The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test, iBT: Text/CD-ROM Pkg.

by Bruce Rogers

Overview

The instruction and practice in the Complete Guide to the TOEFL iBT closely mirrors the actual test, helping students to master the skills necessary to achieve the best possible score on the TOEFL iBT test and prepare them for success in an academic setting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781413023039
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	03/30/2006
Series:	Exam Essentials Ser.
Edition description:	4TH BK&CDR
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Bruce Rogers is a materials writer, editor, and teacher from Boulder, Colorado, USA. He taught at the Economics Institute, University of Colorado Boulder for over 20 years. He has also taught in Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, and the Czech Republic. He is the author of The Complete Guide to TOEFL and the co-author of The Complete Guide to IELTS and Reading Explorer 5 (all published by National Geographic Learning). He has also written several other ESL textbooks and provided materials for online courses.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Getting Started Questions and Answers 10 Keys to High Scores I Guide to Reading About Reading Preview Test: Reading 1. Factual and Negative Factual Questions 2. Vocabulary Questions 3. Inference Questions 4. Purpose, Method, and Attitude Questions 5. Sentence Restatement/Simplification Questions 6. Reference Questions 7. Sentence Addition Questions 8. Completing Summaries and Charts Review Test: Reading Reading Tutorial: Vocabulary Building Activities for Reading II Guide to Listening About Listening Preview Test: Listening 9. Main Topic, Main Purpose, and Main Idea Questions 10. Factual, Negative Factual, and Inference Questions 11. Purpose, Method, and Attitude Questions 12. Replay Questions 13. Ordering and Matching Questions 14. Completing Charts Review Test: Listening Listening Tutorial: Note Taking Activities for Listening III Guide to Speaking About Speaking A. The Independent Speaking Task About the Independent Speaking Task Preview Test: Independent Speaking Task 15. Pre-Speaking 16. Giving the Independent Response B. The Integrated Speaking Tasks About the Integrated Speaking Task Preview Test: Integrated Speaking Tasks 17. Note Taking and Pre-Speaking: Integrated Tasks 18. Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Connecting, and Citing for the Integrated Speaking Tasks 19. Giving the Response: Listening-Reading-Speaking Task Review Test: Speaking Speaking Tutorial: Improving Your Pronunciation Activities for Speaking IV. Guide to Writing About Writing A. The Integrated Writing Task About the Integrated Writing Task Preview Test: Integrated Writing Test 20. Taking Notes and Planning the Integrated Response 21. Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Connecting, and Citing for the Integrated Writing Response 22 Writing the Integrated Response 23. Editing the Integrated Response B. The Independent Writing Task About the Integrated Writing Task Preview Test: Integrated Writing Test 24. Pre-Writing the Independent Essay 25. Writing the Independent Essay 26. Editing the Independent Essay Review Test: Writing Writing Tutorial: Written Grammar Communicative Activities for Writing Practice Tests About Taking the Practice Tests Practice Test 1 Practice Test 2 About the Author