Course Syllabus
Course goals:
- Familiar with the TOEIC listening
- Learn some listening strategies about TOEIC
| Week | Period 1 | Content |
| 1 | (1) Introduce the format of TOEIC Listening test and time length<br>(2) Introduce the listening strategies<br>(3) Practice & Discussion : (I) Pictures and (II) Question-Response<br>(vocabulary + listening strategies) | Period 2:<br>(I) Practice & Discussion 2:<br>(II) Short conversation and<br>(IV) Short talks<br>(vocabulary + listening strategies) |
| 2 | Period 1:<br>(1) Listening Strategies<br>(2) Practice TOEIC test | Period 2:<br>(1) Discussion TOEIC Test<br>(vocabulary + review listening strategies) |
| 3 | Period 1:<br>Quiz | Period 2:<br>Discussion Quiz (vocabulary + review listening strategies) |
| 4 | Period 1:<br>Listening Practice | Period 2:<br>Discussion the test (vocabulary) |
| 5 | Period 1:<br>Review | Period 2:<br>Final Exam |
Resources:
Bo,et.al. (2001). TOEIC official test – preparation (2 nd ed). N.J : Lawrenceville.
Lougheed, L. (2007). Barron’s TOEIC: test of English for International Communication. N.Y :Hauppauge
Rogers,B. (2003). Complete guide to the TOEIC Test (2 nd ed). Singore : Thomson
Learning
Taylor, A. (2006). Target TOEIC (2nd ed). Compass Publishing.
Trew, G. (2007). Tactics for TOEIC: Listening and reading test. NY: Oxford University Press.
Content
| Week | Content | Page |
| One | 1. The format of TOEIC Listening | 3 |
| 2. Listening strategies | 3 | |
| 3. Practice (1): Pictures | 4 | |
| Question-Response | 6 | |
| Short Conversation | 8 | |
| Short Talks | 15 | |
| Two | 1. Listening strategies | 22 |
| 2. Practice (2) | 23 | |
| Three | Quiz | 40 |
| Four | Practice (3) | 52 |
| Five | Final Exam | 66 |
Total time: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 100
| Part | TOEIC | New TOEIC |
| 1 | Photographs: 20 questions | Photographs: 10 Questions |
| 2 | Question-Response:30 questions | Question-Response: 30 questions |
| 3 | Short Conversation:30 questions (30 conversations with 1 question each) | Short Conversation: 30 questions (10 conversations with 3 question each) |
| 4 | Short Talk: 20 questions | Short Talk: 30 questions |
Listening Comprehension
✓ Listening Strategies:
(1) Answer the question as quickly as you can: Mark the answers so soon as you are sure, and then begin to focus on the next questions.
(2) Prepare for the next question: Before listening the next question, please preview the answer choice or pictures, and try to predict what you are going to hear and what you need to listen for.
(3) Don’t fall behind the listening questions: Keep following the listening questions. If the answer is not sure, just guess possible choice you think. And do not try to go back to previous questions or you may miss the next question.
Part Three: Short Conversation
Exercise One
Now practice what you have learnt at the actual test speed with questions 1-12.
Use any time available to skim the questions and answer choices before the first listening starts. When you finish answering the questions about one conversation, immediately start previewing the questions for the next conversation.
- What does the man want the woman to do?
(A) Visit some customers
(B) Send some packages
(C) Attend a meeting
(D) Give him some names - What is the man’s problem?
(A) He cannot find the post office.
(B) He has to buy a present.
(C) He does not know the woman’s address.
(D) He is late for meeting. - What does the woman request?
(A) The list of addresses
(B) The time of a delivery
(C) The location of a meeting
(D) A map of the city - What does the woman want?
(A) To share a ride.
(B) To go shopping
(C) To borrow Eric’s car
(D) To look at new cars - What is the woman’s problem?
(A) She has missed the bus.
(B) Her car is broken.
(C) She is late for work.
(D) She does not know area well. - What will the man do?
(A) Visit the woman’s company
(B) Show the woman to the bus stop
(C) Repair the woman’s car
(D) Drive the woman to the central office - What does the man suggest the woman should do?
(A) Visit the theater
(B) Move her vehicle
(C) Lock her car
(D) Enter the building - What does the woman ask?
(A) Directions to a city park
(B) Assistance reading a sign
(C) Information about a theater
(D) The location of available parking - What was the sign not visible?
(A) It was around a corner.
(B) It had fallen over.
(C) It was hidden by a tree.
(D) It was behind a van. - What is the problem with the man’s watch?
(A) It needs a new battery.
(B) The glass is broken.
