XEFL-322 - iBT-TOEFL Preparation III

Course Description

This course focuses on preparing students for the TOEFL exam. Students taking this course will improve their skills in key areas of the TOEFL so that they feel more prepared for the demands of this exam. In this course, students will practice creating concise, clearly structured arguments with abstract language. They will recognize the organization of an academic lecture and be able to summarize it. Students will also work on their reading comprehension through outlining complex texts, summarizing them, and recognizing rhetorical purpose. They will write an opinionated essay as well as an essay that connects ideas from a reading and a lecture.

Students will have an opportunity to study all four sections of the exam: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. They will work with partners and in groups to practice forming responses to questions that are similar to those they will find on the TOEFL exam and will get feedback from their classmates and instructor. This course starts and ends with a practice exam in order for students to see their improvement over the duration of the course.

Before taking this course, students should be able to easily speak in paragraphs about a variety of topics including some abstract topics. They should be able to write multi-paragraph texts with clear connections between ideas. Students should be able to easily understand spoken and written texts including those that are complex or unfamiliar.

TEXTBOOK REQUIREMENT:

All three iBT-TOEFL Test Preparation classes will use the following textbook:

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL iBT Test
Deborah Phillips, Third Edition, © 2014
ISBN: 978-0-13-324812-8

IMPORTANT: Students should purchase a NEW copy of the textbook at Georgetown’s Campus Store (or other bookseller) before class begins as it will be used for course assignments starting on the first day of class. 

Application Instructions

I. Mandatory Placement Test Requirement:

All new and returning students are required to take a placement exam before classes begin to determine their correct placement into the course secure placement testing. After completing registration, you will receive a payment confirmation email including information about taking your placement test. All students are required to take a placement test. Please note that your enrollment will not be complete until you take your placement test. All placement tests will be administered remotely using an online test. Students will be required to have access to a computer with a high-speed internet connection, as well as audio and video capabilities. The placement test instructions will communicate additional technology requirements. You will receive an email with your final course placement 1 week before the start of classes.

The Evening & Weekend English program reserves the right to move students to a different level of a course if placement test results or a diagnostic test given on the first day of class warrants it. All such moves will be completed in the first week of classes with no additional charge to the student.

If your placement test results indicate that you do not meet the minimum English proficiency level required for admission to the Evening & Weekend English program, you will receive a 100% refund of your course tuition payment minus a nonrefundable $50 administrative fee per course enrolled.

II. Transfers

No self-request transfer requests will be accepted if received after the last day of registration.

III. Refund and Withdrawals:

There are no tuition refunds for drops/withdrawals requested four (4) or fewer calendar days before the published start date of the course section or after the course section has started. If you have questions regarding test scheduling, contact one of our helpful Enrollment Advisors at 202-687-5978 or guELC@georgetown.edu.

• 14 calendar days or more before the published start date of the course section: 100% tuition refund less $50 admin fee

• Between 14 and five (5) days before the published start date of the course section: 75% tuition refund less $50 admin fee

• Four (4) or fewer calendar days before the published start date of the course section or after the course section has started: $0

Refunds will be credited back to the credit card used to make the payment 30 days after the drop has been processed.

Please contact SCS Student Accounts at noncreditaccounts@georgetown.edu if you have questions about your refund payment. Note: We do not allow deferred enrollment from one semester to another.