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| that's what I was trying to findA very good book for TOEFL preparation. Given excellent directions how to pass the exam and precise tips. Only 1 minus - it IS iBT, you must be sure what kind of test you're going to take.
good helpThe book was awesome, it helped in everyway. It shows exactly how to answer the actual ibt internet based test. It was sent in great condition and the price was ok.
Not usefulDespite all positive reviews I found this book not very helpful. I made through 1/3 of it before giving up and switching to another book. The main reason for this - I didn't feel any kind of progress. The explanations didn't really help me to understand how close was or wasn't I to the correct answer. It was very frustrating experience.
It was not what I expectedActually, I bought the book because of its highest rating at Amazon. It seems that there is no good book on TOEFL strategy at all. This one mostly describes the test, it gives some hints, but the proposed strategy doesn't appeal to me. Even having learned it, you still have to guess answers if you do not know a correct one. What they call a strategy can not be compared on real strategy proposed in textbooks for the IELTS. In "Cracking" they have exercises, what is good, but for speaking they propose as an exercise to WRITE your answers, which is stupid because when you speak and write you use different skills (and different areas of the brain, I guess). Very few exercises on speaking. They have one practice test. However, the CD is just an audio CD with audio tracks. So you have to take a paper-based test for training. And you have to manage your time and to record your speaking answers (and you have to do it while speaking). This ain't fittin. Besides, there are mistakes, typos and wrongly formulated questions in the book. Here is a piece of their "Victorian" English: "By mastering the skill of active reading, you'll be able to not only find the most important information in a passage but also effectively answer the questions that follow". Show the phrase to a good English teacher and you'll understand that if you need a score more then 90, you should avoid the book.
The book volume could be two times smaller since there are a lot of blank pages and blank space on pages.
Cracking the toefl or understanding (if possible) the toefl.My grade was 7 points better in the listening part. I 10 in the overall score compared with my better one. (I took the toefl 4 times). I think it was very useful, and when I did the test, I only had read the three first core chapters. I still do not know the score after read all the book, but in any case, it explain how to prepare the exam and what ETS waits you to do.
Product DescriptionThe TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test ) is a crucial exam for students from around the world who want to attend college or graduate school in the United States. The Princeton Review offers the most complete and effective preparation for the competitive and popular TOEFL iBT with this test-prep guide for the exam. In Cracking the TOEFL iBT 2010 Edition, you’ll learn how to think like the test writers and
•Use our preparation strategies and test-taking techniques to raise your score
•Focus your reading and listening to identify the key parts of passages, lectures and conversations
•Hone your listening skills with audio exercises on CD
•Improve your command of spoken English and your use of English grammar and vocabulary
•Write top-scoring essays by responding to the specific questions asked and organizing your ideas clearly
Cracking the TOEFL ibT, 2010 Edition includes a full-length practice test with audio prompts and questions just like those on the actual exam. It also includes more than 175 practice questions.
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