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.

Vārdnīca

      • 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

  • Vārdnīca: Adjectives of character and mood
  • Gramatika: Present Tenses
  • Vārdnīca: Jobs and professions
  • Gramatika: Past Tenses
  • Vārdnīca: Wordbuilding 01
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Lasīšana: A Winter’s Tale
  • Klausīšanās: Chess
  • Lasīšana: Buddhism
  • Klausīšanās: 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

  • Vārdnīca: Parts of the body
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Vārdnīca: Transport
  • Gramatika: Countable and Uncountable nouns
  • Vārdnīca: Wordbuilding 02
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Lasīšana: Michelangelo
  • Klausīšanās: The internet
  • Lasīšana: Oxford
  • Klausīšanās: 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

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

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

  • Vārdnīca: Clothes 1
  • Gramatika: So and Such
  • Vārdnīca: Clothes 2
  • Gramatika: Too and Enough
  • Vārdnīca: Wordbuilding 05
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Lasīšana: Aspirin
  • Klausīšanās: Brand loyalty
  • Lasīšana: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Klausīšanās: 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

  • Vārdnīca: Containers
  • Gramatika: Say and Tell
  • Vārdnīca: Household chores
  • Gramatika: Ed and Ing adjectives
  • Vārdnīca: Wordbuilding 01
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Lasīšana: Garlic
  • Klausīšanās: Innovative advertising techniques
  • Lasīšana: NAFTA
  • Klausīšanās: 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

  • Vārdnīca: Shops
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Vārdnīca: Verbs connected with cooking
  • Gramatika: Passive
  • Vārdnīca: Wordbuilding 02
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Lasīšana: Oxford University
  • Klausīšanās: The origin of crosswords
  • Lasīšana: Paraguay
  • Klausīšanās: 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

  • Vārdnīca: Shapes and dimensions
  • Gramatika: Gerunds and infinitives
  • Vārdnīca: Confusing words 2
  • Gramatika: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Vārdnīca: Wordbuilding 03
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Lasīšana: Simon Bolivar
  • Klausīšanās: Gambling addiction
  • Lasīšana: The Basque language
  • Klausīšanās: 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

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

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

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

  • Vārdnīca: Animals
  • Gramatika: Reported Speech
  • Vārdnīca: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Third Conditional
  • Vārdnīca: Wordbuilding 02
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Lasīšana: Feeling petty
  • Klausīšanās: 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.