Effective Vocabulary Strategies for the TOEFL iBT

Step 7 – Have an Organized Approach to TOEFL Speaking

Step 7 – Have an Organized Approach to TOEFL Speaking The seventh step to successfully pass the TOEFL iBT Exam is learning competent speaking skills: decoding the speaking task, organizing a coherent response including a topic statement, delivering rich details in the body of the speech, and ending with a conclusion. Despite your preparedness, you …

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Step 1 – Super-Size Your TOEFL Vocabulary

Step 1 – Super-Size Your Vocabulary “Why is this this the first step in passing the TOEFL iBT?” The first step to successfully pass the TOEFL iBT Exam is building vocabulary proficiency. Let’s face it. How can you understand college level vocabulary without having basic vocabulary? Moreover, how can you perform optimally when reading and …

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Interview with TOEFL iBT Student Begum

[flv]http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/newinterviewfilebegum.mp4[/flv] Begum is taking her first university class in the United States; she is also one of my TOEFL iBT students.  During this interview, you will learn the challenges that she faces as she completes her coursework.  Most importantly, she explains how to overcome those challenges so you too can succeed when taking university courses …

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TOEFL Writing and Speaking Are a lot like Doing Laundry

Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” “Give me a power-packed TOEFL lesson!” Upon washing your dirty clothes for the week, you will most likely have the following colors: white, light, and dark. Additionally, you will have pants, shirts, T-shirts, undergarments, and so on. How you put away these clothes may …

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How to Use Better TOEFL Scores to Help You Pass the TOEFL iBT

Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” “Give me a power-packed TOEFL lesson!” Watch Videos: Pumpkin Patches and TOEFL iBT, Corn Mazes and TOEFL iBT As an English professor and TOEFL instructor, I have mixed bag of experiences when it comes to my profession. Sometimes, I have students who are unmotivated, …

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TOEFL iBT Reading, Speaking, and Writing: A Case Study of a Student from Better TOEFL Scores

Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” “Give me a power-packed TOEFL lesson!” Watch Videos: Pumpkin Patches and TOEFL iBT, Corn Mazes and TOEFL iBT [flv]http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/toeflstudent.mp4[/flv] For more information, go here: Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” “I want my lesson now!” Watch Video: Learn about …

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TOEFL iBT Reading: Answering Vocabulary Questions

Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” “Give me a power-packed TOEFL lesson!” Watch Videos: Pumpkin Patches and TOEFL iBT, Corn Mazes and TOEFL iBT [flv]http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Vocabulary.mp4[/flv] For more information, go here: Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” “I want my lesson now!” Watch Video: Learn about …

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Are You Having Trouble Remembering the TOEFL iBT Vocabulary Words You Are Memorizing?

In order to perform well on the listening, speaking, writing, and reading areas of the TOEFL iBT, you will need to have a good knowledge of basic and academic vocabulary. For example, if you have studied vocabulary extensively, you will be more likely to recognize and note-take the main ideas and important points of TOEFL …

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