ENROLLMENT
We truly appreciate your wish to JOIN our course in TOEFL
preparation, the only course currently taught at Terra Nova. Our
2010 spring semester started on January 25, and all our groups
are full at the moment.
Every Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., we test 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 also take the evaluation
test 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 will teach 5 groups in the fall semester (TOEFL 1 meeting at
9:30 a.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 2 meeting at 4:45 p.m. on M.W.F.;
TOEFL 3 meeting at 7:00 p.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 4 meeting at 3:15
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 will teach 5 groups in the spring semester (TOEFL 1 meeting at
9:30 a.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 2 meeting at 4:45 p.m. on M.W.F.;
TOEFL 3 meeting at 7:00 p.m. on M.W.F.; TOEFL 4 meeting at 3:15
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.
At the moment, we are 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 either call 499
530, 878 045, or 079 581 561 or send an e-mail message to Terra
Nova at terranovamd@yahoo.com to set
up an appointment for FREE counseling and FREE testing.
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). Prior
to enrollment, all our prospective students must pass an
evaluation test consisting of a short grammar exercise and an
interview.
If a prospective student meets the entry requirements, he or she
must fill out the application/registration form. There is no
application fee for the TOEFL Preparation course. 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 take
the evaluation test and to register 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.