Aim for English
The language you'll need in TOEFL
A checklist of the language and skills you'll need to master before attempting TOEFL iBT
TOEFL iBT at a glance
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- TOEFL iBT overview and general tips
- The language you'll need in TOEFL
- Independent tasks in TOEFL iBT
- Integrated tasks in TOEFL iBT
- The importance of taking notes
- Understanding inferences in TOEFL
- Understanding stated details
- Understanding main ideas
- Summarising
- Know your own English
- Skills you'll need in iBT
- Writing in TOEFL
- Speaking in TOEFL
- Listening in TOEFL
- Reading in TOEFL
TOEFL iBT tip of the month
TOEFL assesses your ability to communicate in an academic environment. There are similarities in reading, listening, speaking and writing questions. While your English has to be very good, the test won’t be impossible if you learn a few skills and do as much practice as possible.
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The language you'll need in TOEFL
What’s important?
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A wide academic vocabulary
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A variety of sentence structures
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Upper-intermediate grammar
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Clear pronunciation with good intonation
Language you need in TOEFL
Universities want you to meet standards of communication respected the world over. Do you know how to highlight important details? Can you connect information so that your essays and presentations are coherent and unified? Would you be able to chat to people in academic circles with confidence?
Academic communication doesn’t have to be boring. Actually, TOEFL encourages you to vary your sentence structure and grammar to make your writing interesting. You should also do that with your voice. In English, we like to hear a rising and falling intonation: use that emphasis in your voice to highlight important information.
Take a test to see what parts of English you need to improve on.