Tale of how I gave TOEFL iBT exam

our reader Basil Shorin generously shared with the residents' Layfhakera "his experience putting prestigious American language TOEFL exam. List of clever literature and useful websites included.

And if you have something to add, do not forget, please, comment on the existence of the system;) Enjoy immersive Toefl!

Introdakshen

To begin, I would like to tell you what Toefl and what it eats. Toefl - an American language exam, the results of which require all schools and places of work abroad. At the moment, the difference in what examination (Toefl or Ielts) Rent - no. Yet to say that Toefl - an American version of the exam, Ielts - British. But let us not digress, this post is about how to prepare for Toeflu.

Trying to make their future home

Well, dear% username%, the first thing that I noticed, and what led my search - Online empty space. That is, absolutely. I can see how to read a little widened pupils, but I'll try to explain my opinion.

When I started to prepare for this exam (for 2 weeks), I decided that I speak English well, I live in Canada for six months, it is possible to tighten and to surrender all. Well, we decided and began to prepare for, and why not? His way I started with Google and Yandex. To my regret, after spending three o'clock in the act, I did not find anything worthwhile or similar to what I'm writing now.

So, I began to act the other way - was replaced by the problem for Google, and decided to go for books that will advise on the forums / sites. I will not tell how it was boring. It is better to tell you what I've got. Below is a list of references. It's not only books, but also the possible sites.

Rating boredom:

1. Cracking the TOEFL iBT - 2014 Edition (The Princeton Review) - it is incredibly useful thing, which formed the basis of my knowledge for this exam. This opus consists of a large amount of information that it would be good to explore fully, as this is the best version of the books with the analysis of each job and all sorts of exercises for each section.
2. Next in our series slips the book under the title: The Princeton Review Wordsmart Audio Program: How to Build a More Educated Vocabulary - it is such a thing, which hinted to me that my English is lousy, and I do not know him. In fact, this is a very useful thing, with a bunch of new words for each.
3. Third place, I gave wonderful site notefull.com, There are both paid and free lessons. The essence of this site is to video tutorials, and if you do not mind the money, you can buy a couple of options on different partitions (or one common). I enjoyed the free advice from a wise leader, although I used them only for the essay and speaking parts. It all depends on you how you prefer to do.
4. Perhaps this position I will take the book: Raymond Murphy «English grammar in use» and «Advanced grammar in use», Depending on the level. If you can not buy the book, you can do directly on the site englishgrammarinuseonline.cambridge.org - pretty good to remember, but not very good to learn from scratch.
5. Official TOEFL iBT ® Tests with Audio, volume 1 - a very good thing, which can be found on the site registration to Toeflu. I need these tests in order to practice and feel more confident.
6. Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test (4th ed.) - this opus almost like the first, but the other (I did not particularly looking), they say, too bad.
7. And the most useful for your listninga - is to listen to the radio, I heard BBC radio 5 live a couple of hours a day, and it is good that you understand the conversations. For academic lectures, I searched the web and listening to recordings from different textbooks.