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RP 200 - Application of Strategic Test-Taking Skills

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits
Course Description
The course provides an overview of several standardized, global tests which test students’ proficiency in English for entry into university education in the United States. The course will provide an overview of the IELTS, TOEFL, SAT and ACT tests and focus in detail on the IELTS test in particular. As part of the course students will get hands on experience in analyzing each of the components of the tests and learning the strategic skills necessary to perform on them successfully. The core language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught helping students to identify and practice the specific subskills that the test items focus on. Practice tests will be given for extra practice, apart from practical workbook activities and academic word lists. Students will receive helpful tips and resources available online. Students will be encouraged to identify their goals and increase confidence by developing their test taking skills for attempting these exams. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Identify personal needs and goals
  • Listening
    • Identify main ideas, specific information, and detail
    • Follow description in diagrams, maps, and plans
    • See beyond the surface meaning
    • Follow signpost words and a talk
  • Speaking
    • Respond to personal question
    • Increase spoken fluency
    • Prepare and give a talk
    • Understand abstract ad analytical questions
  • Reading
    • Become orientated to a text
    • Scan for specific detail
    • Skim for general understanding
    • Identify main and supporting ideas
    • Understand an argument
    • Identify the writer’s views and claims
  • Writing
    • Interpret, describe, and summarize graphic data
    • Plan and present arguments in an essay
    • Link ideas
  • Develop academic vocabulary
  • Notice structure in written English
  • Identify common errors in English 
Prerequisites by Topic
  • None
Coordinator
Katherine Toske


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