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Re: How can I pass TOEFL test???

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:22:28 GMT

The TOEFL has four sections: reading, speaking, listening, writing.

The best advice: study grammar! It's true that there is no grammar section, but the TOEFL tests your grammar in other ways. For example, if you don't understand the grammar in the listening or reading, you won't be able to answer the questions correctly. This really is a tricky test!

For the speaking, I recommend focusing on pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, and stress. The key is how well you are understood, not necessarily how well you speak.

For the writing, focus on essay structure and find a native speaker to correct your essays. Also, time yourself when you write an essay Here's a good website for practicing: http://www.cz-training.com/toefl/practice.html

For reading, don't just read a lot of books and newspapers in English. Always have a dictionary by your side so you can look up every word you don't completely understand. Take notes, and pay attention to the grammar. Just sitting and reading the newspaper for fun is next to useless.

For listening, find a transcript for a TV show you like. (You can get some here: http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/) Then watch the TV show with the transcript. Make notes and pay attention to how words are linked together in English. Again, if you sit down, turn off you brain, and watch TV or listen to the radio, it's almost useless.

Hope this helps!

Re: Essay for Toefl 2

Grammar Geek — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:35:19 GMT

HI Doll,

Describe one event from your country's history, and explain why it was important. Provide clear explanations and details in supoort of your answer. (This is supposed to be a descriptive essay.)

The Gallipoli Campaign still has its memories vivid in our minds although 86 years passed ~~after it~~.It was not only important for Turkey, but also for the other countries including France, Germany, England and Italy.

Starting in 1915, the Gallipoli Campaign was one of the most bloody wars in history. Approximately 53.000 soldiers from Turkey and 111.000 soldiers from other countries fought in this war. One aspect of this war was that there were naval attacks, landings and ~~the~~ air assaults ~~were done ( can I say done~~? not really ) which meant more loss of life.

There are different reasons for the Gallipoli Campaign but ~~if we want to count,~~ the more important ones are these: ( can I count things like that in an essay? Sure) First, the Ottoman Empire had lost Trablusgarp and Bingazi and wanted to gain those lands back; second, (I have no idea about pronunciation. Is it correct? And do I have to count first, second, third respectively? Yes, first, second, third...) England and France wanted to conquer Istanbul; third, Russia needed help via the Bosphours to gain her power back; fourth, Turkey trusted Germany and her power and had high expectations ~~was in a high expectation~~ of winning the war; and finally, ~~fifth,~~ Istanbul was under attack and Turkey was in a complete danger "complete danger" doesn't work - perhaps "was facing the possibility of invasion" or something like that.

No matter what the reasons were, it had no side to be proud of perhaps "neither side could be proud of the resutls.". ~~As well as other soldiers,~~ It affected innocent civilians, not only soldiers ~~too~~. ~~Aside from the great success of soldiers,~~ Turkish civilians showed great courage ~~as well~~. Argh. I'm not sure how to rewrite that. There are too many "as well" and the soldiers are repeated twice. Maybe "The war affected others besides the soldiers -- innocent civilians showed great courage along with their military counterparts"? Even women got involved in the war volutarily. They carried heavy stones and guns on their back and they helped soldiers as snipers. When they ran out of guns, they fought one-on-one with enemies. ~~Maybe just because of this~~ For this reason alone, we can count Gallipoli ~~Campaign~~ as one of the rarest wars in this world.

Gallipoli Campaign left plight ? memories on the others too. For example, Anzacs were just the victims of destiny. This was had nothing to do with them but they had to be involved on other countries' will. Both sides lost numerous soldiers in this war and both sides were really affected badly by poverty, hunger and illnesses during the war.

As with all wars, Gallipoli Campaign has some good? positive? results too. The first of them is that the Turkish people gained courage by defeating enemies despite their poverty~~poorness~~, lack of men and guns. Second, M.K. Ataturk's celebrity and success spread all around the world;( Does it spread? yes, that's fine, but use periods not semi-colons to seperate them) Third, Istanbul wasn't conquered. On the negative side, F~~ourth, unfortunately~~ Turkey ~~gave~~ suffered a big losses and most important, it lost its brains not sure what you mean? they lost their best and brightest? Either way, end with a period. Russia couldn't get enoguh help and was deprived of its aid so she couldn't help Europe.I'm not sure about what you mean here? It left Russia in a weakened position?

The year is 2008 and the effects of the war still lingers in Gallipoli. The cemeteries of Anzacs and soldiers from Europe are now turned into an open museum and the gates of Dardanelles are open to their grandsons.

I felt a bit off-topic. Am I really? I think it would be good to talk about the effects that linger - perhaps on Turkish national identity, or what could have happened if the war had gone differently? I'm not seeing a strong connection to the current state of affairs.

I know I made a bunch of changes, but this is not very far off from what I would expect from an American student. Use more periods and fewer semi-colons! :)

Essay for Toefl 2

Doll — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:40:28 GMT

Hello everyone, it is me again. I wrote a new essay. I will be happy if someone could check it for me because I can't see my own mistakes. By the way, I still find the time insufficient and my eyes were on the clock.

