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.

Gramatyka

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.

Słownictwo

      • 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

  • Słownictwo: Adjectives of character and mood
  • Gramatyka: Present Tenses
  • Słownictwo: Jobs and professions
  • Gramatyka: Past Tenses
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 01
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Czytanie: A Winter’s Tale
  • Słuchanie: Chess
  • Czytanie: Buddhism
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Parts of the body
  • Gramatyka: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Słownictwo: Transport
  • Gramatyka: Countable and Uncountable nouns
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 02
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Czytanie: Michelangelo
  • Słuchanie: The internet
  • Czytanie: Oxford
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Feeling ill 1
  • Gramatyka: Present Perfect
  • Słownictwo: Feeling ill 2
  • Gramatyka: Present Perfect Continuous
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 03
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 03
  • Spelling: Spelling test 03
  • Czytanie: Shakespeare’s early life
  • Słuchanie: Working in London
  • Czytanie: The European Commission Audit
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
  • Gramatyka: Going to and Will
  • Słownictwo: Confusing Words 1
  • Gramatyka: Future Continuous
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 04
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 04
  • Spelling: Spelling test 04
  • Czytanie: The Naadam festival in Mongolia
  • Słuchanie: Zimbabwe
  • Czytanie: Old Goriot
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Clothes 1
  • Gramatyka: So and Such
  • Słownictwo: Clothes 2
  • Gramatyka: Too and Enough
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 05
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Czytanie: Aspirin
  • Słuchanie: Brand loyalty
  • Czytanie: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Containers
  • Gramatyka: Say and Tell
  • Słownictwo: Household chores
  • Gramatyka: Ed and Ing adjectives
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 01
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Czytanie: Garlic
  • Słuchanie: Innovative advertising techniques
  • Czytanie: NAFTA
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Shops
  • Gramatyka: Articles
  • Słownictwo: Verbs connected with cooking
  • Gramatyka: Passive
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 02
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Czytanie: Oxford University
  • Słuchanie: The origin of crosswords
  • Czytanie: Paraguay
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Shapes and dimensions
  • Gramatyka: Gerunds and infinitives
  • Słownictwo: Confusing words 2
  • Gramatyka: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 03
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Czytanie: Simon Bolivar
  • Słuchanie: Gambling addiction
  • Czytanie: The Basque language
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Things in the bedroom
  • Gramatyka: Past Perfect
  • Słownictwo: Things in the kitchen
  • Gramatyka: Past modals – Must and Should
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 04
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 09
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Czytanie: The Black Death
  • Słuchanie: Burma
  • Czytanie: The life of Aristotle
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Things in the living room
  • Gramatyka: Passive voice
  • Słownictwo: Parts of the house
  • Gramatyka: Question tags
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 05
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 10
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Czytanie: The Spice Girls
  • Słuchanie: Cyber waste
  • Czytanie: Albert Einstein
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Make and do
  • Gramatyka: Relative Clauses
  • Słownictwo: Confusing words 3
  • Gramatyka: Verb Patterns
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 01
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 11
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Czytanie: Architecture in the 1960’s
  • Słuchanie: Mars
  • Czytanie: Albert Einstein
  • Słuchanie: 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

  • Słownictwo: Animals
  • Gramatyka: Reported Speech
  • Słownictwo: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatyka: Third Conditional
  • Słownictwo: Wordbuilding 02
  • Słownictwo: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Czytanie: Feeling petty
  • Słuchanie: 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.