Vocabulary Quiz #3

Hi students,

Below you will find Vocabulary Quiz #3. Remember that it is open book, open dictionary, internet-friendly, etc.: you can use whatever you need to do well on it!

Please complete this quiz by Friday, April 27th.

Finally, do not forget to click "submit" below when you finish.

Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck!

HW for Week 14 (April 20th)

1. Structure and Reading Practice Tests

• Structure (Grammar): 25 minutes
• Reading: 55 minutes
• Check answers when finished.

2. AWL Group 10

• inclination
• albeit
• undergo
• intrinsic
• invoked

Students: 
You might want to check out the Wiktionary Academic Word List for AWL definitions and example sentences.

3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar (same as week 13)

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading (same as week 13)
PBT Complete Practice Test w/answer key
This is a great test students. It's a complete test with a detailed answer key. Give it a try! Good luck!

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.

Listening


Listening Practice Directions

The following listening activities are all for the IBT test. However, they still provide good listening practice for the PBT test as well.

Listening Practice #1: IBT Conversation Practice 1

Listening Practice #2: IBT Conversation Practice 2

Listening Practice #3: IBT Lecture Practice 1

Listening Practice #4: IBT Lecture Practice #2

HW for Week 13 (week after spring break)

1. Reading Power Lesson Two 
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Practice Exercises #1-6 (do not do #7-10: we will do these sections in class as a short review test).
-Check Answers

-Vocabulary

• Read
• Do practice exercises
• Check Answers

2. AWL Group 9


incompatible
concurrent
analogous
qualitative
attained


Students: 
You might want to check out the Wiktionary Academic Word List for AWL definitions and example sentences.

3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading
PBT Complete Practice Test w/answer key
This is a great test students. It's a complete test with a detailed answer key. Give it a try! Good luck!

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.

Listening


Listening Practice Directions

The following listening activities are all for the IBT test. However, they still provide good listening practice fo the PBT test-takes as well.

Listening Practice #1: IBT Conversation Practice

Listening Practice #2: IBT Lecture Practice

Listening Practice #3: IBT Lecture Practice #2

TOEFL Reading Strategies

Strategy 1: (for easier articles)
1. Preview the article.
2. Preview the questions.
3. Answer questions.

Strategy 2:
1. Preview
2. Read the article quickly
3. Answers the questions.

Strategy 3:
1. Skim the entire article. (read it all very quickly)
2. Try to remember key nouns, dates, sections.
3. Answer the questions.
*Strategy
1. Preview questions
2. (preview the article)
3. Answer the questions.

Strategy 4:
1. Only read the introduction. (topic, main idea)
2. Answer easy questions first. ("refer" questions and synonym questions)
3. Answer the last questions.

Strategy 5:
1. Preview for first sentence, names, dates, places, and other key words.
2. Read questions to find out which questions match with preview.
3. Answer.

Strategy 6:
1. Read article carefully.
2. Answer questions that you already know.
3. Then, go back and answer harder questions.

Summary:
1. Preview or skim the article; try to remember key words, names, places, dates, and sections.
2. Read the questions (?).
3. Skim the article. (only if necessary)
4. Answer the questions: easy questions first; then go back and answer difficult questions.

Don't Forget: 
Always answer all of the questions before moving on to the next section.

Vocabulary Quiz #2

When: Friday, March 30th
What: Academic Vocabulary Words from Groups 5, 6, 7, and 8

Here is a list of the words that will be on the quiz:

• Group 8
• displacement
• arbitrary
• ambiguous
• manipulation
• denote 
• Group 7
• intervention
• voluntary
• paradigm
• hierarchical
• differentiation 
• Group 6
• presumption
• subsidiary
• domain
• underlying
• initiatives 
• Group 5
• alter
• marginal
• fundamental 
• sustainable
• notion 

TOEFL HW for Week 11 (March 30th)

1. Reading Power Lesson One 
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Practice Exercises #1-10
-Check Answers

-Vocabulary

• Read
• Do practice exercises
• Check Answers

2. AWL Group 8


displacement
arbitrary
ambiguous
manipulation
denote


To find definitions and practice for these words, click HERE.
Click on "Practice Test 8;" then click on "see all words."

3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading
TOEFL IBT Reading Practice
Note: Give yourself 15 minutes to complete this test.

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.


Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening Practice #1

Listening Practice #2

TOEFL HW for Week 9

1. Grammar Power Lesson Six 
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C

-Practice Exercises #1-3 (Plese don't do "Review")
-Check Answers
-Vocabulary (from Grammar Power Lesson Five)
-Read
-Do practice exercises
-Check Answers


2. AWL Group 7
intervention
voluntary
paradigm
hierarchical
differentiation


To find definitions and practice for these words, click HERE.
Click on "Practice Test 7;" then click on "see all word."



