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―TOEIC / IELTS/TOEFL Speaking Practice―

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Topic-based TOEIC / IELTS/ TOEFL is a new course. The course has three goals:
1. Students will learn about the kinds of speaking questions on each test. Then, they will practice. Students may record answers for each type of question. I will check your answers and give feedback.
2. Students will learn about various topics that come up frequently on the tests. For example, a frequent topic for the IELTS Tasks 1-3 is 'Family'. The TOEIC speaking test often includes answering business telephone calls.
3. Students will study the purpose of the tests and the environment for which they were created. For example,
TOEIC Speaking - International Business
IELTS Speaking - Everyday topics leading to discussion questions
TOEFL Speaking - American universities (campus life, academic lectures)
　
Students with the aim of working in Japanese global businesses or foreign companies will benefit from this course.
　
I can also create special programs for each student if they need to take a test quickly.

The course is divided into two parts.
A: Spring Semester
By the end of the spring semester, students should have better conversation/discussion skills, better pronunciation, and better speaking grammar. More importantly, students should have a better knowledge of the purpose of the test and what they need to know about the environment which the test targets.
The test objectives are to learn about and try:
1. TOEIC Questions 1 - 2 Read a Text Aloud
2. TOEIC Question 3 Describe a Picture
3. TOEIC Questions 4 - 6 Respond to Questions
4. IELTS Part 1 Part 1 is a series of questions about yourself and a range of familiar topics, such as home, family, work, studies and interests. This part lasts between four and five minutes on the actual IELTS test.
　
B: Fall Semester
By the end of the fall semester, students should have the confidence and skill to succeed on the more academic and business-oriented speaking test questions.
1. TOEIC Questions 7 - 9 Respond to questions using information provided
2. TOEIC Question 10 Propose a Solution to a problem
3. TOEIC Question 11 / TOEFL Independent Speaking Task - Express an Opinion
4. IELTS Part 2 and 3 (Depends on the number and motivation of class members)
5. TOEFL Integrated Questions Read/Listen/Speak Campus and Academic

1	Introduction to the course Example activities Students think about whether this is the right course for them.
2	Introduction to the Academic Word List Introduction to TOEIC Introduction to the TOEIC Business Environment Introduction to TOEIC speaking questions Introduction to TOEIC Question 1-2 Read a Text Aloud (Questions 1-2 on the TOEIC speaking test) Voice and pronunciation skills HW Practice passage
3	AWL Weekly Quiz 1 TOEIC Business Environment TOEIC Questions 1-2 Read a passage aloud Strategy Recording
4	AWL Weekly Quiz 2 Introduction to the IELTS speaking component Introduction to IELTS Part 1 Speaking Questions (Face-to-face question and answer style) How to answer different kinds of questions People and Relationships
5	AWL Weekly Quiz 3 IELTS Part 1 practice
6	AWL Weekly Quiz 4 IELTS Part 1 Interview People and Relationships Recording
7	AWL Weekly Quiz 5 Introduction to TOEIC Question 3 Describe a Picture Typical TOEIC Picture Situations Language Skills
8	AWL Weekly Quiz 6 TOEIC Question 3 Describe a Picture question Typical TOEIC Picture Situations Organization
9	AWL Weekly Quiz 7 TOEIC Question 3 Describe a Picture question Typical TOEIC Picture Situations Strategies
10	AWL Weekly Quiz 8 TOEIC Question 3 Describe a Picture question Recording
11	AWL Weekly Quiz 9 TOEIC Questions 4-6 Respond to Questions Question Environments Language Skills
12	AWL Weekly Quiz 10 TOEIC Questions 4-6 Respond to Questions Question Environments Strategy
13	AWL Spring Semester 20 - word Test TOEIC Questions 4-6 Respond to Questions Question Analysis Recording
14	Spring semester summing up, file checks, how to study in the summer
15	Supplementary Lecture
16	Welcome to the fall semester Introduction to the semester Introduction to TOEIC Questions 7-9 Respond to questions using information provided Business Environments Language
17	AWL Weekly Quiz 1 TOEIC Questions 7-9 Respond to questions using information provided Business Environments Strategy
18	AWL Weekly Quiz 2 TOEIC Questions 7-9 Respond to questions using information provided Business Environments Recording
19	AWL Weekly Quiz 3 TOEIC Question 10 Propose a Solution Business Telephone Environments Language
20	AWL Weekly Quiz 4 TOEIC Question 10 Propose a Solution Business Telephone Environments Strategy
21	AWL Weekly Quiz 5 TOEIC Question 10 Propose a Solution Business Telephone Environments Recording
22	AWL Weekly Quiz 6 IELTS Part 2 Short Talk Followed by Questions Typical Topics Language
23	AWL Weekly Quiz 7 IELTS Part 2 Short Talk Followed by Questions Typical Topics Strategies
24	AWL Weekly Quiz 8 IELTS Part 2 Short Talk Followed by Questions Interview Week
25	AWL Weekly Quiz 9 TOEIC Question 11 / TOEFL Task 1 or 2 Typical Topics Language
26	AWL Weekly Quiz 10 TOEIC Question 11 / TOEFL Task 1 or 2 Typical Topics Strategy and Organization
27	TOEIC Question 11 / TOEFL Task 1 or 2 Recording Introduction to the TOEFL Integrated Question Types HW: Prepare for an integrated question recording
28	AWL Fall Semester 20 - Word Test TOEFL Integrated Question Task 3 Recording
29	Fall semester summing up, file checks, how to study or practice after this course, grade idea
30	Supplementary Lecture

Students should also plan to take one of IELTS, TOEIC (Speaking and Writing), or TOEFL between September and December or early enough to submit results.

The teaching mode is 'English in English'. The teaching method is a seminar style.
1. The teacher will present various background information about the test environment. (ex. TOEIC's organizing enviroment is global business)
2. The teacher will explain each kind of question and give strategies for answering.
3. Students are expected to add useful information to the course, especially if they have taken any of the tests and/or have lived abroad.
4. Students will be required to work in pairs or groups often. Also, students may be asked to perform other tasks such as evaluate each other and present certain parts of the lesson.
5. There will be a loop of practice tests, and then recording a question type, then getting feedback from me, and then trying to do better the next time.

Students will access www.englishvocabularyexercises.com and study one group of 10 academic words every week. (Approx. 30 minutes per week)
Students will prepare answers for each question type to be recorded. (Range of 15 minutes to 1 hour. Depends on the student.)

平常点（クラス参加、グループ作業の成果等）：100％（Includes attendance, participation, recorded test answers, and Academic Wordlist completion and semester tests.）

The course is not for beginners. Students must have an intermediate (中級) level of English for speaking. or better.
Students will be graded on a 'whole student' basis. Scores will be given for attendance, participation, organization, assignments, and evaluations of each kind of speaking question.

There is no set textbook for this course. Much of the information for each kind of test question and how to do it is online. I will source students to various URLs through the course. Students will also create a file of paper-based information on each kind of test question.

I recommend an electronic dictionary with English - Japanese, Japanese- English, and English - English dictionary options as well as a pronunciation feature.

履修者数制限あり。
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There many online resources for the kinds of test questions we will study. Please start searching and reading about the kinds of questions before the course.
Students must have a smartphone with an application such as AudioMemos for recording their test answers.

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