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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程优化之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请
联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
TOEFL Preparation
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授课院系
Originating Department
语言中心 Center for Language Education
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课程编号
Course Code
GELS02
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课程学分 Credit Value
0
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课程类别
Course Type
通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring / 秋季 Fall
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授课语言
Teaching Language
英文 English
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
allinstructors）
喻永阳 yuyy@sustech.edu.cn
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
无 NA
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选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
2
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授课方式
Delivery Method
讲授
Lectures
实验/实习
Lab/Practical
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Pleasespecify）
总学时
Total
学时数
Credit Hours
32
0
0
32
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
无 NA
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this course
is a pre-requisite
无 NA
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
无 NA
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
The TOEFL iBT test's framework takes into account models of communicative competence. The test was designed to be
a measure of communicative language proficiency in English and focuses on academic language and the language of
college life. This course aims to help students to:
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Be familiar with all parts of the TOEFL test, including: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking
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Obtain and make use of useful tips to help achieve personal TOEFL goals
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Understand how the TOEFL test is assessed
• Have written and spoken English assessed by other learners as well as the teacher
• Relate learned material in a confident manner
• Solve problems by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a constructive manner
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Identify areas of individual strengths and weakness
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will develop their English competence in the following areas:
1. English proficiency
a) Help students understand how to prepare for the test effectively and develop the English-language skills for
academic and daily purposes.
b) Help students set weekly practice goals and stay on track with strategies and tips that can be used to increase
TOEFL scores.
c) Improve students’ English language skills on reading, writing, listening and speaking.
d) Help students acquire more knowledge about American culture, history and other aspects.
2. Study skills and strategies (in the context of English)
Be able to use and improve learning skills involved in listening, taking notes, reading, participating in class:
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a) understanding important information;
b) taking notes;
c) making an outline or graphic organizer;
d) analyzing text structure;
e) presentation skills;
f) question-generating and question-answering skills;
g) making inferences and prediction;
h) differentiating denotative and connotative meanings.
3. After the class, students would be able to:
a) acknowledge the details and requirements of TOEFL iBT (internet-based test).
b) be familiar with the format of TOEFL and bolster their language levels on four aspects(reading, writing, listening
and speaking) measured by TOEFL
c) employ the tips and techniques during taking TOEFL and increase scores
d) enhance their English language levels and get prepared for future English tests and academic study.
e) develop their vocabulary and strengthen their grammar.
f) enrich their knowledge about American history, art, natural science and etc.
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
Speaking:
• Evaluate advantages and disadvantages, give opinions with relevant explanations, and practice reaching a
decision.
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Give clear, detailed descriptions about personal information on a wide range of subjects related to a field of
interest.
• Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on
a set of criteria
• Identify and utilize new vocabulary
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Utilize connected speech, reduced forms and natural intonation to have generally clear, natural pronunciation of
most utterances
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Employ a wide range of most accurately-used grammatical structures, words and expressions with little cause for
misunderstanding
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Produce stretches of language at an even tempo
Reading:
• Read and understand articles and short stories written in straightforward language and style including those which
express specific points of view and abstract ideas from an authentic source
• Infer meaning of words from context
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Identify the main idea and key details
• Determine whether sentences about a passage are true or false
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Choose correct answers based on key details, main ideas and inference of meaning of words, phrases and
author’s intention
• Identify and utilize new vocabulary
• Be able to read within time-specific formats
Listening:
• Enhance accent awareness
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Make inferences
• Recognize indirect delivery of information
• Improve confidence understanding key language in an English conversation
• Respond to and generate questions to both provide and elicit clarification
Writing:
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Increase confidence using idioms and phrasal verbs appropriately
• Improve academic writing skills including argument, summary, paraphrase, compare/contrast, explaining
advantages and disadvantages
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Demonstrate understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, giving
descriptions and stating main ideas.
• Demonstrate mostly accurate grammar and vocabulary
• Compile information in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern or proposing alternative solutions
• Illustrate comprehension by writing with a range of upper-intermediate grammar structures used correctly; a range
of upper-intermediate vocabulary and functional language used correctly and formulate flowing text using cohesive
devices, appropriate organization and task fulfilment.
• Be able to write within the parameters of a time limit
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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
TPO
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课程评估 ASSESSMENT
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评估形式
Type of
Assessment
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final
score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
出勤 Attendance
20%
课堂表现
Class
Performance
30%
小测验
Quiz
30%
课程项目 Projects
平时作业
Assignments
20%
期中考试
Mid-Term Test
期末考试
Final Exam
期末报告
Final
Presentation
其它（可根据需要
改写以上评估方
式）
Others (The
above may be
modified as
necessary)
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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
√ B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
以上课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程优化之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances,
or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be directed to the course instructor.
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority
语言中心 Center for Language Education