ENROLLMENT
We truly appreciate your wish to JOIN our course in TOEFL
preparation, the only course currently taught at Terra Nova. As
our experience shows, summer is not the best time for thorough
TOEFL preparation. Even though our office is closed for summer
break and we have no classes during the summer, you can always
reach us by phone or e-mail.
Our summer vacation will end on August 28, 2010 (Saturday), when
we will resume testing those prospective students who wish to
enroll in our TOEFL PREPARATION course offered in the fall
semester of the 2010/2011 academic year. The testing will
continue until September 11, 2010 (Saturday). Our prospective
students can take the evaluation test on Saturdays (when our
TOEFL instructor is in Moldova) from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. or
on any other day by appointment. There is no testing when
official public holidays are observed in the Republic of Moldova
or in the United States.
We have two academic sessions, or semesters, in an academic year.
The duration of each semester is 3.5 months (15 weeks), which is
an optimal period of time for adequate TOEFL iBT preparation.
However, some of our students choose to take both semesters for
thorough TOEFL preparation since the teaching materials used in
the fall semester are different from those used in the spring
semester. While our course textbooks in the fall semester are
based on Cambridge TOEFL iBT preparation materials, the books and
handouts used in the spring semester are based entirely on
Barron's TOEFL iBT preparation materials.
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR:
FALL SEMESTER: September 13, 2010 - December 24, 2010 (3.5 months
/ 15 weeks)
SPRING SEMESTER: January 24, 2011 - May 6, 2011 (3.5 months / 15
weeks)
In 2006, the duration of our TOEFL Preparation course was
increased from 3 months to 3.5 months to reflect changes to the
TOEFL format. While in 1998-2005 Terra Nova prepared students for
the TOEFL PBT and CBT formats, since 2006 our program has been
based entirely on the TOEFL iBT format.
We are planning to teach 5 groups in the fall semester (TOEFL 1
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 2 meeting at 4:30 p.m. on
M.W.F.; TOEFL 3 meeting at 7:00 p.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 4 meeting
at 3:00 p.m. on Tu.Th.; and TOEFL 5 meeting at 6:30 p.m. on
Tu.Th.). The fall semester will start on September 13, 2010 (for
TOEFL 1, 2, and 3) and September 14, 2010 (for TOEFL 4 and 5) and
will end on December 24, 2010 (for TOEFL 1, 2, and 3) and
December 23, 2010 (for TOEFL 4 and 5).
We are planning to teach 5 groups in the spring semester (TOEFL 1
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 2 meeting at 4:30 p.m. on
M.W.F.; TOEFL 3 meeting at 7:00 p.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 4 meeting
at 3:00 p.m. on Tu.Th.; and TOEFL 5 meeting at 6:30 p.m. on
Tu.Th.). The spring semester will start on January 24, 2011 (for
TOEFL 1, 2, and 3) and January 25, 2011 (for TOEFL 4 and 5) and
will end on May 6, 2011 (for TOEFL 1, 2, and 3) and May 5, 2011
(for TOEFL 4 and 5).
In 2006, we increased the duration of the lesson/class by 15%.
Now it is either 2 hours (3 meetings per week) or 3 hours (2
meetings per week). There are 45 lessons/classes (for the TOEFL
groups meeting 3 times a week) and 30 lessons/classes (for the
TOEFL groups meeting twice a week) in each semester.
Since January 2010, we have been testing those prospective
students who wish to join our TOEFL Preparation course offered in
the fall semester of the 2010/2011 academic year (beginning on
September 13, 2011). If you want to be sure that you enroll,
please fill out the application form found at the bottom of this
page and send it and all supporting documents by e-mail directly
to Terra Nova at terranovamd@yahoo.com. There
is no application fee for the TOEFL Preparation course. After
your application documents have been received and carefully
considered by the TOEFL instructor, you will be invited for an
evaluation test and interview.
Enrollment in our TOEFL Preparation course is limited to students
who already have a minimum TOEFL iBT score of 65 or an equivalent
level of academic English (upper-intermediate to advanced). To
maintain high academic standards of our institution, it is
essential that prior to enrollment all our prospective students
pass an evaluation test consisting of a short grammar exercise
and an interview.
If the level of a prospective student is lower than that required
for taking the course, the student is given recommendations on
how to improve the general level of his or her English or a
particular language skill. Please note that the evaluation test
and the recommendations are free of charge. Use this unique
opportunity to evaluate your English and to learn about ways to
improve it.
Please consider the fact that the enrollment in our TOEFL
Preparation course is very competitive and you may wish to apply
well in advance. All our students are enrolled on a FCFS
(first-come, first-served) basis, taking into account the level
of their proficiency in English.
If you have any questions regarding the application process,
please either call 499 530, 878 045, or 079 581 561 or send an
e-mail message to the TOEFL instructor of Terra Nova at terranovamd@yahoo.com.
APPLICATION
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APPLICATION FORM
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