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COU R S E OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION TO TOEFL & WRITING
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We l c o m e Me s s a g e

Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, MA., Ph. D Dr. Rudy Sofyan, S.S., M.Hum
Lecturer Lecturer

Hello and welcome to TOEFL & Writing classroom! This online facilitated course is the much like a face-to-face course; it takes a significant time commitment from
you, and we suggest that you familiarize yourself with this platform so you know how it works. Make sure that everything comes through clearly and there are no
technical issues on your end that would hinder our e-learning process. And please familiarize yourself with the following course overview which includes the sequence
of topics, learning objectives, students’ policies and information about grading. Bear in mind that you should refer to the Topic Section for information regarding
assignments and due dates.
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About the Course

CLASS/ CREDITS/
TITLE/ CODE FIELD/ DEPARTMENT TYPE OF COURSE/
SEMESTER
MODE OF DELIVERY
TOEFL & Writing/ A & B/ Two/ Three Informatics Engineering/
Required/ Distance Learning
KW 510 Faculty of Computer Science
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Course Objecti ves

The course is designed to help the students understand academic English better, develop the necessary
skills required for the TOEFL test – structure, listening, and reading, and provide them with guidance
throughout the entire TOEFL preparation process.
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Course Content
Areas covered in the course include the following:

1. vocabulary
2. grammar
3. style
4. listening
5. reading
6. note-taking
7. test-taking skills
8. test-taking strategies
9. practice test
10. midterm and final evaluations
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you will be able to:

1. Develop strategies that will help you to activate

existing language knowledge and connect it with
new information
2. Develop strategies to help you identify problems
related to structure
3. Develop reading strategies such as skimming and
scanning
4. Develop listening strategies such as listening for

Learning Outcomes
key words, making inferences, and identifying
main ideas
5. Develop test taking strategies that will help you to
pace yourself while completing different tasks in a
test
6. Develop critical thinking skills and your decoding
skills in understanding what tests are asking
7. Become more comfortable with assessing your
own progress
8. Develop strategies that will help you to make
connections between what you have learned in
class and your experiences in the English-
speaking academic world
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W h a t We D o?

IN this classroom, you will have to do a number of activities:

1. First, we focus is on improving your English skill. We will work on

your vocabulary building, critical listening and reading.
2. The second focus is on building TOEFL skills and test strategies to
help you get a good score. We help you get familiar with the kinds
of questions TOEFL asks.
3. There will be an effective practice or quiz of the skills at the end of
each session in the necessary skills required for the TOEFL test to
check your progress.
4. You will be given homework assignments to help you learn and
practice the concepts covered in class.
5. Finally, you will sharpen your skills by taking practice TOEFL tests
which is a great way to build test taking stamina and monitor your
improvement.
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STUDENT POLICIES
A N D S TA N D A R D S
ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION
Class “attendance” and participation in this online facilitated course are measured by the
level and quality of students’ daily/weekly contributions to discussions, completion and
submission of assignments, and performance on assessments (on quizzes, pair/group
work, tests, etc.). Any student who misses 50% or more sessions without the permission
of the instructor or department is considered “not” participating sufficiently to pass the
course shall receive an “E” or fail grade for that course.

ASSIGNMENTS &
LATE ASSIGNMENTS
DUE DATES
For this online facilitated course, all
Each assignment, quizzes, final
assignments will be only submitted via
projects and tests must be completed
elearning.usu.ac.id. Late assignments
and submitted by the date shown in
will not be accepted unless permission
the task description/instruction of
has been obtained from the instructor
the assignment section.
in advance.
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TA S K S
Learning Activities Assessment methods

Reading materials/ PPT, discussion boards, and practical activities – Assignments, forum participation, practice tests, midterm and final evaluation –
students are expected to participate fully in all online discussions students will be assessed by the level and quality of their participation and
and to submit their work on time. submission in the assignment section.
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