2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses English language courses
TOEFL Seminar 13 1
- Academic unit or major
- English language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Hugh Barry Ziani De Ferranti
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Wed
- Class
- 1
- Course Code
- LAE.E451
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is aimed at students pursuing a long-term exchange. Students will learn English skills necessary for a long-term exchange at the graduate level (so that they work toward being capable of listening to contents at the general education course level of bachelor students, take notes, make presentations in seminars, and express their own opinions), and learn vocabulary and English skills to explain specialized content without difficulty. In TOEFL Seminar 13 listening skills receive most attention. (TOEFL Seminar 14 then focusses on speaking skills for integrated skills questions.)
Course description and aims
Understand each TOEFL question, and be able to follow the outline of the material heard and read. Be able to clearly explain orally not just the main points of the material, but also its overall outline. Be able to clearly answer questions from other students in the classroom.
Keywords
TOEFL Study-abroad, Communication, Four skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in English
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Attendance is taken at each class. The course is built around TOEFL-modelled listening activities from textbooks and TOEFL resource sites.
Note: Syllabus is subject to change based on the levels, needs, and actual number of students in the class. If there are many students wishing to enroll, there may be a limit on the number of students. Students wishing to enroll must attend the first class. Additionally, do not purchase any text or reference book until enrollment in the class has been confirmed during the first class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to the Q4 course and skills to be developed for the Toefl Test. Listening skills placement exercise. Listening Skills 1: Understand the gist. | Acquire listening skills for the TOEFL. Longman pages 142-153 |
| Class 2 | Listening Skills 2: Understand the details | Acquire listening skills for the TOEFL. Longman pages 154-163 |
| Class 3 | Listening Skills 3: Understand the function | Acquire listening skills for the TOEFL. Longman pages 164-174 |
| Class 4 | 復習と中間テスト（リスニング） Review and mid-Quarter listening test; then Listening Skills 4: Understand the speaker's stance or attitude | Demonstrate knowledge of materials from Listening Skills 1 through 3. Acquire listening skills for the TOEFL. Longman pages 175-186 |
| Class 5 | Listening Skills 4 (continued) Listening Skills 5: Understand the organisation | Acquire listening skills for the TOEFL. Longman pages 175-186 and 187-197 |
| Class 6 | Listening Skills 6: Understand relationships (inferences and conclusions) | Acquire listening skills for the TOEFL. Longman pages 198-207 |
| Class 7 | まとめ、復習とリスニング・テスト Review and listening section final test | Consolidation, application, and integration of skills, materials, and key concepts. Demonstrate knowledge of materials from Listening Skills 1 through 6. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to work on their own, spending approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards for each class.
Textbook(s)
The course is built around TOEFL-modelled listening activities from textbooks and TOEFL resource sites. While not a requirement, it is recommended that students obtain a copy of Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFLiBT Test. 3rd Edition (see further below, Reference Books), either by borrowing one from Foreign Languages or else buying one. Note that it is not available at the University Coop. For students without the book, photocopies of class materials can be provided.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Much of the explanatory material and some class exercises will be from pages of the following:
Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFLiBT Test. 3rd Edition.
Deborah Phillips Pearson Education 2015. ISBN 10:0-13-324802-X
Additional reading materials and handouts will be distributed in class or by Science Tokyo LMS.
Evaluation methods and criteria
class participation 30%
tests 70% (Week 4 test 30%, Week 7 test 40%)
Related courses
- LAE.E452 ： TOEFL Seminar 14
Prerequisites
none
Other
It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with TOEFL Seminar 14.
Attendance at the first class is compulsory for students planning to take this course.