Tweet TOEFL iBT Listening Skills Listening is one of the most important skills necessary for success on TOEFL iBT and in academics in general. The ability to listen and understand is tested in three out of four sections of TOEFL iBT. The best way to improve your listening skills is to listen frequently to many [...]

Tweet LECTURES Lectures in TOEFL iBT represent the kind of language used when teachers teach in a classroom. The lecture excerpt may be just a teacher speaking, a student asking the teacher a question, or the teacher asking the students a question and calling on one student for a response. Each lecture is approximately 5 [...]

Tweet TOEFL IBT SPEAKING TEST TIPS Remember that taking notes on the reading and listening material in the integrated Speaking tasks on the TOEFL iBT test is allowed. Listen to the item directions carefully to understand exactly what you are being asked to do. Use your preparation time as effectively as possible. Plan your response [...]

Tweet TOEFL IBT Essay Writing Tips Simply put, a pattern of development is the method you employ to write a paper. These patterns are very simple to learn. Fortunately, they do not take much time, and employing them gives you the advantage needed to earn that outstanding score on the essay section of the TOEFL. [...]

Tweet TOEFL IBT Speaking  The TOEFL iBT Speaking section is designed to evaluate the English speaking proficiency of students like you whose native language is not English but who want to pursue undergraduate or graduate study in an English-speaking context. Like all the other sections of the TOEFL iBT, the Speaking section is delivered via [...]

Tweet TOEFL Internet-based Testing The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language™) test measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to use and understand English as it is spoken, written, and heard in college and university settings. The TOEFL test is offered in different formats depending on a test taker’s location. The Internet-based [...]

Tweet Practice Set 1 THE ORIGINS OF CETACEANS It should be obvious that cetaceans-whales, porpoises, and dolphins-are mammals. They breathe through lungs, not through gills, and give birth to live young. Their streamlined bodies, the absence of hind legs, and the presence of a fluke1 and blowhole2 cannot disguise their affinities with landdwelling mammals. However, [...]