This test preparation course, developed by the experts who create, administer and score the TOEFL test, will help English language learners improve their skills.
The TOEFL test is a widely accepted English-language assessment. It has helped millions of people achieve their dreams to study, work or live abroad. More than 10,000 institutions of higher education, government agencies and organizations worldwide accept TOEFL scores for making important decisions.
This course will help you understand what you can do to achieve a better TOEFL test score. Instructors will guide you through each section (Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing) and, using archived past test questions, will explain the kinds of questions you can expect. You will receive valuable advice, including how to register for the test, how it is scored and how to prepare for test day.
This course is highly interactive, using videos, sample questions with explanations, short quizzes and collaborative discussion boards. You will also have access to real test materials from past tests.
In addition, there will be free resources and discounted test prep offers throughout the course. Finally, you will receive valuable insider tips to help you do better on the TOEFL test so you can apply to the university or job of your dreams.
【Meet the instructors】
Michael W. Knab (“Inside the TOEFL® Test” Host) is the host of “Inside the TOEFL® Test” video series and a frequent contributor to the ETS TOEFL® blog, “Study. Learn. Live.” He joined ETS in 2002, and has been part of the TOEFL® team in various roles since 2007. Before coming to ETS, he developed advanced teacher standards and was a middle-school English teacher. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Trinity University (D.C.) and a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Villanova University.
Cynthia Newman (Reading Instructor) has worked in the field of English Language Learning for 30 years. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from the University of Northern Iowa and the Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (DTEFLA, currently known as DELTA). Throughout her career, she has specialized in the curriculum development, teaching, and testing of English for Academic Purposes. She has taught in pre-university Intensive English Programs as well as post-admittance Spoken English/Teaching Assistant preparation programs, academic Writing programs, and English for Specific Purposes programs both in the United States and the Middle East. Since joining ETS upon her return to the United States in 2005, she has worked on the TOEFL iBT® speaking and reading measures.
Shawn Gorman (Writing Instructor) holds a Ph.D. in French Language and Literature from Boston University. He also taught French and English at the high school and university level in Europe and the United States for 9 years. He has published research on topics in 20th century French literature and philosophy and presented research on second language acquisition at professional conferences. He also worked as a librarian at Harvard University for 7 years.
Molly Palmer (Speaking Instructor) has worked as an Assessment Specialist in English Language Learning at ETS since 2013. She works primarily on the TOEFL® test speaking and reading measures. Before coming to ETS, Molly taught Spanish language and literature for several years at the university level. She earned her Ph.D. in Spanish Cultural Studies from Rutgers University in 2010. Molly also has extensive experience teaching English. She lived in Spain for many years, where she taught English to university students.
Faye Weidner (Host) joined ETS in 2013 and has been working on the speaking section of the TOEFL® test ever since. She works on development of speaking items and also oversees online scoring activities. Prior to coming to ETS, she taught English to university students in Changsha, China, and to adult immigrants in Washington, D.C. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and German from Dickinson College, as well as a Master of Education in Intercultural Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. She loves to study languages and explore the world—she speaks German and Spanish, and has lived in Spain, Germany, and China.
Insook Chung (Listening Instructor) is an Assessment Specialist in the Assessment Development Division at ETS in Princeton, New Jersey. She has been working on the TOEFL® test, specializing in listening assessment, and developing the SAT Korean Subject Test. She received her Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) in Language Education from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her experiences include teaching English as a foreign language in Korea and teaching Korean language in the United States.
Kathleen Fletcher (Moderator) is a TOEFL® Test Prep and Skill Building Product Manager at ETS in Princeton, New Jersey. She began her career with ETS in 2006 and over the last 10 years, has worked within the Global Education, New Product Development and the Higher Education groups. In her current position as a TOEFL® Test Prep and Skill Building product manager, Kathleen manages current TOEFL® test preparation tools, as well as works on the development of new products.
Elizabeth Jenner (Moderator) is an Assessment Specialist in English Language Learning at ETS. She has specialized in developing the TOEFL® iBT test and its supporting materials for test takers since 2004. She earned her Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from the University of New England, Australia. She speaks Spanish, has lived in Mexico and Guatemala, and loves learning about the indigenous cultures of Latin America.
Ashley Woodrow (Moderator) joined ETS in 2013 as part of the TOEFL® team. She works on the TOEFL® social media properties and the development of the TOEFL® scholarship program. She holds a Bachelor of Science from West Chester University, and is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration from Rider University.
