The purpose of this 2-week TOEFL Speaking Workshop is to help you record and share your audio recordings for feedback. Within 24 hours, you’ll receive a transcription of your recording with corrections and an updated recording that you can listen to multiple times and use to practice shadowing to work on your structure, grammar, and delivery in terms of pronunciation, intonation, and pacing.
Convenience
By making your recordings on your cell phone or computer, you have the flexibility and convenience of practicing wherever and whenever it is most convenient for you.
Peer learning
You can listen to your peers’ responses and compare the quality of your responses to theirs. This can allow you to learn from each other and pick the best features that will help you perform better.
Practice materials delivered by emailEvery 3 days we will work on a new set of 4 speaking prompts to get better and better at responding to them. You’ll have ample opportunity to practice and spot check your responses sentence by sentence to assess your improvements. This will give you the clarity of knowing what you are doing well and what still needs to be improved. After you master one set of prompts, we’ll move on to another, and another for a total of 5 sets.
Tailored exercises
In addition to the 5 sets of speaking prompts, you’ll receive tailored pronunciation and intonation exercises based on your specific needs that are detected in your responses. These exercises will help you target and fix your main weaknesses that can negatively affect your score.
This 2-week program will run from Monday, April 17, 2023 through Sunday, April 30, 2023. During that time you will have access to a small Whatsapp group and will be able to make and share your recordings there for feedback. If you prefer, you can send your speaking responses directly to the professor without joining the Whatsapp group.
The cost of enrollment is $50 USD. Sign up by Sunday, April 16 at 10:00pm EST
This is an independent study program that does not have group Zoom sessions. That means you can study and practice at your convenience without having to adapt your schedule to be available online at a certain time or on certain days. Use this flexibility to practice when you are feeling fresh and ready to focus. You also have the flexibility to learn at home or elsewhere, on your computer, cell phone, or mobile device.