mfeldman@bu.edu
First, the Mothership - Educational Testing Service
On-line practice tests
TOEFL Practice Test from Stuff.com
On-line TOEFL exercises
English Club (GB) English Test Net |
English Test Net |
Test Magic Free Toefl dot Net |
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Learn 4 Good (CBT) |
Exam English |
TOEFL tips:
ESL services computer lab. A very good web-page, containing links for practicing speaking, listening, reading, grammar and writing: http://www.utexas.edu/student/esl/ computer/testprep.html |
ESL-Pro systems offers practice tests for each section of TOEFL iBT. All you need is just to sign up and practise: http://www.esl-pro.com |
A chart of the ten top skills the Northstar series targets, with the corresponding iBT tasks connected to those skills: |
Deborah Phillips's own PDF on her popular Longman TOEFL preparation book, with ideas users of any book could benefit from: http://www.longmankorea.com/ |
Sample TOEFL iBT writing responses, with benchmarks, ratings, and annotations: http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/ ibt_writing_sample_responses.pdf |
TOEFL podcast. You'll be able to train your listening skills with the help of dialogues created especially for TOEFL test: http://www.eslpod.com/toefl/ | "TOEFL question of the day" is a great web-page with lots of resources, links to the test-practice centers and just tips for the iBT sections: http://www.toeflindia.com/ | Dave's ESL Cafe has an excellent page of links to a number of iBT resources. Some are the same as others listed here, but many are new. http://www.eslcafe.com/ search/TOEFL/index.html |
A very good website on the basics of writing essays and the tricks to writing various essay types, some of which appear on the TOEFL. This is not exactly a TOEFL preparation tool, but there?s a lot of helpful information on writing essays: http://essayinfo.com/ |
Writing for the TOEFL test. The webpage offers a range of topics which are usually touched upon in the TOEFL Writing section: http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~kmizuno/ TOEFL/2001f/ |
Grammar tests and games. The EduFind English Online Tests and Learning Games is where you can work through fully interactive tests and educational games to improve your English language skills, access learning material and English language guides: http://www.edufind.com/english/
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LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning. You can browse over 10,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos. This webpage is a great tool for Listening practice: http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/ Education-and-Professional/ Exam-Preparation/TOEFL-Podcast/16898 |
—Purdue University Online Writing Laboratory
—Virginia Tech Self-Help Information
—California Polytechnic State University Academic Skills Center
—Lecture Note Taking (College of Saint Benedict / Saint John's University)
—York University Counselling and Development Center
—Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center
—The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
—The Writing Center, Arizona State University
Pronunciation Practice
Listening Practice
Understanding English for Academic Purposes
Listening Comprehension and Note Taking
Grammar Practice
Speaking
TOEFL iBT Speaking Independent Topic List[1] by abir014
Sound Dictionaries
READING
44 Classic Novels To Read Before You Die by Mat Degan
Where to find books?
Barnes and Noble (BU Bookstore)
Amazon.com
www.gutenburg.org
Boston Public Library (sales!)
Public domain
onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
goodreads.com
Note Taking
Common symbols and abbreviations
Effective Notetaking and Listening PDF
In class Oral Report on One of these Videos
In 60 Seconds, tell us the title, the skill it addresses, who made it,
and give an example of what it tells. Then give it a "star" score from
one to five stars.
Educational Testing Service iBT Sites