McGraw-Hill Education TOEFL iBT with 3 Practice Tests and DVD-ROM

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ISBN: 978-0-07-179622-4
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 750 Seiten, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 1731 g

Reihe: Test Prep

What you need to know to ace the TOEFL examMcGraw-Hill's TOEFL will help you reach the exam score you want. Inside you will find a full-scale test-prep program that combines book, interactive CD-ROM, and online audio to give you the most complete TOEFL instruction and practice available anywhere. Includes: - 5 full-length practice tests, fully explained exercises, additional practice questions, and TOEFL-specific vocabulary features to accompany every lesson - A PC- and Mac-compatible CD that features all 5 practice tests in interactive format, like the real exam, audio portions for all additional listening exercises, plus model speaking responses and record-and-playback function for student speaking responses - Audio tracks for all listening questions in the book

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Tim

Inhaltsverzeichnis

McGraw-Hill’s TOEFL with CD-ROMWelcome to McGraw-Hill’s TOEFLHow to Use This BookYour TOEFL Action PlanTaking the Practice TestsPractical Information for TOEFL Takers
I. Introducing the TOEFLFormat of the TestScoringSample QuestionsGeneral Test-taking Tips
II. TOEFL Diagnostic TestAudio scripts, Answer Key, and ExplanationsInterpreting Your Scores
III. TOEFL ReadingIdentifying Basic InformationFactual Information QuestionsNegative Factual Information Questions
- Strategy: Locate Details
EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: Identifying Basic Information QuestionsPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAnswers and Explanations
Understanding the PassageInference QuestionsRhetorical Purpose QuestionsVocabulary QuestionsReference QuestionsSentence Simplification Questions Insert Text Questions
- Strategies: Make Inferences - Identify the Author’s Purpose - Understand Relationships Between Ideas -
EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: Understanding the Passage QuestionsPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAnswers and Explanations
Reading to LearnProse Summary QuestionsFill in a Table Questions
- Strategies:Recognize the Organization of a Passage - Organize Information into a Chart

EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: Reading to Learn QuestionsPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAnswers and Explanations
TOEFL Full-length Reading Practice Section Answers and Explanations
Activities to Build Reading SkillsIV. TOEFL ListeningBasic ComprehensionGist-Content QuestionsGist-Purpose QuestionsDetail Questions
- Strategy: Comprehending Main Ideas and Important Details
EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: Understanding the Passage QuestionsPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAudio scripts, Answers, and Explanations
Pragmatic UnderstandingUnderstanding the Function of What Is Said QuestionsUnderstanding the Speaker’s Attitude Questions
- Strategies: Recognizing a Speaker’s Attitude and Degree of Certainty - Recognizing a Speaker’s Function or Purpose
EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: Pragmatic Understanding QuestionsPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAudio scripts, Answers, and Explanations
Connecting InformationUnderstanding OrganizationConnecting ContentMaking Inferences

- Strategies: Note Taking - Recognizing the Organization of Information Presented - Recognizing Cause and Effect, Compare/Contrast, or Steps in a Process - Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - Making Connections Among Points in a Lecture - Recognizing Introductions and Conclusions in a Lecture
EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: Connecting Information QuestionsPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAudio scripts, Answers, and Explanations
TOEFL Full-length Listening Practice SectionAudio scripts, Answers, and Explanations
Activities to Build Listening SkillsV. TOEFL SpeakingSpeaking TasksIndependentIntegrated Listening/Reading/SpeakingIntegrated Listening/Speaking
- Basic Speaking Strategies: Note taking - Expressing an Opinion - Summarizing - Paraphrasing - Synthesizing - Solving a Problem - Advanced Speaking Strategies: Pronunciation - Tone - Coherence - Fluency

EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: SpeakingPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAudio scripts, Model Responses, and Explanations
TOEFL Full-length Speaking Practice SectionAudio scripts, Model Responses, and Explanations
Activities to Build Speaking SkillsVI. TOEFL WritingWriting TasksIntegrated WritingIndependent Writing
- Basic Writing Strategies: Summarizing - Paraphrasing - Synthesizing - P
resenting Your Opinion on an Issue - Supporting Your Opinion with Facts and Examples- Advanced Writing Strategies: Grammar - Sentence Structure - Paragraph Organization - Spelling - Tone - Coherence
EXERCISESWALK-THROUGH: WritingPractice QuestionsVocabulary DrillsAudio scripts, Model Essays, and Explanations
TOEFL Full-length Writing Practice SectionAudio scripts, Model Essays, and Explanations
Activities to Build Writing SkillsVII. TOEFL Practice TestsPractice Test 1Answers, Explanations, and Audio scripts
Practice Test 2Answers, Explanations, and Audio scripts
Practice Test 3Answers, Explanations, and Audio scripts
____________________________CD-ROMAudio tracks 1 - XXPractice Test 1Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 2Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 3Answers and Explanations

Über Autor(innen)

Collins, Tim
Tim Collins, Ph.D., has more than three decades of experience in the field of ESL. He currently trains new ESL teachers at National-Louis University.