Longman Introductory Course for the TOEFL Test

Caverns The Grouper Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-2) London Bridge PRAGMATIC UNDERSTANDING SKILL 3: UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTION Listening Exercise 3 Grading Finding a Book Rivers SKILL 4: UNDERSTAND THE SPEAKER'S STANCE Listening Exercise 4 A Meeting A Late Paper Announcements Listening Exercise (Skills 3-4) A Music Class Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-4) James Fenimore Cooper CONNECTING INFORMATION SKILL 5: UNDERSTAND THE ORGANIZATION Listening Exercise 5 The City of Chicago Alpha Centauri A Course Syllabus SKILL 6: UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS Listening Exercise 6 A Missed Exam The Robin Auroras Listening Exercise (Skills 5-6) Harley-Davidson Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-6) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge LISTENING POST-TEST An Exam The Roosevelts SECTION THREE: SPEAKING SPEAKING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST Reading Material Mountains or Ocean A Dormitory Closing Tornado Alley A Biology Class Man-eating Clams SPEAKING OVERVIEW SPEAKING SKILLS INDEPENDENT TASKS SKILL 1: PLAN THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 1 Sadness Your Favorite Month Classmates SKILL 2: MAKE THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 2 SKILL 3: PLAN THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 3 Astronaut or Musician Early or Last-Minute Worker Love or Money SKILL 4: MAKE THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 4 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 1-4) Hometown Activities Types of Classes INTEGRATED TASKS (READING AND LISTENING) SKILL 5: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ Speaking Exercise 5 A Professors' Absence A Memo Part-time Jobs SKILL 6: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Speaking Exercise 6 A Professors' Absence A Memo Part-time Jobs SKILL 7: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercise 7 SKILL 8: MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 8 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 5-8) An Assignment SKILL 9: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ Speaking Exercise 9 Venus Mountains and Snow Honeybees SKILL 10: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Speaking Exercise 10 Venus Mountains and Snow Honeybees SKILL 11: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercise 11 SKILL 12: MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 12 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 9-12) Mercantilism INTEGRATED TASKS (LISTENING) SKILL 13: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Speaking Exercise 13 Tardiness Class Notes An Economics Class SKILL 14: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercise 14 SKILL 15: MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 15 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 13-15) Exam Preparation SKILL 16: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Speaking Exercise 16 The Bald Eagle Hot-air Balloons The "Dark Days" SKILL 17: PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercise 17 SKILL 18: MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 18 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 16-18) The Human Brain SPEAKING POST-TEST Your Dream Job Memory The Dormitory Pet Policy Los Angeles An English Class Problem Water in the Past SECTION FOUR: WRITING WRITING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST Old World Monkeys Your Favorite Season WRITING OVERVIEW WRITING SKILLS INTEGRATED TASK SKILL 1: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ Writing Exercise 1 U.S. Agriculture Dolphins DaVinci's Flight Theory SKILL 2: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Writing Exercise 2 U.S. Agriculture Dolphins DaVinci's Flight Theory SKILL 3: PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE Writing Exercise 3 SKILL 4: WRITE A TOPIC STATEMENT Writing Exercise 4 SKILL 5: WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON READING PASSAGES Writing Exercise 5 SKILL 6: WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON LISTENING PASSAGES Writing Exercise 6 SKILL 7: REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE Writing Exercise 7 "News" SKILL 8: REVIEW GRAMMAR Writing Exercise 8 The "Halo Effect" Writing Review Exercise (Skills 1-8) Decision-making INDEPENDENT TASK SKILL 9: PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE Writing Exercise 9 Your English Class Writing a Paper Winning $1 Million SKILL 10: WRITE THE INTRODUCTION Writing Exercise 10 SKILL 11: WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS Writing Exercise 11 SKILL 12: WRITE THE CONCLUSION Writing Exercise 12 SKILL 13: REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE Writing Exercise 13 A Messy Person SKILL 14: REVIEW GRAMMAR Writing Exercise 14 Free Time Writing Exercise (Skills 9-14): Sleep Preferences WRITING POST-TEST A Twelve-Month School Year Cheating MINI-TESTS MINI-TEST 1 Reading: Blood Types Listening: Attendance Waterfalls Speaking: Your Favorite Sport A Closed Library George Catlin Writing: Assateague Island MINI-TEST 2 Reading: The French Quarter Listening: A Math Class Stone Mountain Speaking: Truth or Lies Earthquakes An Exam Discussion Writing: Vacation Preferences MINI-TEST 3 Reading: Studebaker Listening: Library Books Leland Stanford Speaking: Activities with Friends A Lab Report Notice Injuries Writing: Life at the Bottom of the Ocean MINI-TEST 4 Reading: Songs of the Humpback Whale Listening: The Assignment Neptune Speaking: Written or Oral Presentation The Gettysburg Address A Research Paper Writing: The Perfect Boss COMPLETE TEST Reading 1 The Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Reading 2 The Age of the Earth Reading 3 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Listening A Research Topic The Assignment The Pentagon The Unsinkable Molly Brown Olympus Mons Dams Speaking A Gift Speak or Say Nothing The Math Syllabus New Amsterdam A Math Book The Continental Divide Writing Telecommuting Evening Preferences TOEFL(R)-LEVEL TEST Reading Pepper Listening The Major The Geodesic Dome Speaking Personal Descriptions Planning Cafeteria Hours Operant Conditioning Professor Problems The Asteroid Belt Writing Phrenology Late to Class APPENDIXES APPENDIX A: Sentence Structure APPENDIX B: Error Correction DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT, AND SCORING Overall Scores Reading Diagnosis and Scoring Listening Diagnosis and Scoring Speaking Diagnosis and Scoring Writing Diagnosis and Scoring RECORDING SCRIPT ANSWER KEY