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The official guide to the new TOEFL iBT.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Educational Testing Service
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2007]
Subjects:
Test of English as a Foreign Language > Study guides.
English language > Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language > Examinations > Study guides.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introducing the TOEFL iBT
  • All about the TOEFL test
  • How to use this book
  • All about the TOEFL iBT
  • Why is the TOEFL test changing?
  • What are the main features of the TOEFL iBT?
  • Format of the TOEFL iBT
  • Question types
  • Tool bar
  • Overview of the TOEFL iBT reading section
  • Overview of the TOEFL iBT listening section
  • Overview of the TOEFL iBT writing section
  • Overview of the TOEFL iBT speaking section
  • About your scores
  • Test preparation tips from ETS
  • Registering for the TOEFL iBT
  • Questions frequently asked by students
  • 2. TOEFL iBT reading
  • TOEFL iBT reading passages
  • TOEFL iBT reading questions
  • Basic information and inferencing questions
  • Reading to learn questions
  • Improving your performance on TOEFL iBT reading questions
  • Reading practice sets
  • Practice set 1
  • Practice set 2
  • Practice set 3
  • Practice set 4
  • Practice set 5
  • Practice set 6
  • Practice TOEFL iBT reading section
  • Answer key and explanations
  • 3. TOEFL iBT listening
  • TOEFL iBT listening materials
  • Conversations
  • Lectures
  • TOEFL iBT listening questions
  • Basic comprehension questions
  • Pragmatic understanding questions
  • Connecting information questions
  • How to sharpen your listening skills
  • Listening practice sets
  • Practice set 1
  • Practice set 2
  • Practice set 3
  • Practice set 4
  • Practice set 5
  • Practice TOEFL iBT listening section
  • Answer key, listening scripts, and explanations
  • 4. TOEFL iBT speaking
  • Introduction to the speaking section
  • Speaking question types
  • Independent : questions 1 and 2
  • Integrated listening/reading/speaking : questions 3 and 4
  • Integrated listening/speaking : questions 5 and 6
  • Strategies for raising your TOEFL speaking score
  • Practice TOEFL iBT speaking section
  • Listening scripts and sample responses with raters' comments
  • TOEFL iBT speaking score rubric
  • Frequently asked questions about TOEFL speaking
  • 5. TOEFL iBT writing
  • Introduction to the writing section
  • The integrated writing task
  • How the task is phrased
  • Strategies for raising your score on the integrated writing task
  • Integrated writing scoring rubric
  • Sample scored responses for the integrated writing task
  • The independent writing task
  • Essay-writing tips
  • How essays are scored
  • Independent writing scoring rubric
  • Sample scored responses for the independent writing task
  • The independent writing topics
  • Topic list
  • Practice TOEFL iBT writing section
  • Listening script, explanations, and sample responses
  • 6. Writer's handbook for English language learners
  • Grammar
  • Usage
  • Mechanics
  • Style
  • Organization and development
  • Advice to writers
  • Revising, editing, and proofreading
  • Glossary
  • Appendix 1. TOEFL® iBT score information
  • Appendix 2. English language competency descriptors.