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ESL Skill Areas: TOEFL Preparation
Elsewhere on this website see my page on testing in general
Check
out TOEFL links on the ESL Sofware Vendor's List
- e.g. TOEFL Mentor and TOEFL Mastery
- The TOEFL Superstore at http://www.testwise.com (Viewed May 9, 2002)
- 'Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL CBT Volume' got a strong
recommendation in teflca-l 19 Aug 1999 - "really helps students with new issues
in the CBT."
- Kaplan has a TOEFL CBT cross-platform CD and book, maybe
http://www.kaplan.com/ or http://www1.kaplan.com/
- ETS appears to have a cross-platform CD available now too, according
to their web site atwww.toefl.org, called
Powerprep
- Delta's Key to the TOEFL by Nancy Gallagher, has a CD-ROM to
accompany it - from a 02 May 2001 posting on TESLCA-L: "loaded with information
about both the paper and the computer-based test. They have also created a
CD-ROM to accompany it ...our students seem to like it. In addition, I have
used the quick diagnostic test in a 2-hour TOEFL Prep Seminar that I give twice
a semester and it is a very good means of introducing the students to the
format of the TOEFL. In addition, the writers have taken the time to break down
several course plans for 10- and 15-week courses which I'm sure could be
modified and adapted for your purposes. Be sure to check this one out. Simply
contact them and they'll be happy to give you a review copy."
- Building Skills for the TOEFL by Carol King and Nancy Stanley
- Another TOEFL CD-ROM is called Power CDROM 5.0, by a company called
Teletext, available at http://www.testwise.com
- A list of "TOEFL training publications" at Amazon.com can be sorted
by publication date:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-subject=TOEFL/103-7481986-9729427
- "Peterson's TOEFL CBT Success" is a two-volume set comprised of a
thick practice text with a decent grammar and reading review, good strategies,
advice, and online test tips, as well as 3 practice TOEFL tests and 3 TWE
tests. It comes with a CD-ROM compatible to IBM or Mac. The second book is
strictly practice tests, but comes with cassettes, and is cross-referenced with
the larger text.
- TOEFL The Test Centre at Digital Education Network
http://www.edufind.com/test/
Some Resources still working in May
2002
Some TOEFL Prep links still working in
May 2002
- http://www.free-toefl.com is
a membership site with a free TOEFL practice exam. It says on the site that
registration is free and even hassle-free: "Your free, no hassle membership
will grant you unlimited access to a full-length practice Structure exam
online, as well as demos of our Listening and Reading sections. "
(Viewed May 9, 2002)
- There is a short TOEFL practice test at:
http://www.stuff.co.uk/toefl.htm
- 20 questions covering the written expression and sentence structure parts of
the TOEFL test. Requires Shockwave (Viewed May 9,
2002)
- Here you can review the TOEFL:
http://www.testwise.com/review.html.
There is also an overview of computer based toefl here
http://www.testwise.com/overview.html
(Viewed May 9, 2002)
- http://iteslj.org/quizzes/
(the old link was still working in May 2002:
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/index.html)
- Ahmed recommends this as a very good site for self-study
quizzes for ESL students (Viewed May 9,
2002)
- Knowledge 3000 offers an on-line TOEFL preparatory program for both
the paper-based and computer-based exam. They offer study materials, online
practice drills and exams, and online tutoring. Their website was, in May 2002,
at http://englishtutor.telecampus.com/
and included links to Free TOEFL Tips and Exercises and Complete
TOEFL Programs and Full Practice Tests (Exactly Like the Real Test). Last
time I looked there were a few sample demo questions, but otherwise, this was a
pay-per-view service
- For $69 (Feb 2000) you can purchase a TOEFL Trainer password and
access 16 hours of audio and unlimited access to the personal TOEFL training
program from TestDEN at http://www.testden.com/. The site is still
working in May 2002 but I was unable to find any free materials.
- Beat the TOEFL at http://www.gettoefl.com is a paid membership
site with some free content. On July 14, 2002 I found a page where you can
write an essay for 30 min and at the end of that time have it evaluated (for
free), and there is also a free threaded discussion where you can post
questions and get replies. There are also free full-length TOEFL sections as
well as daily quizzes. The free content is found mostly at
http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm
These sites are fading ... though
still working in May 2002
I would like to acknowledge the
contribution of Ahmad Qendil, English teacher-advisor at the MLI in Abu Dhabi,
who contributed many of the above links in November 1998
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