英語学習 - ETSがTOEFLの対策講座をMOOCSで開設している(2/) / TOEFL® Test Preparation: The Insider’s Guide(2/)
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ETSがTOEFLの対策講座をEdxで開設していましたので内容を見てみました。
TOEFL® Test Preparation: The Insider's Guide - edX
https://www.edx.org/course/toeflr-test-preparation-insiders-guide-etsx-toeflx-4
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英語学習 - ETSがTOEFLの対策講座をMOOCSで開設している
http://touya-fujitani.blogspot.com/2018/08/etsxtoeflmoocs-toefl-test-preparation.html
Speaking/Writingのパートを確認してみましたけど、やはりTOEFLの試験説明と練習が出来るようになっていると言うことですね。公式問題集のMOOCS版といったところでしょうか。
Speaking/Writingに関しては、学習用の参考URLが出ています。こういうのは大変助かります。MOOCS経由で良い論文を見つけられた時にも思いますけど、自分でやるととんでもなく時間がかかるので圧倒的に非効率です。
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Resources (Speaking)
Here is a list of additional speaking resources. These resources offer information about spoken English and ways for you to practice speaking in English. The links will take you outside of the course and the edX platform.
Find a conversation partner for free, and chat using your preferred software (such as Skype®, WeChat® or Google® Hangouts):
· http://www.conversationexchange.com/(opens new window)
Practice your English and receive feedback from a community of speakers:
· https://www.reddit.com/r/JudgeMyAccent/(opens new window): Here you can post sound files of yourself speaking in English. Other users can listen to the sound files and provide feedback on your pronunciation and intonation. You can also comment on their speech.
Read about the features of spoken English:
· http://www.uefap.com/speaking/feature/complex.htm(opens new window)
· http://britishenglishcoach.com/5-things-you-should-know-about-spoken-english/(opens new window)
Work on your pronunciation:
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation(opens new window)
· http://www.dictionary.com/(opens new window) or translate.google.com(opens new window): Access an online dictionary or translator that gives you the option to hear a speaker pronounce the words you look up. After you look up a word or phrase and listen to the pronunciation, you can then try to pronounce it just like the speaker.
Focus on the intonation patterns of native English speakers, as well as on their pronunciation of words, by listening to conversations at normal or slow speed:
· http://esl.culips.com/(opens new window)
Work on building your speaking confidence:
· https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicSpeaking/(opens new window): Here you can read tips for public speaking that are posted by users, including how to build confidence for speaking in front of a group. You can also post questions and receive answers, or comment on the questions of others.
Resources (Writing)
Here is a list of additional writing resources. These resources offer information about written English and ways for you to practice writing in English.
Explore these online handbooks and other resources on academic writing from universities in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia. The links will take you outside of the course and the edX platform.
· https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/process.html(opens new windo
· http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/resources(opens new window)
· http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice(opens new window)
· http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html(opens new window)
·https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/support/writingcenter/resourcesforwriters(opens new window)
· http://www.ucalgary.ca/ssc/resources/writing-support/445(opens new window)
· http://www.une.edu.au/current-students/resources/academic-skills/fact-sheets(opens new window) (Look at the fact sheets on writing and paragraph types.)
· http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resources/writing/writing-resources(opens new window)
· https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/679/01/(opens new window)
· https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/(opens new window)
· https://kb.myport.ac.uk/Article/Index/12/4?relparticId=1091&relpname=Academic%20writing%20support&id=2072(opens new window)
Read short essays, then look for the questions at the end of each essay. Write responses to the questions. Try to incorporate some of the key words that were used in the essays in your responses:
· http://blogs.voanews.com/confessions/(opens new window)
Read short lessons, then apply what you learned by writing responses to a wide variety of tasks:
· https://www.englishclub.com/efl/category/writing-prompts/
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やっぱりMOOCSヘのトレンドの変化を感じざるを得ないです。というか、普通に有用なのでトレンドにあまりこだわらなくても良いですね。
