1. Buy your textbook and materials for class; see syllabus.
2. Study the General Test-Taking Strategies and Discourse Cues handouts for a quiz on Tuesday, 4/1. 
3. Work through UNIT 1, pages 1-5 in your textbook; use the CD in the back of the book for the listening. 

NO CLASS (5 classes will be 30 minutes longer to make up for missed class time; end of class: 4:00 pm, with one break in between.)

1. See homework of 3/24/2015. 

1. Discussion of results of diagnostic TOEFL--listening, reading/vocabulary, structure & written expression
2. Discussion of PBT, iBT, AELSAT
3. Review: General Test-Taking Strategies & Discourse Cues
4. TOEFL Preparation Web Page with many resources
5. UNIT 1: Campus Conversation & Academic Listening
6. Note-taking Strategies and Standard Symbols and Abbreviations 

1. Print out the Note-taking Strategies and Standard Symbols and Abbreviations.
2. Review General Test-Taking Strategies & Discourse Cues for a QUIZ.
3. Listen to Track 2 and take some notes on page 3. 

Class until 4:00

1. Using the Reading Strategies and the Cornell Method, read and take notes on 2 news articles--see Reading for resources. Be prepared to report on the news using your notes.
2. Read/study the Note-taking Strategies and Standard Symbols and Abbreviations (columns 2, 3) for a quiz.  

Class until 4:00

1. Oral Summaries of news events, using notes (see Notes-Performance Inventory and Oral Summaries--Performance Inventory)
2. Quiz on Note-taking Strategies and Standard Symbols and Abbreviations
3. Techniques of Sentence Combination
4. Integrated Writing Task--Comparison/Contrast 

1.  
2. Watch/take notes on tips & samples for Integrated Writing: Inside the TOEFL® Test: Writing Question 1 (9:23 min)  

Class until 4:00

1. Vocabulary Strategies

1.   
2. Using the Reading Strategies and the Cornell Method, read and take notes on 2 news articles--see Reading for resources. Be prepared to report on the news using your notes. 

Class until 4:00

Oral summaries 

Grammar: Adjective Clauses--punctuation, some vs. all (restrictive/non-restrictive) 

1.  
2. Review Vocabulary Strategies for a QUIZ.
3.   

Preparation for the new AWA:

• How to write a summary
• Writing: Practice for TWE-type essays in preparation of the new AELSAT

1. Listen to and take notes on 2 news events--see Listening for resources. State the source and date of the news event at the top of your notes.  

1. Listen to and take notes on 4 news events--see Listening for resources. State the source and date of the news event at the top of your notes. 

1. Listen to and take notes on 2 news events--see Listening for resources.  State the source and date of the news event at the top of your notes.