TOELF Preparation

An overview

Listening

Comprehension section
It has 3 parts: Part A: Short conversation
Part B: Longer Conversation
Part C: Short Talks
Structure and Written Expressions
It has two parts: Part A: Sentence completion
Part B: Error Identification
Reading Comprehension

TOEFL Questions

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seconds to mark your answer

3 things to ponder to improve test-taking
skills
1. familiarity (minimize the unknown)
2. accuracy (answer correctly
3. efficiency (answer quickly)
The options are generally not exactly the
same words. They are restatement

Listening comprehension

 Hear a short conversation

Choose the option in the test

book that is closest in

meaning to the one you heard
Focus more on what the 2nd speaker says
GENERAL STRATEGIES
Understand the directions
Read the options as many as possible while the
narrator is reading the direction
Look at the answer choices for the next question
Listen carefully to the whole dialogs
Listen for what, who and where (often, no explicit
information)

Part A-sentences

d. Watch for idioms

She came down with a box she
took from the attic
She came down with a cold and
couldnt go to the
office
e. Watch for inferences (maybe conclusion
or prediction)
The direct/exactly the same words
in the options are the distracters

 Get

the idea, guess if you dont know the

answer. Choose the answer which is
completely different from what you hear
Answer all items, never leave any blanks
on the answer sheet
Practice more on
agreement/disagreement,
certainty/uncertainty/suggestions/assump
tions/idiomatic expressions

Read

the options while the recording is

going on
Guess what might be asked
Focus on where the conversation/talk
takes place/ when it happens/ who the
speakers are
The first two lines are usually where the
topic is

Longer conversation and short talk