The lectures produced for the OGL Program will serve as a basis for scripts prepared for the Listening Comprehension section of the TOEFL iBT® test. The purpose of the TOEFL® test is to provide a measure of the academic English language ability of non-native English speakers who wish to study at an English-medium university.

* Trying Out *

Candidates may send a CV and any relevant teaching syllabi to Emily Paull, epaull001 -at- ets.org, by Friday, Friday, May 12. If selected to try out, candidates will receive a training packet and will be asked to produce a 4-6 paragraph work sample as the first step in a 3-step tryout process. Each paragraph of the work sample will be a short description of a potential lecture.

Though the OGL Program is looking for material that would be taught to first- or second-year university students, we cannot use material that is common knowledge or that would be the central part of a core lesson in an introductory course. Such material would unfairly advantage test takers who have even a basic level of background knowledge.

We are interested in projects that do one or more of the following:

* introduce a novel topic and its significance
* cover a common topic in an uncommon way
* cover an extended example
* describe a complex process or procedure
* compare and/or contrast two methods, objects, or situations

Thank you for your interest in working with ETS!