... Havestudentsdoacommunicativetaskonthetopic(communicativeoutput)Wheninstructorshavetheopportunity to developpartorallofthecoursecurriculum,theycandevelopaseriesofcontextsbasedontherealworldtasksthatstudentswillneed to performusingthelanguage,andthen teach grammarandvocabularyinrelation to thosecontexts.Forexample,studentswhoplan to travelwillneed to understandpublicaddressannouncementsinairportsandtrainstations.Instructorscanuseaudio‐tapedsimulations to provideinput; teach thegrammaticalformsthattypicallyoccurinsuchannouncements;andthenhavestudentspracticebyaskingandansweringquestionsaboutwhatwasannounced. How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore50AssessingGrammarProficiencyAuthenticAssessmentJustasmechanicaldrillsdonot teach studentsthelanguage,mechanicaltestquestionsdonotassesstheirability to useitinauthenticways.Inorder to provideauthenticassessmentofstudents’grammarproficiency,anevaluationmustreflectreal‐lifeusesofgrammarincontext.Thismeansthattheactivitymusthaveapurposeotherthanassessmentandrequirestudents to demonstratetheirlevelofgrammarproficiencybycompletingsometask. To developauthenticassessmentactivities,beginwiththetypesoftasksthatstudentswillactuallyneed to dousingthelanguage.Assessmentcanthentaketheformofcommunicativedrillsandcommunicativeactivitieslikethoseusedintheteachingprocess.Forexample,theactivitybasedonaudiotapesofpublicaddressannouncementscanbeconvertedintoanassessmentbyhavingstudentsrespondorallyorinwriting to questionsaboutasimilartape.Inthistypeofassessment,theinstructorusesachecklistorrubric to evaluatethestudent’sunderstandingand/oruseofgrammarincontext.Mechanicaltestsdoserveonepurpose:Theymotivatestudents to memorize.Theycanthereforeserveasprompts to encouragememorizationofirregularformsandvocabularyitems.Becausetheytestonlymemorycapacity,notlanguageability,theyarebestusedasquizzesandgivenrelativelylittleweightinevaluatingstudentperformanceandprogress. How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore24C. How to useastudybookOnceyouhavechosenastudymanual,readthedirectionscarefully.Typically,thefirst10‐40pagesofamanualwillgiveverydetailedinstructionson how to beststudyforthetest,test‐takingtips,andbasicinformationaboutthetest.Asmartinstructor[you]willtakethetestatleastoncesotheyknowexactlywhatisentailed.Buildingagoodstudyplanisanessentialfirststepinhelpingyourstudents.But,first,youmustknowtheskilllevelofyourstudentsandwheretheirskillsarestrongandweak.Thiswillrequiregivingyourstudentsabaselinetest to determinetheircurrentskilllevels.Onceanestimatedbaselinescorehasbeenestablished,carefullyreviewyourstudents’skilllevelsanddevelopastudyplanthatwillhelpraiselowerscoresandstrengthenthehigherscores.Irregularityofskilllevels(strongverbalskillsandveryweakwritingscores,forexample)arenotuncommonandworkingonraisingthelowerlevelskillswill,mostlikely,yieldthequickestresults(ETSresearchsuggeststhisistrue).Studentswilloftenwant to studyintensivelyforshortperiodsoftime,buttheywillgenerallybemoresuccessfulwithdistributedpracticeoverlongerperiodsoftime.Baseline,practiceandprogresstestsshouldbetakenunderconditionsascloseaspossibleasthoseatatestingcenter. How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore35TheTOEICWritingTestFormat ... OvertGrammarInstructionAdultstudentsappreciateandbenefitfromdirectinstructionthatallowsthem to applycriticalthinkingskills to languagelearning.Instructorscantakeadvantageofthisbyprovidingexplanationsthatgivestudentsadescriptiveunderstanding(declarativeknowledge)ofeachpointofgrammar.Downloadthegrammarebookforthiscourseat:www.TEFLeBooks.com/grammar.pdfandworkallthewaythroughit. How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore2 How to Teach TOEFL®TOEIC®IELTS®andOtherStandardizedExaminationsSecondEditionCopyright©TEFLeBooksdotcomAllrightsreserved.Permissiongranted to reproducepartsofthispublicationaslongasattributionisnoted.ThisebookwasdevelopedincooperationwithTEFLBootCamp To helpusdoabetterjobofhelpingyou,wewouldappreciateyouropinionaboutthisebook.Pleasetakeourfast,easyandconfidentialsurveyhere:CLICKHERE How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore30C.SkillstestingStudentstakeeitherthe“Academic”or“GeneralTraining”sectionsinreadingandwriting—thelisteningandspeakingsectionsarethesameforbothformsofthetest.Thetotaltesttimeisabout2hoursand45minutesandconsistsofthefollowing: ... Speaking(11–14minutes).TheListening,ReadingandWritingtestsaredoneinonesitting.TheSpeakingtestmaybeonthesamedayorup to sevendaysbeforeoraftertheothertests.D.PracticeTestingandrecalibratinggoalsAfterareasonableperiodofstudy,haveyourstudentstakeaprogresstestandre‐evaluatetheirgoalsbasedontheirperformance.Notwostudentswillbeexactlythesameandgoalsshouldbeindividualized.FreeResourcesfromIELTSDownloadavarietyofPDFfilesthatprovideassistanceandinstructionforallthesectionsoftheIELTSexaminationaswellastheIELTSGuideforTeachersat:http://www.ielts.org/teachers.aspx How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore43 To addressthedeclarativeknowledge/proceduralknowledgedichotomy,teachersandstudentscanapplyseveralstrategies.1....