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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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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 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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Note-taking: The Key to Scoring High on 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 A notable difference from TOEFL PBT, note-taking is allowed on all sections of the TOEFL iBT. Educational Testing Service, ETS, figures that you will need to …

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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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TOEFL iBT Integrated Writing: How Do You Cite Sources on the TOEFL iBT?

Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing are three methods of citing material you use from TOEFL iBT listening and reading materials. Keep in mind when writing essays for TOEFL iBT (integrated writing) or university courses that whether you quote, paraphrase, or summarize, you will need to …

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A Tip for the TOEFL iBT Speaking and Writing Sections: Be Concise!

Michael Buckhoff’s “7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT Exam!” To score high on the TOEFL iBT speaking and writing sections, it is important to be concise,  meaning you should eliminate redundancies, unnecessary repetition of words, empty or inflated phrases; furthermore, you should reduce clauses to phrases and phrases to single words. Eliminate any Redundances: Since there is no need …

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