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.

Grammar

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.

Vocabulary

      • 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

  • Vocabulary: Adjectives of character and mood
  • Grammar: Present Tenses
  • Vocabulary: Jobs and professions
  • Grammar: Past Tenses
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Reading: A good read
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Parts of the body
  • Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Vocabulary: Transport
  • Grammar: Countable and uncountable nouns
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Reading: Fame and fortune
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Feeling ill 1
  • Grammar: Present Perfect
  • Vocabulary: Feeling ill 2
  • Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 03
  • Spelling: Spelling test 03
  • Reading: Miracle escapes
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
  • Grammar: Going to and Will
  • Vocabulary: Confusing words 1
  • Grammar: Future Continuous
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 04
  • Spelling: Spelling test 04
  • Reading: See it, buy it
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Clothes 1
  • Grammar: So and Such
  • Vocabulary: Clothes 2
  • Grammar: Too and Enough
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Reading: The secrets of old age
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Containers
  • Grammar: Say and Tell
  • Vocabulary: Household chores
  • Grammar: Ed and Ing adjectives
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Reading: Game on
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Shops
  • Grammar: Articles
  • Vocabulary: Verbs connected with cooking
  • Grammar: Few and a few
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Reading: If music be the food of love
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Shapes and dimensions
  • Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives
  • Vocabulary: Confusing words 2
  • Grammar: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Reading: All around the world
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Things in the bedroom
  • Grammar: Past Perfect
  • Vocabulary: Things in the kitchen
  • Grammar: Past modals – Must and Should
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 09
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Reading: Beyond belief
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Things in the living room
  • Grammar: Passive
  • Vocabulary: Parts of the house
  • Grammar: Question tags
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 10
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Reading: Money money money
  • Listening: 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

  • Vocabulary: Make and do
  • Grammar: Relative Clauses
  • Vocabulary: Confusing words 3
  • Grammar: Verb Patterns
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 11
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Reading: Architecture in the 1960’s
  • Listening: Mars
  • Reading: Albert Einstein
  • Listening: Sao Tome
  • Revision: Focus on TOEIC Module 11 Revision Test
  • Exam: Speaking

Module 12

  • Vocabulary: Animals
  • Grammar: Reported Speech
  • Vocabulary: Adjectives of character
  • Grammar: Third Conditional
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Reading: Feeling petty
  • Listening: 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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