Focus on TOEIC

Introduction

Focus on TOEIC is an online course designed for students who are thinking of taking the TOEIC 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 TOEIC 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 situations.
      • 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 appropriately for various functions and use past modals when necessary.
      • Use linking words and phrases to express ideas such as addition, contrast, reason, and conclusion.
      • Use verbs correctly in terms of 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: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Lasīšana: A good read
  • Klausīšanās: Addicted to books
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 01 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 2

  • Vārdnīca: Parts of the body
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Vārdnīca: Transport
  • Gramatika: Countable and uncountable nouns
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Lasīšana: Fame and fortune
  • Klausīšanās: Rags to riches
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 02 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 3

  • Vārdnīca: Feeling ill 1
  • Gramatika: Present Perfect
  • Vārdnīca: Feeling ill 2
  • Gramatika: Present Perfect Continuous
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 03
  • Spelling: Spelling test 03
  • Lasīšana: Miracle escapes
  • Klausīšanās: Experience: My bungee cord snapped
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 03 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 4

  • Vārdnīca: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
  • Gramatika: Going to and Will
  • Vārdnīca: Confusing words 1
  • Gramatika: Future Continuous
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 04
  • Spelling: Spelling test 04
  • Lasīšana: See it, buy it
  • Klausīšanās: Shopping madness
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 04 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 5

  • Vārdnīca: Clothes 1
  • Gramatika: So and Such
  • Vārdnīca: Clothes 2
  • Gramatika: Too and Enough
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Lasīšana: The secrets of old age
  • Klausīšanās: How old is old?
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 05 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 6

  • Vārdnīca: Containers
  • Gramatika: Say and Tell
  • Vārdnīca: Household chores
  • Gramatika: Ed and Ing adjectives
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Lasīšana: Game on
  • Klausīšanās: Candy Crush
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 06 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 7

  • Vārdnīca: Shops
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Vārdnīca: Verbs connected with cooking
  • Gramatika: Few and a few
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Lasīšana: If music be the food of love
  • Klausīšanās: My love affair with music
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 07 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 8

  • Vārdnīca: Shapes and dimensions
  • Gramatika: Gerunds and infinitives
  • Vārdnīca: Confusing words 2
  • Gramatika: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Lasīšana: All around the world
  • Klausīšanās: A travel nightmare
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 08 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 9

  • Vārdnīca: Things in the bedroom
  • Gramatika: Past Perfect
  • Vārdnīca: Things in the kitchen
  • Gramatika: Past modals – Must and Should
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 09
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Lasīšana: Beyond belief
  • Klausīšanās: A ghost story
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 09 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 10

  • Vārdnīca: Things in the living room
  • Gramatika: Passive
  • Vārdnīca: Parts of the house
  • Gramatika: Question tags
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 10
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Lasīšana: Money money money
  • Klausīšanās: Gambling addiction
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 10 Revision Test
  • Exam: Listening part 1
  • Exam: Listening part 2
  • Exam: Listening part 3
  • Exam: Listening part 4
  • Exam: Reading part 1
  • Exam: Reading part 2
  • Exam: Reading part 3

Module 11

  • Vārdnīca: Make and do
  • Gramatika: Relative Clauses
  • Vārdnīca: Confusing words 3
  • Gramatika: Verb Patterns
  • 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 TOEIC Module 11 Revision Test
  • Exam: Speaking

Module 12

  • Vārdnīca: Animals
  • Gramatika: Reported Speech
  • Vārdnīca: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Third Conditional
  • Vārdnīca: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Lasīšana: Feeling petty
  • Klausīšanās: I actually bought the zoo
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 12 Revision Test
  • Exam: Writing

Follow-up

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

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