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Tips and Strategies of TOEFL

Started by Kalyan, Apr 21, 2009, 12:34 PM

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Kalyan

Tips and Strategies of TOEFL

    * Aspiring applicants can undertake an English language training program which will emphasize on communication using all 4 skills as well as provide integrated knowledge pertaining to reading, listening, writing and speaking.

    * In order to improve your reading skills you can depend on internet or consider reading lot of books and even newspapers

    * While reading scan for information and highlight the key points which are ideally 5 W's and 1 H i.e. who, what, why, where, when and how. Practice this frequently to increase your speed and become habitual of this exercise

    * Increase your diction by learning new words every day and make an attempt at sentence formation using the new learned words

    * Try to time yourself using a clock watch. Instead of reading the entire passage with concentration try to skim through the entire passage looking for essential facts

    * Build a habit of drawing conclusions and making inferences depending upon the meaning of the passage as a whole
    * In order to enhance the listening skills you can watch movies and television

    * Additionally, it is also a great idea to listen frequently to a wide spectrum of different types of material in numerous subject areas. Different websites such as www.npr.org and www.bbc.co.uk/radio will help you to grow accustomed to listening to varied accents

    * Practice pronunciation, focusing on word stress, pauses and intonation patterns

    * Work extensively on tenses so as to ensure correct sentence formation

    * Learn to write in an organized and coherent manner by identifying one core idea and other points to support that idea before beginning with the essay

    * Study the principles of spelling, punctuation, and layout.

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