Grading: This course is graded A - F.  A minimum passing grade is C-, or 70%.  Grading is based on attendance and participation.

• Attendance.  It is important to come every day and be on time, especially when practice tests are scheduled.
• There are no excused absences.
• If you are late more than 10 minutes, it counts as an absence.
• If you are late 1-10 minutes, these are recorded; two of these recorded late arrivals count as one absence.
• In order to receive a particular grade, you are only allowed a certain number of absences, shown in the table below:

Grade	Absences
A	0
A-/B+	1
B/B-	2
C+/C	3
C-/D+	4
D/D-	5
F	6 or more

 
• Participation.  Participation includes several elements:
• Being on time and ready to start class
• Having all of your materials (book, paper, pencil) ready to use at the beginning of class;
• Working well in groups by sharing work equally and paying attention to the task
• Paying attention in class and asking questions

Objectives:  In this course you will practice different types of questions on the Reading part of the TOEFL in order to become familiar with them.   You will also learn about and practice strategies so that you can maximize your effectiveness on this part of the test.  In addition, you will take some full-length practice tests in class for the purpose of becoming more comfortable with and working more effectively under simulated testing conditions with time constraints.

Homework:  This is not required.  However, we will not be able to cover all of the material in the book this term. If you wish to improve your TOEFL score significantly, you might wish to do extra work in the book, and practice outside of class, especially in the Learning Center.

The Learning Center:  To find out the open hours for the LC, call 503-725-9199, or drop by.  There are several software programs in the Learning Center which can help you improve your scores on the TOEFL.  In addition to the TOEFL software, I strongly recommend Ultimate Speed Reader.  This program has eye movement exercises as well as reading passages to help you read faster.