General English

The General English course focuses on accuracy and fluency with an integrated skills and strategy-based curriculum that aims at developing the four language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course also focuses on improving pronunciation and increasing vocabulary. Participants are placed in one of the following stages based on their placement test results: beginner, elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, and pre-advanced. To ensure consistency of instruction, one series is used for each stage. Each book is covered in three consecutive levels. Certificates are awarded at the successful completion of each stage.

Conversation

AMIDEAST conversation courses are divided into four levels.  The training focuses on a variety of everyday essential topics to ultimately improve participant fluency, accuracy and ability to communicate. The conversation courses give the participants the extra practice they need to become fluent. The main idea of the conversation course at AMIDEAST is to focus on the students' ability to express themselves in everyday situations. Therefore, students work on pronunciation, vocabulary and idioms (in the advanced level) to further develop their conversational skills. They also receive individualized feedback on grammar and pronunciation errors. Class activities include: group discussions, role plays, pronunciation, and games.  

Business English

June 2010

When I apply to universities, what admission tests may I be expected to take?

Are there tests other than the TOEFL and TSE that may be useful in assessing my English proficiency?

What about tests that may help me complete college more quickly?

When should I take university entrance exams?

Where do I find information about the tests?

What if I have a disability?

What should I do on the day of the test?

How long is my test score valid?

How can I prepare for the exams?

When should I receive my test scores?

What should I do if my test scores don't arrive in this time frame?

How do I contact ETS?

When I apply to universities, what admission tests may I be expected to take?

What is the SAT Subject Tests

Bulletins

When & Where

Registration

Preparation

Test Day

Scores

What is the SAT Subject Tests?

The SAT Subject Tests is a series of tests on specific academic subjects. Some of these tests may be required by some U.S. and international colleges and universities, both for entrance and placement, during the undergraduate admissions process. Among the tests offered are

·  Writing

·  Literature

·  U.S. History

·  World History

·  Math Level IC

·  Math Level IIC

·  Biology (Ecological/Molecular)

·  Chemistry

·  Physics

·  Languages, including French, Spanish, and English, among others

More details can be found in the SAT Subject Tests test bulletin.

Where do I get a bulletin?

AMIDEAST maintains a supply of test bulletins. If you are not in a country where AMIDEAST has an office, please visit your high school guidance counselor or local advising office to obtain a bulletin.

 The GMAT course is designed to help students improve their verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills, and build their confidence to enable them to perform well on the GMAT and improve their chances of gaining admission to graduate schools of business. The six varieties of questions on the exam are explained and strategies are suggested to improve performance. Students will have access to computers with GMAT software, enabling them to become familiar with the computer-based exam.  A full-scale practice test is also at the end of the course to prepare students. In addition, techniques for increasing test-awareness and reducing test anxiety are discussed. The GMAT course is a 42-hour course divided into verbal and quantitative sections of 21 hours. The verbal component of the course covers the following areas: reading comprehension, critical reasoning, sentence correction and analytical writing assessment. The quantitative section of the course covers: math review (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and word problems), problem solving, and data sufficiency. 

The GRE preparation course is designed to help students do their best on the GRE and to improve their chances of gaining admission to graduate school. This course is designed to build confidence and sharpen test-taking skills. By examining each area of the GRE in depth, students will know what to expect and be able to expect and set goals for improving their performance level. By the end of the course, students will be given a full practice test that simulates the GRE real exam. The GRE course is a 42-hour course divided into verbal and quantitative sections of 21 hours each. The verbal section covers the following areas: analogies, antonyms, sentence completion, reading comprehension and analytical writing assessment. The quantitative section covers: math review (arithmetic, algebra, and geometry), quantitative comparisons, discrete quantitative problems and data interpretation.

The SAT Reasoning Test preparation course tackles the strategies and tactics that students need to enhance their scores. The course helps participants build and improve writing, critical reading and math skills. Course features include: combination of instruction and exercises in each session, homework, practice tests, feedback on essay writing, test taking technique development, and in-depth discussions and step-by-step analysis of arriving at the correct answer.
 
 
 

The SAT Reasoning Test preparation course tackles the strategies and tactics that students need to enhance their scores. The course helps participants build and improve writing, critical reading and math skills. Course features include: combination of instruction and exercises in each session, homework, practice tests, feedback on essay writing, test taking technique development, and in-depth discussions and step-by-step analysis of arriving at the correct answer.
 
 
 

TOEFL ITP Prep Course

The Local TOEFL Intermediate test preparation course focuses on the academic English component of the TOEFL exam at the intermediate level of language proficiency and test taking strategies for optimal performance on the TOEFL. This course will thoroughly familiarize students with the institutional TOEFL examination.  Instruction includes test-taking strategies, analysis of question types, vocabulary building strategies, grammar review, and listening strategies. The course equally emphasizes both language development and test taking strategies. 

 The purpose of the TOEFL iBT preparation course is to improve the participants’ language ability and develop their skills in answering TOEFL iBT questions. Instruction is targeted to teach the class how to answer varied listening questions, speed-read comprehension texts, guess the meaning of vocabulary items from context, analyze grammatical structures and answer TOEFL iBT questions in the allocated time. This course pays special attention to the speaking section through an evaluation of the participants according to the speaking rubric that is approved by ETS.