Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test

Overview
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is a test conducted to determine the English language proficiency of students applying for higher studies in English speaking countries.

Originally designed as a test in the US by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), this test is now accepted in many English speaking countries across the world. It is held to ensure that those who enroll for courses in colleges and universities in such countries can understand what is being taught in class, can converse with fellow students, and can make themselves understood outside the campus as well.

Title	Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test
Author	Jolene Gear, Robert Gear
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publishing Date	2008
Pages	712
Price	795/-
Price @ Flipkart	596/-

Key Features

The first part of this audiobook concentrates on building supporting skills. It covers grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. The section begins with a discussion of learning strategies, note taking, paraphrasing, and summarizing. The content covers basic grammar and includes chapters like Clauses and Sentence Structure, Word Forms, Verbs and Verbals, Noun, Adjective and Adverb Clauses, Parallel Structures, and Referents. Cambridge Preparation For the TOEFL Test also covers connecting ideas, articles, comparison, word order, and prepositional phrases.

The second part of the book concentrates on building practical skills. It discusses reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills.

Comprehension skills like understanding the meaning from a connection of ideas, from context, understanding details and recognizable paraphrases, and drawing inferences and conclusions are also presented.

The listening section covers basic listening skills, making connections, identifying topics, understanding natural speech, and making inferences and drawing conclusions. The speaking section teaches pronunciation and cohesion. It provides practice with some integrated listening and speaking tasks to emulate real life situations that students might come across, such as interacting with fellow students on the college campus.

The writing skills section helps students learn to write concisely and cohesively, build developmental paragraphs, organize and analyze an essay, and write effective responses. The CD also contains seven practice tests and 200 exercises in addition to the complete audio program that helps students learn English and build listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in this language.

Table of Contents

To the student

To the Teacher

Introduction to the “TOEFL” Test

Taking the “TOEFL” Test Online

Part 1: Building supporting skills

Overview

Learner Strategies

Note Taking, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Grammar: Assessing Your Skills

Grammar Review: Word Forms

Grammar Review: Clauses and Sentence Structure

Grammar Review: Noun, Adjective, and Adverb Clauses

Grammar Review: Verbs and Verbals

Grammar Review: Referents

Grammar Review: Parallel Structures

Grammar Review: Connecting Ideas

Grammar Review: Nouns

Grammar Review: Articles

Grammar Review: Word Order

Grammar Review: Comparisons

Grammar Review: Prepositional Phrases

PART 2 BUILDING SKILLS

Reading

Practice with Understanding Meaning from Context

Reading Mini-test 1

Practice with Understanding the Connection of Ideas

Reading Mini-test 2 

Practice with Understanding Details and Recognizing Paraphrases

Reading Mini-test 3

Practice with Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

Reading Mini-test 4

Practice with Summaries and Charts

Reading Section Practice Test

Listening

Basic Listening Question Types

Practice with Understanding Natural Speech

Practice with Understanding Connections

Practice with Identifying Topics

Listening Mini-test 1

Practice with Details

Listening Mini-test 2

Practice with Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

Listening Section Practice Test

Listening Mini-test 3

Listening Section Practice Test

Speaking

Practice with Pronunciation

Practice with Cohesion

Independent Speaking Tasks

Practice with the Personal Preference Task

Practice with Analyzing Your Responses

Practice with the Personal Choice Task

Practicing the Independent Speaking Tasks

Integrated Speaking Tasks

The Integrated Reading/Listening/Speaking Tasks

Practice with the Campus Situation Task

Practice with the Academic Task

Practice with Analyzing Your Responses

Practicing the Integrated Reading/Listening/Speaking Tasks

The Integrated Reading/Listening/Speaking Tasks

Practice with the Campus Situation Task

Practice with the Academic Task

Practice with Analyzing Your Responses

Practicing the Integrated Listening/Speaking Tasks

Speaking Section Practice Test

Writing

Practice with Cohesion

Practice with Writing Concisely

Practice with Writing Concisely

Looking at the Organization of an Essay

Practice with Introductions

Practice with Organizing and Writing Developmental Paragraphs

Practice with Conclusions

Practice with Analyzing Essays

Practice with Responding to the Independent Writing Task

Looking at the Organization of an Effective Response

Practice with Integrating Passages

Practice with Analyzing Responses

Writing Section Practice Test

Writing Section Practice Test

PRACTICE TESTS

Practice Test 1

Practice Test 2

APPENDICES

Answer Keys

Practice Test 2

Audio Scripts

Index