TOEIC Preparation Course for Companies

Description

The course provides sample TOEIC Tests to familiarize students with the format. Tests will be marked and discussed in class. Main focus will be vocabulary and language skills: reading and listening.

Course length

60- 120 hours*

Number of students in a group

5-15

Learning outcomes

At the successful completion of this course students should be able to:

• know TOEIC format and key words
• develop reading skills to write TOEIC
• develop listening skills to write TOEIC
• practice these skills under simulated timed test constraints.

Course outline

Lexical themes

• General Business: Contracts, Marketing, Warranties, Business Planning, Conferences
• Office Issues: Computers, Office Technology, Office Procedures, Electronics, Correspondence
• Personnel: Job Advertising and Recruiting, Applying and Interviewing, Hiring and Training, Salaries and Benefits, Promotions, Pensions, and Awards
• Purchasing: Shopping, Ordering Supplies, Shipping, Invoices,
• Financing and Budgeting: Banking, Accounting, Investments, Taxes, Financial Statements
• Management Issues: Property and Departments, Board Meetings and Committees, Quality Control, Product Development, Renting and Leasing
• Restaurants and Events: Selecting a Restaurant, Eating Out, Ordering Lunch, Cooking as a Career, Events
• Travel: General Travel, Airlines, Trains, Hotels, Car Rentals
• Entertainment: Movies, Theater, Music, Museums, Media
• Health: Doctor's Office, Dentist's Office, Health Insurance, Hospitals, Pharmacy

Grammar*

• Nouns: Countable or uncountable nouns, Singular and plural, hundred, thousand, Forms of address, Abbreviations
• Determiners: Articles + nouns, The + place-names, Idiomatic uses of articles, The indefinite article: pronunciation, The indefinite article: some uses, This/that, Some/any/their compounds, Expressions of quantity, Little/a little, Most, Each/every, All/whole
• Pronouns: Personal pronouns, Relative pronouns, What/which, That-clause
• Adjectives and adverbs: Adjectives or adverbs, Verbs + adjective, Adjectives: -ed or –ing, Hyphenated adjectives, Such/so, Enough, Comparative and superlative, Irregular comparatives/superlatives, A lot, much... with comparatives, As... as, Double comparatives, The... the..., One, some, another, other, Adjectives + preposition, The + adjectives, Adverbs in mid-position, Only / even, Sometimes / sometime
• Verbs and tenses: Auxiliary verbs, English tenses, State and action verbs, Time markers referring to the present, Time markers referring to the past, Sequence of tenses, Verbs often confused, Irregular verbs, Future perfect, function, Sequence of tenses with time conjunctions, Sequence of tenses in conditional sentences, Conditional conjunctions, Passive tenses, The gerund, Verbs + gerund (as direct object), Verbs + preposition + gerund, Verb + adjective + preposition + gerund, Possessive adjective/noun + gerund, Special expressions + gerund, Infinitive of purpose, Verbs + infinitive, Verbs + object + infinitive, Too/enough + infinitive, Verb + question word + infinitive, Verbs + gerund or infinitive, Verbs + verb base, Verbs + that + verb base, Verbs + object + verb base, Have, Get, Tell/say, Leave/let, Make or do
• Subject-verb agreement: Subjects, Subject + singular verb, Everybody, nothing... is , Subject +plural verb, Verb agrees with the noun, Verb agrees with positive subject, Verb agrees with the closer noun, There/here is
• Prepositions: Multiple word prepositions, Between/among, Beside/besides, In/on/at, Despite = in spite of, During/for/while, Like or as, By/until/till/from…to, Preposition + noun, Prepositions of space
• Sentence structure: Word order, Parallel structures with correlative conjunctions, Parallel structures with comparisons, Question tags, Questions, Inversion, Conjunctions, No longer / no more, Discourse markers

*The actual choice of Grammar themes depends on the students’ current level of English.

Plus A Lot Of Listening, Reading, Speaking and … Singing

Entry level

Breakthrough 2 (Elementary).

Fees

Free presentation or sample lesson

We are ready to give a FREE PRESENTATION or a 30-MINUTE SAMPLE LESSON in your company office. Call us today at +66/0 2 714 8564 or +66/0 8 7715 6202 to make arrangements.