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Texas Oral Proficiency Test (TOPT)
preparation for Spanish and Bilingual teachers in Guatemala

¿Esta a punto de tomar el TOPT? ¿Lo ha tomado pero no lo puede pasar?
Venga a Casa Xelaju y le ayudaremos a pasarlo.

Casa Xelaju offers the most intensive one-on-one instruction test preparation for Texas Oral Proficiency Test at its school located in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Teachers who enroll in our test reparation will receive 5 hours of instruction daily, 5 days a week. As part of the immersion test preparation, teachers will live with a Guatemalan family. Living with a Guatemalan family will enhance the speed at which teachers will master the language and understand the oral communication, a key component of the test.

This course will be taught 100% in Spanish. The purpose will be to increase accuracy, pronunciation, pace and fluency in Spanish. Another aspect of the course is the increase of vocabulary and improving the grammatical structures that might be on the TOPT. Our Spanish teacher will organize discussions, oral presentations and grammar reviews at the level required by the ACTFL guidelines.

It is highly recommend that teachers take at least 2 weeks of intensive Spanish test preparation. These two weeks will dramatically increase the possibilities that the teacher taking the TOPT will obtain a high score in the oral interview.

It is a good idea to take the TOPT right after our test preparation.

Materials
1) Azoulay, A. and Vicente, A. 1998. Spanish TOPT Study Set.
2. Cassette or digital tape recorder
3. A Spanish-English dictionary
4) 501 Verbs book

This test preparation is offered year-round. Classes start on any Monday.

I was tutored over the phone by Kriss of Casa Xelaju and I cannot say enough good things about her. I needed to pass the Texas Oral Proficiency Exam and she worked tirelessly with me using a study guide on the TOPT. She was very patient and professional and the cost of the tutoring was probably about one-fourth of what a tutor would have cost in the states. I highly recommend Casa Xelaju.
- Robin Fruehe, Texas (2007)



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The TOPT is administrated by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

 



Document updated in March, 2007