Focus on TOEFL

Introduction

Focus on TOEFL is an online course designed for students who are thinking of taking the TOEFL exam. It consists of 12 modules and 200 units of English and provides approximately 120 hours of study for students.

Course aims

  • Take students from CEFR B2 up to C1.
  • Provide coaching and practice in all areas of the TOEFL exam to ensure students are fully prepared when taking the test.
  • Blend grammatical structures necessary for this level with vocabulary, including collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

Граматика

By the end of the course, students will be able to…

      • Use present, past, and future tenses accurately in the simple and continuous forms.
      • Be proficient in the use of perfect tenses in the simple and continuous forms.
      • Use conditionals to talk about real and unreal situations in present, past, and future.
      • Report what people said using correct verb forms and appropriate reporting verbs.
      • Talk about actions and states using active and passive forms appropriately.
      • Use modal verbs for various functions and past modals when necessary.
      • Use linking words and phrases to express ideas such as addition, contrast, reason, and conclusion.
      • Use verbs correctly regarding transitivity and what forms follow them.
      • Compare adjectives and adverbs using advanced comparatives and superlatives.
      • Talk about quantity.

Речник

      • Learn approximately 1000 lexical items, including gradable and non-gradable adjectives, adverbs, phrasal verbs, idiomatic language, and lexical sets.

Skills

      • Gain exposure to and practice in reading and listening to formal and informal materials from a range of settings and registers.

Unit Summary

Module 1

  • Речник: Adjectives of character and mood
  • Граматика: Present Tenses
  • Речник: Jobs and professions
  • Граматика: Past Tenses
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 01
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Четене: A Winter’s Tale
  • Слушане: Chess
  • Четене: Buddhism
  • Слушане: A traffic report
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 01 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Reading – general points
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Listening – general points
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Writing – general points
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Speaking – general points

Module 2

  • Речник: Parts of the body
  • Граматика: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Речник: Transport
  • Граматика: Countable and Uncountable nouns
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 02
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Четене: Michelangelo
  • Слушане: The internet
  • Четене: Oxford
  • Слушане: Waiting at the airport
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 02 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Reading – factual questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Reading – factual questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Listening – factual questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – factual questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Speaking – Independent speaking task 1

Module 3

  • Речник: Feeling ill 1
  • Граматика: Present Perfect
  • Речник: Feeling ill 2
  • Граматика: Present Perfect Continuous
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 03
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 03
  • Spelling: Spelling test 03
  • Четене: Shakespeare’s early life
  • Слушане: Working in London
  • Четене: The European Commission Audit
  • Слушане: My love affair with music
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 03 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Reading – inference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Reading – inference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Listening – inference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – inference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Writing – Independent Writing task – defending an opinion

Module 4

  • Речник: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
  • Граматика: Going to and Will
  • Речник: Confusing Words 1
  • Граматика: Future Continuous
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 04
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 04
  • Spelling: Spelling test 04
  • Четене: The Naadam festival in Mongolia
  • Слушане: Zimbabwe
  • Четене: Old Goriot
  • Слушане: Being polite in Japanese
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 04 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Reading – reference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Reading – reference
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Listening – main purpose or topic questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – main purpose or topic questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Speaking – Independent speaking task 2

Module 5

  • Речник: Clothes 1
  • Граматика: So and Such
  • Речник: Clothes 2
  • Граматика: Too and Enough
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 05
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Четене: Aspirin
  • Слушане: Brand loyalty
  • Четене: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Слушане: How luxury brands are surviving the recession
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 05 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Reading – vocabulary questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Reading – vocabulary questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Listening – attitude questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – attitude questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Writing – Independent Writing task – defending an opinion

Module 6

  • Речник: Containers
  • Граматика: Say and Tell
  • Речник: Household chores
  • Граматика: Ed and Ing adjectives
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 01
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Четене: Garlic
  • Слушане: Innovative advertising techniques
  • Четене: NAFTA
  • Слушане: The Tin Drum
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 06 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Reading – writer intention questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Reading – writer intention questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Listening – multiple answer questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – sentence addition questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Speaking – Integrated speaking task 1

Module 7

  • Речник: Shops
  • Граматика: Articles
  • Речник: Verbs connected with cooking
  • Граматика: Passive
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 02
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Четене: Oxford University
  • Слушане: The origin of crosswords
  • Четене: Paraguay
  • Слушане: Novelist Alistair Maclean
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 07 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Reading – sentence addition questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Reading – inference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – multiple answer questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Writing – Independent Writing task – viewing both sides of an argument

Module 8

  • Речник: Shapes and dimensions
  • Граматика: Gerunds and infinitives
  • Речник: Confusing words 2
  • Граматика: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 03
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Четене: Simon Bolivar
  • Слушане: Gambling addiction
  • Четене: The Basque language
  • Слушане: Beowulf
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 08 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Reading – factual questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Reading – inference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Listening – factual questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Speaking – Integrated speaking task 2

Module 9

  • Речник: Things in the bedroom
  • Граматика: Past Perfect
  • Речник: Things in the kitchen
  • Граматика: Past modals – Must and Should
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 04
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 09
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Четене: The Black Death
  • Слушане: Burma
  • Четене: The life of Aristotle
  • Слушане: Crocodiles
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 09 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Reading – inference questions
  • Exam: Further practice: Listening – inference questions
  • Exam: Coaching: Writing – Independent Writing task – explaining the importance of a development or invention

Module 10

  • Речник: Things in the living room
  • Граматика: Passive voice
  • Речник: Parts of the house
  • Граматика: Question tags
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 05
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 10
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Четене: The Spice Girls
  • Слушане: Cyber waste
  • Четене: Albert Einstein
  • Слушане: David Beckham
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 10 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Reading – reference questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Listening – main purpose or topic questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Speaking – Integrated speaking task 3

Module 11

  • Речник: Make and do
  • Граматика: Relative Clauses
  • Речник: Confusing words 3
  • Граматика: Verb Patterns
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 01
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 11
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Четене: Architecture in the 1960’s
  • Слушане: Mars
  • Четене: Albert Einstein
  • Слушане: Sao Tome
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 11 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Reading – vocabulary questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Listening – attitude questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Coaching: Writing – Integrated writing task

Module 12

  • Речник: Animals
  • Граматика: Reported Speech
  • Речник: Adjectives of character
  • Граматика: Third Conditional
  • Речник: Wordbuilding 02
  • Речник: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Четене: Feeling petty
  • Слушане: I actually bought the zoo
  • Revision: Focus on TOEFL Module 12 Revision Test
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Reading – writer intention questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Further practice: Reading – sentence addition questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – sentence addition questions
  • Exam: TOEFL Practice: Listening – multiple answer questions

Follow-up

Students completing the Focus on TOEFL course should feel confident in tackling any advanced course, including our Advanced Power or Focus on CAE course.