3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading
Reading Practice #1 
Note: Scroll down past the TOEFL reading explanation to where it says "Practice TOEFL Test Paragraph Comprehension" and start the test. Note that answers are at the bottom.

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.


Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening Practice #1

Listening Practice #2

Listening Practice #3

Week 8 Homework

1. Grammar Power Lesson Five
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Session E
-Session F
-Practice Exercises #1-6
-Check Answers
-Vocabulary (from Grammar Power Lesson Five)
-Read
-Do practice exercises
-Check Answers


2. AWL Group 6
presumption
subsidiary
domain
underlying
initiatives

To find definitions and practice for these words, click HERE.
Click on "Practice Test 6;" then click on "see all word."



3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading
Reading Practice #1 
Note: Practice #1 is an IBT reading test--however, it is very similar to a PBT test, just a bit longer. you have 20 minutes to complete the test.

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.


Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening Practice #1

Listening Practice #2

Listening Practice #3

Week 7 TOEFL 5 HW

The following homework is for Week 7, March 2nd.


1. Grammar Power Lesson Four
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Practice Exercises #1-3
-Check Answers

-Vocabulary (from Grammar Power Lesson Three)
-Read
-Do practice exercises
-Check Answers


2. AWL Group 5
alter
marginal
fundamental 
sustainable
notion

To find definitions and practice for these words, click HERE.
Click on "Practice Test 5;" then click on "see all word."



3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice #1

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading


Reading Practice #1 

Reading Practice #2


Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening Practice #1

Listening Practice #2

Listening Practice #3

Vocabulary Quiz #1

1. Academic Words from the Academic Word List

Words
emerged
implementation
mechanism
attributed
implications

framework
imply
criteria
scheme
constraints

distinction
administration
restricted
sought
relevant

analysis
distribution
context
assessment
method


Activities
a. Write a definition or a sentence. 
b. Matching
c. Use the word in context (in a sentence or paragraph).

2. Words from Grammar Power Lessons One, Two, and Three

*Study handouts from class


Activities
a. Use the word in context (in a paragraph)

Week 6 TOEFL Practice

1. Grammar Power Lesson Three
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Practice Exercises #1-5
-Check Answers

-Vocabulary (from Grammar Power Lesson Three)
-Read
-Do practice exercises
-Check Answers


2. AWL Group 4

emerged
implementation
mechanism
attributed
implications

3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice #1

Grammar Practice #2

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading


Reading Practice #1

For Practice Reading #2, scroll down to where it says "Practice Passage." The passage starts with "The Alaskan Pipeline...."

Reading Practice #2 

Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening #1

Listening Practice #2

Listening Practice #3

Week 4 Class Survey

HW for Week 5

1. Grammar Power Lesson Two
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Session E
-Practice Exercises #1-4 (don’t do review
-Check Answers

-Vocabulary (from Grammar Power Lesson Two
-Read
-practice exercises
Check Answers


2. AWL Group 3

framework
imply
criteria
scheme
constraints


3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice #1

Grammar Practice #2

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading


Reading Practice #1

Reading Practice #2 (IBT)

Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening #1

Listening Practice #2

Listening Practice #3

Online Activity Survey

Hi!

Please complete this short survey after you have completed the Week 3 HW activities.



Thank you!

Homework for Friday, February 10th

1. Grammar Power Lesson One
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Practice Exercises (all)
-Check Answers
-Vocabulary
-Read
-Practice exercises
-Check Answers

2. AWL Group 2

distinction
administration
restricted
sought
relevant


3. TOEFL Practice

Reading Practice

Vocabulary Practice

Grammar Practice 1

Grammar Practice 2

Listening Practice

Homework for Friday, Feb. 3rd

1. Academic Word List Practice
-Go to the following website:AWL Vocabulary Practice
-Complete the AWL word list handout from class for the following 5 words from Group #1:

analysis
distribution
context
assessment
method


-Then choose 5 more words from the list and complete the second side of the handout.

Recommended Online Dictionaries:

Merriam-Webster (a classic!)

TheFreeDictionary (very good!)

Your Dictionary (very simple, clear definitions)



2. TOEFL Practice

**For each practice test, please read the directions very carefully and note the time given to complete each practice exercise. You will have to time yourself when completing the exercises.

Reading Practice

Grammar Practice #1

Grammar Practice #2

Grammar Practice#3

Grammar Practice #4

Welcome to the Spring 2012 ELI TOEFL Preparation 5!!!!