Tips for Practicing TOEFL/TOEIC

We are currently developing tips for practicing for the TOEFL and TOEIC tests.

The following is a list of things you need to be aware of in preparing for the tests.

Understand differences between the Computer-Based Test (CBT) and Paper Test

Computer vs. Paper

Test Format

Scoring

Strategies

General Testing Strategies

Timing

Test Anxiety

Mental preparation

Concentration

Overconfidence

Perfectionism

Guessing

Strategies for Listening

Short conversations

Long conversations

Academic lectures

Strategies for Structure

Sentence Completion

Subject-Verb agreement

Underlying sentence structure

Active vs. passive

Introductory phrases

Clauses and reductions

Inversions

Error Correction

Tenses

Modals

Articles

Pronouns

Singular and plural

Preposition Collocations

Strategies for Reading

Main ideas

Organization

Specific details

Inference

Vocabulary in context

General questions

Strategies for Writing

Idea Generation

Organization

Grammar and Editing

Typing

Scoring

Tips for the TOEFL Writing Section