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.

Gramatika

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.

Slovní zásoba

      • 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of character and mood
  • Gramatika: Present Tenses
  • Slovní zásoba: Jobs and professions
  • Gramatika: Past Tenses
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 01
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Čtení: A Winter’s Tale
  • Poslech: Chess
  • Čtení: Buddhism
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Parts of the body
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Slovní zásoba: Transport
  • Gramatika: Countable and Uncountable nouns
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 02
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Čtení: Michelangelo
  • Poslech: The internet
  • Čtení: Oxford
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Feeling ill 1
  • Gramatika: Present Perfect
  • Slovní zásoba: Feeling ill 2
  • Gramatika: Present Perfect Continuous
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 03
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 03
  • Spelling: Spelling test 03
  • Čtení: Shakespeare’s early life
  • Poslech: Working in London
  • Čtení: The European Commission Audit
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
  • Gramatika: Going to and Will
  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing Words 1
  • Gramatika: Future Continuous
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 04
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 04
  • Spelling: Spelling test 04
  • Čtení: The Naadam festival in Mongolia
  • Poslech: Zimbabwe
  • Čtení: Old Goriot
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Clothes 1
  • Gramatika: So and Such
  • Slovní zásoba: Clothes 2
  • Gramatika: Too and Enough
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 05
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Čtení: Aspirin
  • Poslech: Brand loyalty
  • Čtení: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Containers
  • Gramatika: Say and Tell
  • Slovní zásoba: Household chores
  • Gramatika: Ed and Ing adjectives
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 01
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Čtení: Garlic
  • Poslech: Innovative advertising techniques
  • Čtení: NAFTA
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Shops
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Slovní zásoba: Verbs connected with cooking
  • Gramatika: Passive
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 02
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Čtení: Oxford University
  • Poslech: The origin of crosswords
  • Čtení: Paraguay
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Shapes and dimensions
  • Gramatika: Gerunds and infinitives
  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing words 2
  • Gramatika: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 03
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Čtení: Simon Bolivar
  • Poslech: Gambling addiction
  • Čtení: The Basque language
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Things in the bedroom
  • Gramatika: Past Perfect
  • Slovní zásoba: Things in the kitchen
  • Gramatika: Past modals – Must and Should
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 04
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 09
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Čtení: The Black Death
  • Poslech: Burma
  • Čtení: The life of Aristotle
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Things in the living room
  • Gramatika: Passive voice
  • Slovní zásoba: Parts of the house
  • Gramatika: Question tags
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 05
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 10
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Čtení: The Spice Girls
  • Poslech: Cyber waste
  • Čtení: Albert Einstein
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Make and do
  • Gramatika: Relative Clauses
  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing words 3
  • Gramatika: Verb Patterns
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 01
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 11
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Čtení: Architecture in the 1960’s
  • Poslech: Mars
  • Čtení: Albert Einstein
  • Poslech: 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

  • Slovní zásoba: Animals
  • Gramatika: Reported Speech
  • Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Third Conditional
  • Slovní zásoba: Wordbuilding 02
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Čtení: Feeling petty
  • Poslech: 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.