-Describe one event from your country's history, and explain why it was important. Provide clear explanations and details in supoort of your answer. (This is supposed to be a descriptive essay.)

Gallipoli Campaign still has its memories vivid in our minds though 86 years passed after it.It was not only important for Turkey but also for the other countries including France, Germany, England and Italy.

Started in 1915, Gallipoli Campaign was one of the most bloody wars in history. Approximately 53.000 soldiers from Turkey and 111.000 soldiers from other countries fought in this war. One aspect of this was was that naval attacks, landings and the air assaults were done ( can I say done?) which meant more loss of life.

There are different reasons of Gallipoli Campaign but if we want to count, the more important ones are these: ( can I count things like that in an essay?) First, the Ottoman Empire has lost Trablusgarp and Bingazi and wanted to gain those lands back; second, (I have no idea about pronunciation. Is it correct? And do I have to count first, second, third respectively?...) England and France wanted to conquere Istanbul; third, russia needed help via bosphours to gain her power back; fourth, Turkey trusted Germany and her power and was in a high expectation of winning the war; fifth, Istanbul was under attack and Turkey was in a complete danger.

No matter what the reasons were, it had no side to be proud of. As well as other soldiers, it affected innocent civilians too. Aside from the great success of soldiers, Turkish civilians showed great courage as well. Even women got involved in the war volutarily. they carried heavy stones, guns on their back and they helped soldiers as snipers. When they ran out of gun, they fought one by one with enemies. Maybe just because of this we can count Gallipoli Campaign as one of the rarest wars in this world.

Gallipoli Campaign left plight memories on the others too. For example, Anzacs were just the victims of destiny. This was had nothing to do with them but the had to be involved on other countries' will. Both sides lost numerous soldiers in this war and both sides were really affected badly by poverty, hunger and illnesses during the war.

As all wars, Gallipoli Campaign has some results too. First of them is that Turkish people gained courage by defeating enemies despite their poorness, lack of men and gun; second, M.K. Ataturk's celebrity and success spread all around the world;( Does it spread?) third, Istanbul wasn't conquered; fourth, unfortunately Turkey gave a big loss and most important, it lost its brains and Russia couldn't get enoguh help and was deprived of its aid so she couldn't help Europe.

I felt a bit off-topic. Am I really?

Re: please suggest a dictionary, i m preparing for GMAT and TOEFL

Hummingbird — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:11:12 GMT

Hi Hitech

I would recommend ''Cambridge advanced learners dictionary". I've been using it for a while now, and it's very useful,

with a CD-ROM that contains recordings of every word in both British and AmericanÙÙÙyou can also record your own pronunciation and then compare to either American or British+ smart thesaurus +interactive exercises including exam practice, I absolutely love it, I'm sure you will too

* Merriam Webster dictionary is a very good one as well.

www.m-w.com

on second thought, since you're going to take the TOEFL test, maybe it'd be better if you choose Merriam Webster,,

because they're both American, the test and the Dictionary.

Good luck on your exams Hitesh!!

Re: IBT TOEFL test

Tanit — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:18:17 GMT

I took it last year.

There are 6 different tasks.
Two of them ("independent tasks") simply ask you to answer a short question about general topics.
The other four are called "integrated tasks" because:
- two test your speaking, reading and listening skills together (you must answer two questions -- one on a campus-based situation and the other on a lecture -- basing your answer on what you read and listen to),
- two test your speaking and listening skills combined (you must answer two questions which require you to summarise a lecture and a talk).

You have only few seconds to prepare your answer, so you need to be very quick in organising your ideas! Also, it is advisable to become familiar with microphones and recordings ...

Finally, your answers are marked by humans (as for the writing section).

I suggest you check this website for more information.

Hope that helps!

(PS: Even though somebody says that you need to speak and write in AmE, they don't mind if you use BrE, as long as you're consistent with vocabulary and pronunciation)

Re: Countries speak English as Native Language

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:18:13 GMT

I wouldn't say that our English pronunciation is strange. It's just not American or British-accented English, although I would say that we do have a tendency towards British English due to its predominance in our schools. If you would like to improve your written English, Singapore is a fine place to start; spoken English, not so much.

But anyway, thanks for that bit about the nations which supposedly have English as a first language - I was wondering if I needed to take the TOEFL for entry to an American college.

I want to improve my English speaking and listening skills

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:12:26 GMT

Is any native speaker willing to help a girl which is passing Toefl next month?

Hi everyone! I have an undecided problem that is impossible to solve without your help. I have to brush up my pronunciation and listening skills . if any native speaker decides to help me

thanks a lot (please! do help me)

Ann

Re: having some problems with some TOEFL tests!

Sheena84 — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:07:46 GMT

Thank you Jay_ZZZ0, that was truly helpful!

Jay_zzz0 wrote:
If there is an answer saying "related to the life and work of ...", I'll choose that.

However, there is an answer " related the life and work of ..."

I am having a problem in recognizing between the two sentences. I know related to sounds better. But, is related the life and work of.... a wrong one?!

And the third one. I know! it sounds pretty weird ;-p!

P.S. I mistakenly posted this message here Audio: Speech and Pronunciation. it was supposed to be posted in General English Grammar and Questions!

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