ELI 165 TOEFL Preparation 3

Spring 1998 Syllabus

Weekly activities and Assignments:

Assignment sheet: Every Tuesday, you will hand in a yellow assignment sheet. This should include:

• All assignments you completed during the week.

  Include your score: (number of mistakes/number possible).

• The converted scores of any practice tests you took during the week.

In the third column, you can write down specific questions you may have (or you can request an appointment for individual help).

Vocabulary: On Tuesdays, you will also hand in a list of at least 10 interesting and useful words or idioms from in-class work, homework assignments, or practice tests.

a) Write the sentence(s) in which you heard/found this word.

b) Highlight the word.

c) Beneath the sentence:

1. Guess the definition of the word (using any context clues available).
2. Give a dictionary definition of the word (as it is used in the context of the sentence).

a) Idiom from a listening test:

He kept teasing me, so I finally told him to cut it out.

1. Guess: go away.
2. Dictionary definition: stop it.

b) Word from a reading passage:

Staggering tasks confronted the people of the United States when the Civil War ended.

1. Guess: big, great

   (You might need to read several sentences, a paragraph, or even the entire passage to determine meaning from context.)

2. Dictionary definition: overwhelming

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