TOEFL Grammar

TOEFL iBT Pronunciation: Avoiding Irregular Word Stress Shifts with Compound Adverbs, Two Word Verbs, Two-Syllable Nouns and Verbs, Verbs with Prefixes, and Abbreviations and Symbols

Listen to this post: word_stress_part_two_and_toefl_ibt_prounuciation To continue to improve your pronunciation of word stress, you will need to become familiar with word stress patterns of various word combinations. For example, how would you pronounce the following words: downwind, watch over, underestimate, USA, and autistic? What about conduct when used as a verb or when it

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Step 6: Target and Improve Your TOEFL Writing Weaknesses

Step 6 – Target and Improve Your Writing Weaknesses The sixth step to successfully pass the TOEFL iBT Exam is to gain competence in independent and integrated writing skills: decoding the writing task, organizing a coherent response, writing detailed developmental paragraphs, and ending the essay with a conclusion. Without an organized approach to these writing

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Step 1 – Super-Size Your TOEFL Vocabulary

Step 1 –Super-Size your Vocabulary The first step to successfully pass the TOEFL7 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 listening to TOEFL7 iBT passages without a good vocabulary foundation?  Finally, how can

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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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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 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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