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TOEFL Preparation

TOEFL brief introduction

How much do you know about

Test of English as a Foreign Language

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What do you know about

Questions

Who can attend TOEFL?

People with passport or ID

When can you attend TOEFL?

When you are ready (3-4 times each month)

Where can you attend TOEFL?

Amirbahador, NOET,…..

How many sections are there in TOEFL?

Four

Section 1. Get to know it

TOEFL CBT

Computer-based Test

TOEFL PBT

Paper-based Test

TOEFL IBT

Internet-based Test

TOEFL IBT

Structure:

Reading

Listening

Speaking

Writing

Reading part

60~90mins

3~5 passages

Around 700 words in one passage

12~14questions for each passage

Listening part

60~90mins

4~6lectures

6questions for each lecture

2~3conversations

5questions for each lecture

Speaking part

Around 20mins

6questions by speaking into the microphone

For each question you will be given a short time to prepare your response

Writing

2writing tasks

For the first writing task, you will read a passage and listen to a lecture and then answer a question based on what you have read and heard.

For the second writing task, you will answer a question based on your own knowledge and experience.

IBT Assessment

Sections Scaled Scores

Reading 0~30

Listening 0~30

Speaking 0~30

Writing 0~30

Total Score 0~120

The TOEFL preparation is not only about listening, speaking, reading and writing, four skills, but also about test taking skills. During this course we will focus on a variety of effective strategies in order to accelerate memorizing the vocabulary and improve the test taking skills.

References

A complete guide to the TOEFL iBT test by Bruce Rogers

Skills for TOEFL iBT by Collins

Oxford Preparation Course for The TOEFL iBT

Delta Key to The Next Generation of The TOEFL iBT

400 Must Learn Words for The TOEFL iBT

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