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.
John Milton（约翰·弥尔顿）
"Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint"（《梦亡妻》）
9. William Blake（威廉·布莱克）
"The Tyger"（《老虎》）
10. Robert Burns（罗伯特·彭斯）
"A Red, Red Rose"(《一朵红红的玫瑰》)
"My Heart's in the Highlands"（《我的心在高原》）
11. William Wordsworth（威廉·华兹华斯）
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"（《我独自漫游像一朵浮云》）
"She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" （《她住在人迹罕至的地方》）
12. George Gordon Byron（乔治·戈登·拜伦）
"When We Two Parted"（《当初我们分别》）
"She Walks in Beauty"（《她走在美的光彩里》）
13. Percy Bysshe Shelley（珀西·比希·雪莱）
"Ode to the West Wind"（《西风颂》）
"A Song"（《歌》）
14. John Keats（约翰·济慈）
"On the Grasshopper and Cricket" （《蝈蝈与蟋蟀》）
"To Autumn"（《秋颂》）
15. Alfred Tennyson（阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生）
"Break, Break, Break"（《冲激，冲激，冲激》）
16. Robert Browning（罗伯特·勃朗宁）
"Home Thoughts, from Abroad"（《异域乡思》）
"Meeting at Night"（《深夜幽会》）
17. William Butler Yeats（威廉·巴特勒·叶芝）
"When You Are Old"（《当你老了》）
"The Lake Isle of Innisfree"（《因尼斯弗里湖岛》）
American Poetry
18. William Cullen Bryant（威廉·柯伦·布莱恩特）
"To a Waterfowl"（《致水鸟》）
19. Edgar Allan Poe（埃德加·爱伦·坡）
"To My Mother"（《致岳母》）
20. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow（亨利·瓦兹华斯·朗费罗）
"A Psalm of Life"（《生命礼赞》）
21. Walt Whitman（沃尔特·惠特曼）
"O Captain! My Captain"（《啊，船长！我的船长》）
22. Emily Dickinson（艾米丽·狄金森）
"I Died for Beauty–But was Scarce"（《我为美而死》）
23. Ezra Pound（埃兹拉·庞德）
"In a Station of the Metro"（《在地铁车站》）
24. Robert Frost（罗伯特·弗罗斯特）
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"（《雪夜停林边》）
25. Carl Sandburg（卡尔·桑德堡）
"Fog"（《雾》）
"Grass"（《草》）
26. Thomas Stearns Eliot（托马斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特）
"Preludes"（《序曲》）
27. Hilda Doolittle（希尔达·杜立特尔）
"Oread"（《山林女神》）28. Hart Crane（哈特·克兰）
"To Brooklyn Bridge"（《致布鲁克林大桥》）
课程特色：
1. 课程内容丰富详实，涵盖了意象、意境、格律等诗歌概念，帮助学生掌握欣赏诗歌的方法、技巧。
2. 通过欣赏诗歌，教会学生如何从诗歌中汲取营养、获得人生经验和做人的道理，帮助学生形成正确的价值观、爱情观、世界观和人生观，实现诗歌的愉悦读者、教育读者的功能。
3. 本课程课件制作构思精美，图文并茂，不仅有难词讲解，还有中文译文、诗歌朗诵、练习题，有效加强学生的理解。
4. 本课程在2010年成为国家级精品课程，2013年成为国家精品资源共享建设课程，2016年成为国家精品资源共享课。同步教材拟于2019年3月出版。
教材：
李正栓. 英美诗歌教程 [M]. 第2版. 北京：清华大学出版社，2014.
参考书目：
[1] 胡家峦. 英国名诗详注 [M]. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2015.
[2] 李正栓. 英国文学简史与选读 [M]. 北京: 清华大学出版社，2016.
[3] 李正栓. 美国文学简史与选读[M].北京：清华大学出版社，2015.
[4] 黄家秀. 英美诗歌鉴赏 [M]. 武汉：武汉大学出版社，2009.
[5] 李正栓，申玉革. 英美诗歌欣赏教程 [M]. 北京: 北京师范大学出版社，2013.
[6] 王佐良.英国诗史 [M]. 南京：译林出版社，1997.
内容包括Sporting Life、Have You Got What It Takes?、The Secret Life of Science、Time Off等，从运动、科技、休闲等领域探讨语言的魅力。
在课程设计上，理论指导以写促学根据多年的教学经验，我们把重点放在学生的写作训练上，包括有用的短语考察、基本的句子结构训练、课文中词汇的再认、篇章写作训练等。每篇文章都有一个旨在培养学生综合应用能力的Assignment， 每个单元有一个纯客观的单元测试题，作业可测试题的答案和解析均会在作业和测试结束后在课程公告发布，同学们可以查阅答案和解析。另课程同时提供了学习课件来补充视频的教学容量太小的缺陷。
此外，本课程还给同学提供了阅读技巧、文化 、写作等板块的内容。
为了照顾到学有余力的同学，我们在每个单元最后设计了自学翻译部分，以进一步提升同学们的英语综合能力。
每个单元学习负荷约为5-6个小时（每周2-3个小时）。
该课程是国家社科基金“中国大学英语大规模开放在线课程建设范式研究（课题编号：14BYY077）”的重要阶段性成果。
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