Integrated Writing Task – Tip
TOEFL Integrated Writing Task The Integrated Writing task requires you to use listening, reading, and writing skills. For this task, you’ll have three minutes to read a short passage, then you’ll listen to a short (approximately two-minute long) audio clip of a speaker discussing the same topic the written passage…
Good Reading Practice for Integrated Writing
Finding TOEFL-like passages to practice for TOEFL Reading is reasonably easy—just find a nice medium-length article on an educational website, or read excerpts from first and second-year college textbooks. Finding good passages to prep for TOEFL Integrated Writing is a bit trickier, but here is a nice guide…
What should you expect from TOEFL Integrated Writing topics?
Since you’ll still be wearing headphones after the Speaking section, the Writing section begins with the integrated task, for which you’ll need to keep your headphones on. So what do TOEFL Integrated Writing topics look like? Well, the materials you’ll be using to answer the question are a…
How should you structure your TOEFL Integrated Writing task?
Even though the 20 minutes you have to write the integrated essay will fly by, it’s still worth taking a minute or two to write an outline of your own prior to beginning your response (the test proctor will provide as much scratch paper as you need). Even…
7 tips to help you remember new words
One of the most common questions from our Learn English community is ‘How can I remember new words?‘ Here are some of our top tips to help you!…
The Ten best tips to get a high score on the TOEFL IBT
The TOEFL is one of the most difficult tests you will ever take in your life! Here is a list of ten things that will help you get the highest score possible on the TOEFL iBT, and fulfill your dream of studying at an English-speaking university. 1. Make…
TOEFL Writing Task 2: Model Prewriting and a Model Answer (Independent Writing)
In TOEFL prep books and in English writing classes, you’ll often hear about prewriting. But what is prewriting, and why is it so important? Today, we’ll look at the basics of prewriting for the TOEFL Independent Writing Task. I’ll use a sample task and show you some examples…
TOEFL Independent Writing Task
TOEFL Independent Writing Task For the Independent Writing task, you’ll have receive a question on a particular topic or issue. The independent writing task is based on an essay prompt only, with a 30-minute time limit. This essay gives you a chance to express your own ideas on a…
Tips to Improve Your Reading Skill
Learn how to improve your English reading skills with these tips to help you prepare for the TOEFL iBT® test and university study. Read in English as much and as often as you can. Read texts on a variety of topics. Read both academic and non-academic materials. Read…
20 Tips to Get a High Score on the TOEFL iBT Test
Here is a list of 20 Tips that will help you get the highest score possible on the TOEFL iBT, and fulfill your dream of studying at an English-speaking university.…
At night the body of clouds advancing higher up the sky
At night the body of clouds advancing higher up the sky smothers the whole quiet gulf below with an impenetrable darkness, in which the sound of the falling showers can be heard beginning and ceasing abruptly—now here, now there. Indeed, these cloudy nights are proverbial with the seamen…
TOEFL IBT – New Formats and content
Since its introduction in late 2005, the TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) format has progressively replaced the computer-based tests (CBT) and paper-based tests (PBT), although paper-based testing is still used in select areas. The TOEFL iBT test has been introduced in phases, with the United States, Canada, France,Germany, and…