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The Online TOEFL Reading Review Course

Register in this 1-Week TOEFL Reading Course

Course Overview

This course is one of four which constitute the comprehensive TOEFL Review Course. The Online TOEFL Reading Review Course divides the reading areas of TOEFL into 7 distinct units which can be studied for a single intensive one week period or as part of the full-length TOEFL course. This course provides ideal preparation for those who have isolated reading as their weakness and want to brush up their skills quickly since they will take the real TOEFL test in about one weeks time. Those who are weak at reading will be best served by taking this course multiple times since the breath and difficulty of the material is substantial.

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Course Description

This TOEFL Reading Comprehension review course is divided into two parts. The first part explains tips, insights and strategies that help improve your reading comprehension level. Although directly aimed at the TOEFL, the strategies can be applied when reading a wide variety of texts. The second part of this review describes in detail the kinds of questions you will find on the TOEFL Reading Comprehension section. Lecture material and practice exercises are served up daily to afford you approximately 2 hours of study material spread over a one week period--with goal to improve knowledge of and score on TOEFL Reading.

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Course Schedule and Lessons

Day 1
Introduction to TOEFL Reading Comprehension; New answering types; Tips and Skills for TOEFL Score Success; Get TOEFL Reading Pre-test

Day 2
TOEFL-specific reading improvement strategies

Day 3
Reading for main ideas in TOEFL passages: Previewing, Skimming, Scanning, ... a reading passage to answer questions about the central idea.

Day 4
Familiarity with detail questions in TOEFL Reading Comprehension

Day 5
Learning about inference and unstated conclusions on the TOEFL test

Day 6
The types of vocabulary questions on the TOEFL test

Day 7
Other less common TOEFL question types such as viewpoint, organizational and analogy; Get TOEFL Reading Post-test

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Tests

By taking the full length diagnostic pre-test, you will be able to pinpoint your entering TOEFL Reading level. Accordingly, you ought to spend extra time on those areas of the course indicated. Furthermore, upon completion of the course, you will take a post-test to determine if you have mastered the course material. An increase of three points or more on the real TOEFL test gives evidence of diligent study and successful completion of the course.

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Course Objectives

Having taken this course, one is expected to

Understand the format, style, tone and level of the TOEFL Reading section
Hone general reading as well as TOEFL strategies
Be able to identify the question types that accompany the reading passages
Improve one's score on the TOEFL Test

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