Techniques for TOEFL iBT
1. Speak slowly and distinctly
2. Monitor your time carefully
3. Cohesive and unified
4. Mimic speech pattern
5. Changes in voice pattern
6. Improve your language (increase vocabulary, grammar & sentence structure, idiomatic speech)
7. Listen to CD/Tape and repeat similar speech pattern
8. Improve note-taking skill
9. Practice often
10. Practice into a tape recorder
11. Get a native speaker to listen and offer constructive criticism
12. Speak on a variety of familiar subject
13. Relax and try to speak naturally
II. Writing Part
1. Use a variety of grammar structure, vocabulary, idiomatic & expression
2. Understand & use conventional rules of spelling, punctuation, lay out
3. Use appropriate transition words
4. Express information in an organized manner, display thoughts in a unified & coherent style
5. Create and organized
6. Improve note-taking skill
7. Read variety of materials and practice taking note – summarize main point
8. Practice paraphrasing frequently
9. Practice writing often
10. Write about familiar subject, opinion, and preference
11. Effectively use support and examples
III. Listening Part
1. Be familiar with type of iBT question and use best strategy for answers (main idea, details, function of purpose, inference, organization)
2. Intonation & stress pattern
3. Speaker’s purpose
4. Listen to pauses, transition words, changes in voice patterns
5. Try to anticipate what is going to be said
6. Visualize the speakers
7. Do not distracted by style or accent
8. Improve note-taking skill
9. Have a conversation with native speakers. Listen for meaning & purpose. Learn to paraphrase.
10. Never leave an answer blank
IV. Reading Part
1. Identify type of question (vocabulary, details, inference, reference)
2. Do not read the passage entirely
3. Practice skimming & scanning techniques
4. Improve vocabulary
- Read a variety of texts
- Read from the internet, magazine, journals
- use flash cards
5. Transition words for contrasts, time, cause & effect, emphasis, sequence
6. Take note carefully
7. Monitor your time
8. Do not leave an answer, guess!
Best of Luck for you, everyone!!
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