| Занятие 1 | INTRODUCTION TO TOEFL/ TEST OF WRITTEN ENGLISH: The Purpose of the TOEFL. Preview of Sections. Suggestions for Preparation. Strategies to Use for the TWE Essay. Practice with Introductions. Practice with Developmental Paragraphs. |
| Занятие 2 | TEST OF WRITTEN ENGLISH Practice with Conclusions. Practice with Answering Essay Questions
LISTENING COMPREHENSION I - SHORT CONVERSATIONS: Types of Problems: Details, Similar Alternatives, Changes of Opinions, Idiomatic Expressions, Computations. Drawing Conclusions about Place, Feelings and Emotions. Making Predictions. Drawing Conclusions from Implied Information. |
| Занятие 3 | LISTENING COMPREHENSION II – LONGER CONVERSATIONS: Understanding and Interpreting Conversations between Friends, with Service Personnel, with University Personnel, with University Professors. Understanding Class Discussions |
| Занятие 4 | LISTENING COMPREHENSION III – TALKS AND LECTURES: Understanding Announcements and Advertisements, News and Weather Reports, Informative Speeches. Interpreting General Interest Topics. Understanding and Interpreting Informal Academic Language, Academic Statements. |
| Занятие 5 | STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION I: Problems with Verbs: Main Verbs, Tenses, Modals, Causatives, Conditionals. |
| Занятие 6 | STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION II: Subjunctives, Infinitives, Passives, Have+Participle, Auxiliary Verbs. Problems with Pronouns. |
| Занятие 7 | STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION III: Problems with Nouns. Problems with Adjectives: Determiners and Other Adjectives. |
| Занятие 8 | STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION IV: Problems with Comparatives. Problems with Prepositions. |
| Занятие 9 | STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION V: Problems with Conjunctions. Problems with Adverbs. Problems with Sentences and Clauses. |
| Занятие 10 | STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION VI: Style: Problems with the Point of View. Problems with Agreement. Problems with Introductory Verbal Modifiers. Problems with Parallel Structure. Problems with Redundancy. Word Choice. |
| Занятие 11 | READING COMPREHENSION: Previewing. Practice with Main Ideas. Understanding Words in Contexts. Scanning for Details. Making Inferences. Identifying Exceptions. Locating References. Referring to the Passages. |
| Занятие 12 | MODEL TEST: Taking the Test. Checking Answers to the Test. Explanatory Answers. |