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Preparation for TOEFL test |
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By this time the TOEFL can only be absolved as computer-based test (that means you donīt have to write anything on paper but you can write at least the essay with pen and paper if you prefer this). So you should be able to use a computer now how to work with a mouse but if you made it to this page I think this should be no problem for you. If you feel uncomfortable working with a mouse you should train this. Otherwise you will have some (time) disadvantages during the test!!
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Free IELTS / TOEFL Preparation Material
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You canīt fail the TOEFL! You will get points for the different sections of the test (reading, listening, structure/writing and an essay) as well as an overall number of points at the end. The different institutions which require the TOEFL have an individual number of minimum points for their applications - you should find out about this before you take the test.
Basically I think that every person that feels more or less comfortable in speaking, listening and reading english(books, films, conversations etc.) should have no problem to get good points.
A few weeks before the test I began to read some english novels to get into the language again. I can also recommend reading english newspapers or magazines (i.e. you can get the TIME-Magazine at almost every place on theworld - in some countries there are very cheap subscriptions for students!). I think this is very recommendable especially for the reading-part of the test. Two month before the test date I began to periodically watch english movies once or twice a week to practice for the listening part of the test. In my opinion this is the best preparation for this part of the test because there you have to understand short conversations about some general topics and afterwards you have to answer questions about the contents of this conversations. You can of course also watch CNN or something like this but I think itīs more fun watching movies and so it is easier to motivate yourself!
The last thing you should do is to write some essays under test conditions. You have 30 minutes for your essay. You will get a topic assigned and then you have to express your opinion, write pro- and contra-arguments or something like this. The topics are all very simple (by this I mean that there is no special knowledge needed) and deal with everyday problems or questions for example you have to express your opinion about a planned new cineam in your hometown or if you think that it is better for kids to grow up in a big city or not.
I think you will not be able to learn them all and this is really not necessary anyway. But you should work on some of the topics to get a feeling of the time and to train how to formulate some easy pro- and contra-arguments in english.
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