本课程为介绍法国历史与文化的通识类课程，主要讲述从古代（L’Antiquité）到第一共和国（La Première République）长达两千多年的法国历史，以独特的视角对重大历史事件的前因后果进行了仔细梳理，涉及法国各个时期在政治、经济和文化方面的情况。本课程面向法语专业高年级本科生，有一定基础的法语二外学生或其他法语爱好者也可以按需学习。
课程目录
Unit 1 The Way to Success
1.1 A Tour of British Public School
1.2 Sandra Day O'Connor
1.3 Never, Ever Give Up!
1.4 Winston Churchill at the Darkest Hour
1.5 Words Related to Success
1.6 Parallelism
1.7 How to Write an Example Essay
1.8 Discussion
1.9 Unit TestUnit 2 Beat Your Fear
2.1 The Mediteraanean Sea and Life Saving Class in American School
2.2 How Fear Could Be Conquered Through Helping Others in Danger
2.3 Symptoms of Fear
2.4 English Adverbial Modifier
2.5 Reading Skills -- Making Inferences
2.6 How to Plot a Story
2.7 Be Free from the Grip of Fear
2.8 Discussion
2.9 Unit Test Unit 3 Life Stories
3.1 UNICEF and UNICEF Ambassador of Goodwill
3.2 Audrey Hepburn ― A True Angel in This World
3.3 How to Guess the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words
3.4 Different Ways to Express Changes
3.5 How to Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions
3.6 A Timeless Fashion
3.7 Inner Beauty
3.8 Discussion
3.9 Unit TestUnit 4 Let's Go
4.1 Words Related to Travel
4.2 Reading with Your Background Knowledge
4.3 Travel and Creativity
4.4 The Left Bank Café
4.5 Machu Picchu
4.6 Why Do We Travel
4.7 Develop A Cause-and-Effect...
4.8 Discussion
4.9 Unit TestUnit 5 When Work Is A Pleasure
5.1The Glamour of Words （1）
5.2 The Glamour of Words （2）
5.3 A World Without Bosses
5.4 When Work Takes Over Life
5.5 A Contrast Essay on Differences Between Workers and Laborers
5.6 Occupations in the Future
5.7 A Sketch of Medieval Aristocracy's Lifestyle
5.8 Discussion
4.9 Unit TestFinal Test
This course will teach, in part, about this paradigm revolution to neoclassical economics; the specific content of this introduction to new structural economics will include (1) a brief overview of the economic histories of China and the world, as well as the diversity of their economic structures, and the complexity of economic systems, (2) a brief history of economic theories and the origins and development of new structural economics, and (3) the basic principles of new structural economics and the discipline’s sub-fields.
【授课老师】
林毅夫 教授
Professor Justin Yifu Lin
林毅夫，北京大学新结构经济学研究院教授、院长，南南合作与发展学院院长，国家发展研究院名誉院长。林毅夫于 1986 年获得美国芝加哥大学经济学博士学位，荣膺英国科学院外籍院士、发展中国家科学院（原名第三世界科学院）院士，并获得法国奥佛涅大学、美国福特汉姆大学、英国诺丁汉大学、香港城市大学、英国伦敦经济学院和香港科技大学的荣誉博士学位。1994 年创立北京大学中国经济研究中心（现北京大学国家发展研究院），并担任主任一职。2008 年被任命为世界银行首席经济学家兼负责发展经济学的高级副行长，成为担此要职的发展中国家第一人，2012 年任满返回北大，继续教学研究工作。现任中国政协常委、经济委员会副主任，国务院参事，国家“十三五”、“十四五”规划专家委员会副主席、“一带一路”国际合作高峰论坛国际咨询委员会主席。著有二十余册新结构经济学著作，并在国内外学术期刊发表 100 多篇论文。
Professor Justin Yifu Lin is the dean of Peking University’s Institute of New Structural Economics, the dean of the Institute of South–South Cooperation and Development, and the honorary dean of the National School of Development. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1986, and he has the honor of being a foreign member of the British Academy of Sciences and a member of the World Academy of Sciences. Lin has also received honorary doctorate degrees from Clermont Auvergne University, Fordham University, the University of Nottingham, the City University of Hong Kong, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In 1994, he established Peking University’s China Center for Economic Research (now the National School of Development at Peking University) and served as its director. In 2008, he was appointed as the World Bank’s chief economist and the senior vice president in charge of development economics, becoming the first person from a developing country to hold these positions. After his tenure expired in 2012, Lin returned to Peking University, where he continued his teaching and research activities He currently serves as a standing committee member of the CPPCC and is the deputy director of its Economic Committee. In addition, he is a counselor of the State Council, the vice chairman of the Expert Committee for the 13th and 14th five-year plans, and the chairman of the International Advisory Committee for the “Belt and Road” Forum for International Cooperation. Lin has authored more than 20 books on new structural economics and published more than 100 papers in domestic and foreign academic journals.
付才辉 研究员
Researcher Caihui Fu
付才辉，北京大学新结构经济学研究院研究员，教材课程与报告案例研发中心主任。2014年起协助林毅夫教授创办北京大学新结构经济学研究中心（现新结构经济学研究院），开展新结构经济学的学科建设与智库建设工作。 与林毅夫教授合著有首部新结构经济学教材《新结构经济学导论》与《解读世界经济发展》等多部新结构经济学学术著作。每年春季学期在北京大学开设“新结构经济学导论”公共课程、秋季学期在清华大学开设“新结构经济学分析”通识课程。
Caihui Fu is a researcher at Peking University’s Institute of New Structural Economics, and he is the director of the Research Center for Textbooks, Case Studies and Flagship Reports. Since 2014, he has been helping Professor Lin to establish Peking University’s Institute of New Structural Economics, develop the discipline and create think tank for the field. Along with Professor Lin, Fu co-authored the first textbooks on new structural economics, Introduction to New Structural Economics and Understanding World Economic Development, among many other academic texts on the theory. In addition, he leads a common required “Introduction to New Structural Economics” course every spring semester at Peking University. Likewise, he leads a core “New Structural Economics Analysis” course every fall semester at Tsinghua University.
