TOEICPreparation
Week9
Exam:NextFriday4th December
ReadingTest:75minutes
• PartV– PartVII
• Multiplechoiceanswersheet
Vocab/grammarquiz:(upto)30minutes
• Vocabularyandgrammarseeninclass
DuringclasshourBUTupto6.45ifnecessary
Finalexam:Friday11th December
• Full-lengthTOEICpracticetest
• Readingandlisteningconsecutively(PartI-VII)
• Multiplechoiceanswersheet
• Totalduration2hours:*4.45-6.45*
ExamPreparation
Reviewclassslidesat:
http://www.unice.fr/scientificenglish/TOEICPRE
PKIRSTEN.html
Whattobring:
• Black/blueballpointpens(NOTpencil)
• Tipp-ex/white-out
• StudentIDcard
PartVII:ShortReadings
• LongestpartofTOEICtest
• 7-10singlereadingpassageswithatotalof28
comprehensionquestions
• 4pairedreadingpassageswithatotalof20
comprehensionquestions
• 4possibleanswersperquestion
• Choosethecorrectanswer
• Trytoleaveatleast45minutes forthispart
Strategy
Lookquicklyatpassagetodeterminesubject
Readthequestions(nottheanswerchoices)
Readthepassage(quickly,butdon’tskim)
Answerthequestions
Pairedreadings:atleastonequestionperpair
willrefertobothpassagestogether
• Don’twastetimethinkingaboutdifficult
questions– completetherestandcomebackto
themattheend
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PassageTypes
• Articles:newspaper,magazine
• Businesscorrespondence:letters,emails,
memos,faxes
• Advertisements:newspaper,magazine
• Announcements:events,policies,
performances
• Non-prosereadings:charts,schedules,forms.
graphs,maps…
QuestionTypes
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Overview
Detail
Vocabulary
Inference
PracticeTestPartVII
Choosethecorrectanswerand
identifythetypeofquestion
VocabularyPractice
• Splitintotwoteams:A+B
• Youwillbegiven2minutestowriteasmuch
relatedvocabularyaspossibleonatheme
• Aftertwominutes,bothteamsmustwritetheir
wordsontheboardatthesametime
• Theteamwiththemostcorrect wordswins
Theme1
BUSINESS
Theme2
COMPUTING
Theme3
BANKING
Theme4
REALESTATE
Theme5
SHOPPING
Theme6
TRAVEL
Theme7
HEALTHCARE
Theme8
WEATHER