Sadat Academy for management Sciences

English Department
Fourth Year (Arabic Stream)

English (408) Preparation for TOEIC

Course Description:
This course introduces students to the language skills of TOEIC (Test
of English for International Communication), which measures real
world communication skills and is one of the requirements for
getting a job nowadays. It is geared towards enhancing the
listening, grammatical structures and reading comprehension of
students. It also aims at introducing students to the American
business culture and contexts.
Text Book:
Target Score: A communicative course for TOEIC Test Preparation,
Second Edition. Charles Talcott & Graham Tullis, Cambridge
University Press, 2008.
Objectives: By the end of the course, students will
1) Be familiar with the directions and test-taking strategies for all sections of
the TOEIC test.
2). To solve listening, sentence completion, error identification, and short
readings for the easy to moderate in difficulty TOEIC test questions.
3). To apply existing English abilities, TOEIC knowledge, and test-taking
strategies to TOEIC practice tests.
4). Be prepared with a general knowledge of English.
5). Apply the above skills to a TOEIC test

Evaluation:
Course Work:

30 marks =
20 marks: listening test before mid term and/or end of
term exam exam;
10 marks: Participation and attendance
30 marks: Mid Term exam
40 marks: End of term exam

(Tentative) Calendar:
Week one

Introduction to
course; what is
TOEIC? Its
importance

Introduce students to
TOEIC question types
included in AMIDEAST
pamphlet

Week two

Unit One Careers:

Snapshot; Listening
1; grammar check 1;
Vocabulary builder.

Assignment:
Viewpoint reading
passage

Week three

Unit One: viewpoint;

TOEIC Tip; Grammar
check 2; Listening
2&3;

Week four

Unit Two
Workplaces:
Snapshot; TOEIC Tip;
Listening 1& 2;
grammar check 1 &
2;

Assignment:
Viewpoint reading
passage

Week five

Unit Two
Workplaces:

Assignment:
Viewpoint reading
passage

Vocabulary builder;
viewpoint; TOEIC Tip;
Listening 3
Week six

Unit Three
Communications:
Snapshot; Vocabulary
builder; Listening 1 +
TOEIC tips; Listening
2 & 3; Grammar
Check 1 & 2

Week seven

Review test 1,
including listening
(10 marks of course
work)

Week eight

Mid term exam

Week nine

Unit 4 Retailing:
Snapshot; TOEIC tip;
Listening 1; Grammar
Check 1; Viewpoint

Week ten

Unit 4 Retailing:
Listening 2;
vocabulary builder;
Grammar check 2;
TOEIC Tip

Week eleven

Unit 5 Industry:
Snapshot; Grammar
check 1; Listening 1

Week twelve

Unit 5 Industry:
vocabulary builder
Listening 2 & 3;
viewpoint; Grammar
check 2

Week thirteen

Unit 6 Trade:
Snapshot; Listening
1; Grammar Check 1

Week fourteen

Unit 6 Trade:
Viewpoint; grammar
check 2; Listening 3;
Vocabulary builder;

Week fifteen

Review Test 2

Week sixteen

End of term exam

Assignment:
Viewpoint reading
passage

Assignment:
Viewpoint reading
passage

As indicated above, this is a tentative calendar. You are free to rearrange the sequence of the unit according to your perspective. In
the meantime, please make sure that you complete units s1-3 before
mid-term exam and units 4-6 before end of term exam..
Since pictures are main part of the TOEIC, and essential at the
Snapshot section, we will either (a) scan the pictures of the book
and send it as soft copy to show to students; or (b) download a soft
copy of the book which Ahmed and I are trying to do.
Best of Luck