Teaching Materials: Self-edited e-materials, PPTs, video materials and films (digital textbook Humanitarian China in the Global Era in compilation, to be published in 2024)
Teaching Methods: It adopts the “Flipped Classroom” model of teaching and learning, expecting the students to conduct the archival search and reading of relevant pieces before class, and encouraging the students: ① to participate in topic-based platform discussions and debates. ② to share their opinions in the form of well-written English. ③ to carry out extensive reading and cinema/media studies after class.
Course Assessment:
1）coursework (55%): the average score of all coursework, zero for no coursework;
2）final exam (30%);
3）video watching (10%): full mark for those watching all videos;
4）platform discussion (5%): full mark for those whose discussion is “liked” once;
The passing grade is 60. The results will be available on December 25, 2023. Wish you enjoy learning!
【课程特色】
知识模块的完整性和独立性 结合授课教师的最新研究成果，建构知识模块的完整性和独立性，让学员体验丰富的内容和学术前沿问题。
交叉学科的批评性思维培训 跨界融合英语文学、语言学和比较文化的学科传统，设置小测试、讨论区和延伸阅读资料，启发批判性思维。
【Course Feature】Independence and interdependence of knowledge modules to integrate the latest research of scholars; to construct inter/independent knowledge modules; and to provide multi-layered studies and cutting-edge research on cross-cultural communication.
Development of critical thinking via multiple academic disciplines to merge disciplines of English literature, linguistics and comparative culture; to develop critical thinking with after-class quizzes, platform discussion and comprehensive reading materials.
【教师团队】
杨静：广东外语外贸大学英语语言文化学院教授、博士生导师，香港大学博士，英国西敏斯特大学硕士，广东省外国文学学会会员。课程负责人潜心钻研中国文化产品的国际传播，主要从事比较文化和中美电影研究，主持“香港新武侠电影的文化身份研究”、“当代美国华裔电影身份政治研究”等项目，在《学术研究》、《文化研究》、Cultural Studies, Critical Arts, The Journal of Popular Culture, Literature/Film Quarterly等核心期刊发表论文30余篇；多次荣获科研奖、教学奖和先进教师等荣誉。其他更加详尽的个人履历及教科研成果信息，请参照广东外语外贸大学官网的链接https://felc.gdufs.edu.cn/info/1462/3853.htm
朱红强：澳门大学英语语言学博士，暨南大学外国语学院教授，硕士和博士生导师。主要研究方向为媒介话语、社会语言学、跨文化传播。在Visual Communication, Multilingua, Semiotica, Discourse, Context & Media，《外语教学》、《暨南学报》、《外国语言与文化》等国内、国际学术期刊发表文章近30篇；专著、译著4部；主持和完成国家级、省级、校级科研、教改项目若干。国家级一流本科专业建设点负责人，中国高教学会数字化课程资源分会理事、副秘书长等。担任国内、国际多个学术期刊和出版社Routledge的匿名审稿人。
霍胜侠：广州美术学院跨媒体艺术学院教授，香港城市大学博士。主要从事华语电影、大众文化、城市空间文化研究。出版专著《南方影像：中国电影与城市空间》。主持国家社科基金项目、教育部人文社科项目、广东省社科规划项目各一项。发表论文于《电影艺术》《北京电影学院学报》《文化研究》《社会科学研究》等学术期刊。获得中国高等院校影视学会“学会奖”、广东社会科学学术年会优秀论文等荣誉。
郭岚：广东外语外贸大学英语语言文化学院讲师，获广东外语外贸大学外国语言学与应用语言学硕士，在广东外语外贸大学任教近 20 年，多次荣获优秀教学奖和优秀本科生导师；参与两本教材的编写、多个课程建设项目。
蒋竹雨：广东外语外贸大学英语语言文化学院副教授，香港城市大学比较文学博士学位。曾获外研社“教学之星”大赛全国复赛一等奖、广东外语外贸大学第二届微课比赛语言组优秀奖和广东外语外贸大学首届课程思政教学大赛外语组一等奖等奖项；参与主持多个项目研究。
主要讲授《国际职场交流英语》、《大学英语综合》、《大学英语视听说》、《实用英语口语》、《Follow me 跟我学口语》 、《大学英语—魅力语法》等课程。近五年主持校级项目1项，参与建设云南省一流本科课程1门，参与科研项目3项。主编编著1部，主编教材1部，参编高职高专系列规划教材1部、云南省普通高校“十二五”规划教材1部，发表论文近20篇。2020年获首届全国高等学校外语课程思政教学比赛国家二等奖，昆明理工大学课程思政教学比赛获一等奖。
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