Tactics for TOEFL IBT


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Speaking and Writing Strategies for the TOEFL iBT


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Increase your TOEFL iBT score by increasing your speaking and writing scores. How? By using the strategy called argument mapping. Why argument mapping? Because the TOEFL iBT speaking and writing sections are all argument-based tasks. That means if you want high speaking and writing scores, you must know how to map out (develop and deliver) spoken and written arguments, quickly and proficiently. With argument mapping, you will be able to do just that. Best of all, you can apply argument mapping to all six speaking tasks and both writing tasks. That means you will spend less time reading about strategies and more time practicing them. You Will Also Learn: * Essential rhetorical strategies and opinion development strategies * Step-by-step basic responses for all speaking and writing tasks * Step-by-step advanced responses for all speaking and writing tasks * Step-by-step emergency responses for all speaking and writing tasks * How to revise your spoken and written responses to maximize scoring * How to rate spoken and written responses quickly and proficiently ARGUMENT DEVELOPMENT Learn basic and advanced argument development strategies to maximize your speaking and writing scores. By doing so, you can increase your TOEFL score. ARGUMENT MAPPING Learn test-proven speaking and writing strategies quickly and proficiently using the graphics-based strategy called argument mapping. SCORING STRATEGIES Learn how to think like a TOEFL rater so you know exactly what to say and write to maximize scoring.




TOEFL Strategies


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TOEFL students all ask: How can I get a high TOEFL iBT score? Answer: Learn argument scoring strategies. Why? Because the TOEFL iBT recycles opinion-based and fact-based arguments for testing purposes from start to finish. In other words, the TOEFL iBT is all arguments. That's right, all arguments. If you want a high score, you need essential argument scoring strategies. That is what TOEFL STRATEGIES A COMPLETE GUIDE gives you, and more! Test-Proven Strategies: Learn essential TOEFL iBT scoring strategies developed in American university classrooms and proven successful on the TOEFL iBT. Rhetorical Analysis: Learn how to maximize scoring by rhetorically analyzing all reading, listening, speaking and writing tasks. Argument Recycling: Learn how the TOEFL iBT recycles opinion-based and fact-based arguments for testing purposes in all four test sections. Argument Mapping: Learn how to apply the strategy called argument mapping to all TOEFL tasks for maximum scoring.




TOEFL IBT Preparation Book


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TOEFL iBT Preparation Book: Test Prep for Reading, Listening, Speaking, & Writing on the Test of English as a Foreign Language Developed for test takers trying to achieve a passing score on the TOEFL test, this comprehensive study guide includes: -Quick Overview -Test-Taking Strategies -Introduction to the TOEFL iBT -Reading -Listening -Speaking -Writing -Practice Questions -Detailed Answer Explanations Each section of the test has a comprehensive review that goes into detail to cover all of the content likely to appear on the TOEFL test. The practice test questions are each followed by detailed answer explanations. If you miss a question, it's important that you are able to understand the nature of your mistake and how to avoid making it again in the future. The answer explanations will help you to learn from your mistakes and overcome them. Understanding the latest test-taking strategies is essential to preparing you for what you will expect on the exam. A test taker has to not only understand the material that is being covered on the test, but also must be familiar with the strategies that are necessary to properly utilize the time provided and get through the test without making any avoidable errors. Anyone planning to take the TOEFL test should take advantage of the review material, practice test questions, and test-taking strategies contained in this study guide.




The Official Guide to the TOEFL iBT with CD-ROM, Third Edition


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The official guide from the makers of the TOEFL to ensure your exam success! The Official Guide to the TOEFL® iBT is the leading guide to the most widely accepted English-language proficiency test in the world--the TOEFL test. Written by ETS, the makers of the test, this book includes two real full-length TOEFL tests for practice, as well as explanations of every section of the test and information on what is expected of you for every speaking and writing task. You will learn how to construct your answers and integrate the four skills needed to demonstrate academic English-language proficiency: reading, listening, speaking and writing. The accompanying CD-ROM provides on-screen interactive versions of both real TOEFL tests in the book, just like the one you will encounter on test day.




Heinle & Heinle's Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test


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Answer Key/Tapescript to accompany HEINLE'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE TOEFL TEST.




Scoring Strategies for the TOEFL iBT A Complete Guide


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TOEFL students all ask: How can I get a high TOEFL iBT score? Answer: Learn argument scoring strategies. Why? Because the TOEFL iBT recycles opinion-based and fact-based arguments for testing purposes from start to finish. In other words, the TOEFL iBT is all arguments. That's right, all arguments. If you want a high score, you need essential argument scoring strategies. That is what Scoring Strategies for the TOEFL iBT gives you, and more! Test-Proven Strategies Learn essential TOEFL iBT scoring strategies developed in American university classrooms and proven successful on the TOEFL iBT. Rhetorical Analysis Learn how to predict testing points by rhetorically analyzing reading, listening, speaking, and writing tasks. Argument Recycling Learn how the TOEFL iBT recycles opinion-based and fact-based arguments for testing purposes in all four test sections. Argument Mapping Learn how the graphics-based scoring strategy called argument mapping applies to all TOEFL iBT tasks.




500 Words, Phrases, and Idioms for the TOEFL iBT plus Typing Strategies


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HOW IS THIS TOEFL BOOK DIFFERENT? This TOEFL book is different because it uses an integrated vocabulary learning system called recycling. Recycling is simple. Each exercise is divided into four quizzes. Quiz 1, a multiple-choice vocabulary quiz, introduces ten new words. Next, you will do Quiz 2, which is a sentence-completion quiz based on the ten words in Quiz 1. Next, you will do Quiz 3, a spelling quiz. The speaker in the audio will say the same ten words in turn. You will then have ten seconds to spell each word by saying it and typing it. Finally, you will do Quiz 4, which is a 60-word typing test based on the ten new words you have been recycling through Quizzes 1, 2 and 3, plus words, phrases and idioms recycled from previous exercises. BONUS MATERIAL Learn essential rhetorical strategies and a test-proven way to develop opinion-based and fact-based TOEFL essays.




Tactics for the TOEFL IBT Test


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Tactics for the TOEFL iBT Test: A strategic new approach for achieving TOEFL success focuses on essential skills and strategies for exam success. The user-friendly approach to TOEFL test preparation will appeal to students and instructors looking for an accessible and compact program. Thevibrant full-color layout of the Student Book engages learners and assists in the navigation of content, while the flexible unit structure allows the instructor to take either a linear or a modular approach to working through the material. A blended course of print and digital content, Tactics for the TOEFL iBT Test offers concise, comprehensive coverage of the key skills, strategies, and language needed to take students to the required level for entry to international post-secondary institutions (iBT 75 to 90). The four parts of theStudent Book - reading, listening, speaking, and writing - deliver step-by-step instruction and practice with the types of questions that students will encounter on the TOEFL iBTRG. Each part also includes a diagnostic test and a review test, as well as a reference module that contains practicalinformation on that section of the test. Key language, academic vocabulary, and skills are recycled throughout to support learning.




Cracking the TOEFL IBT


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Provides comprehensive reviews of core exam concepts, test-taking strategies, practice drills, listening exercises, and a full-length simulated TOEFL iBT exam with full answer explanations.