TOEICPreparation

Week9

Exam:NextFriday4th December

ReadingTest:75minutes• PartV– PartVII• Multiplechoiceanswersheet

Vocab/grammarquiz:(upto)30minutes• Vocabularyandgrammarseeninclass

DuringclasshourBUTupto6.45ifnecessary

Finalexam:Friday11th December

• Full-lengthTOEICpracticetest• Readingandlisteningconsecutively(PartI-VII)• Multiplechoiceanswersheet

• Totalduration2hours:*4.45-6.45*

ExamPreparation

Reviewclassslidesat:http://www.unice.fr/scientificenglish/TOEICPREPKIRSTEN.html

Whattobring:• Black/blueballpointpens(NOTpencil)• Tipp-ex/white-out• StudentIDcard

PartVII:ShortReadings

• LongestpartofTOEICtest• 7-10singlereadingpassageswithatotalof28comprehensionquestions

• 4pairedreadingpassageswithatotalof20comprehensionquestions

• 4possibleanswersperquestion• Choosethecorrectanswer

• Trytoleaveatleast45minutes forthispart

Strategy

• Lookquicklyatpassagetodeterminesubject• Readthequestions(nottheanswerchoices)• Readthepassage(quickly,butdon’tskim)• Answerthequestions• Pairedreadings:atleastonequestionperpairwillrefertobothpassagestogether

• Don’twastetimethinkingaboutdifficultquestions– completetherestandcomebacktothemattheend

PassageTypes

• Articles:newspaper,magazine• Businesscorrespondence:letters,emails,memos,faxes

• Advertisements:newspaper,magazine• Announcements:events,policies,performances

• Non-prosereadings:charts,schedules,forms.graphs,maps…

QuestionTypes

• Overview• Detail• Vocabulary• Inference

PracticeTestPartVII

Choosethecorrectanswerandidentifythetypeofquestion

VocabularyPractice

• Splitintotwoteams:A+B

• Youwillbegiven2minutestowriteasmuchrelatedvocabularyaspossibleonatheme

• Aftertwominutes,bothteamsmustwritetheirwordsontheboardatthesametime

• Theteamwiththemostcorrect wordswins

BUSINESSTheme1

COMPUTINGTheme2

BANKINGTheme3

REALESTATETheme4

SHOPPINGTheme5

TRAVELTheme6

HEALTHCARETheme7

WEATHERTheme8