices12. KAT 2: Quiz 2: Integrated Skills 13. Review – Simulation Practice 214. Final Exam (UAS) – Independent and Integrated Skills
ASSESSMENTS
KAT 1 (15%)
Independent Skills Quizzes
KAT 2 (15%)
Integrated SkillsDaily assignments (10); Group Presentations (5)
UTS (30%)
Online TOEFL test
Independent skills
UAS (40%)
Online TOEFL test
Integrated and Independent skills
READING ASSIGNMENT
• Read and analyze 1 academic article.• Share at least 5 interesting points• Submit softcopy!
PRESENTATIONS
• Submit the softcopy of the powerpoint presentation• Individual
Presentation• 1’
presentation• 4/5 people per
session.
EVALUATION
• KAT 1: 15 %• Quizzes 10%• Speaking task 5%
• KAT 2• Daily Assignments 10%• Reading task 5%
• UTS 30% (Independent Skills)• UAS 40% (Integrated Skills)