TOEFL – IELTS exam preparation

Course description

The Language Centre offers personalised coaching for preparing for the TOEFL or IELTS exam.

Preparation combines independent study and targeted support: Participants work with online materials available on Moodle and meet individually with a teacher for 2.5 hours to focus on speaking and writing practice. During these sessions, the teachers provided feedback and guidance to help improve exam performance.

Please note that this course is designed for exam practice only and does not include general language development.

Dates
No set dates ; see below

Horaires
Upon appointment

Venue
Sessions held upon appointment at the main building of the university (av. du 1er-Mars 26)

Level
B2-C1

Course workload
The course involves a minimum of 3 hours of one-to-one instruction and around 20 hours of independent study.

Teacher
Sara Cotelli

No set dates ; you choose the time you need to go through the programme. Our recommendation: take at least one month to work through all the material and finish a few weeks before taking the test so that you still have time to drill if needed.

  1. Registration : anytime by clicking on the blue button “registration” on the right hand-side
  2. We will get in touch with you to plan the orientation session where you’ll learn about the content of the course, the material at your disposal and how to access it. You will also work on a work schedule and plan the next meetings.
  3. Autonomous work on the listening and reading parts of the exam. You will also learn about the speaking part.
  4. The first meeting allows you to ask all the questions that you have on the listening and reading parts and to drill the speaking with a teacher.
  5. Autonomous work: learn about the writing part and do exercises (with key) to improve your skills in writing (grammar, vocabulary). You write the two tasks required for the test and send them to the teacher.
  6. The second and last meeting allows you to ask all remaining questions on the speaking and writing sections and the teacher can give you a feedback on your writing and speaking. You can drill the speaking a bit more if needed.
Registration

Price

Students/doctoral students UniNE
CHF 150.-

Students other institutions (EPFL, HE-Arc, etc.)
CHF 350.-

Contact

Secrétariat du Centre de langues
Tél. +41 32 718 11 06
secretariat.cdl@unine.ch