All the prep is done from Barron's Book for TOEFL with CD of practice tests.
- If your basic skills of English(Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking) are really good then you dont even need this book(however I personally believe that the CD that comes with it, is wonderful for practice). Just download the following content and go through it.
- Some of the useful data available online for free is as follows: (click on them to download/open)
- TOEFL iBT Sample Questions
- TOEFL iBT Tour
- TOEFL iBT Tips
- TOEFL Practice Online Tour
- TOEFL iBT Sampler (you get it, once you register for TOEFL from the below mentioned link)
- For further details on online study material and to access some paid study material, visit the following link by clicking here .
need ur guidance :)
ASA.. umar bhai its NEELOFER, 4th year medical student.. studying in KEMU.. would u plz telme at dis stage, besides electives and toefl, z there anything 2 apply for..? nxt month, there will be our sendups and then prof.. at this moment, u know well that we hardly get time to do anythingelse.. so in this situation, kindly temme when should i apply 4 toefl and electives..??
hi neelofer... nice to hear
hi neelofer... nice to hear from u... I am glad u came in touch just in the right time... I wud recommend u to read "from where to start" in electives.... apply for toefl asap and give toefl exam 2 weeks after ur prof.... then get authorization number for Baylor and start doing the paperwork of electives.... tc n best of luck!
itni jaldi reply..
itni jaldi reply.. impressive.. thank you umar bhai.. i jus got the hope 4rm u (:
guidance 4 electives
ASA.. umar bhai kindly could u telme the list of medical universities in california which are considered good 4 electives.. i tried to find it on web but cudnt find it..
NEELOFER. 4th year
KEMU
Plz check the list of
Plz check the list of universities webpage... I am naming the uni in order of ranking... UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, UC Irvine.... check the list of universities...tc n best of luck!
Hi umar bhai.. I gave Toefl
Hi umar bhai.. I gave Toefl and got my score as 87 with speaking score as 23 . i selected Univ of Albama , Northwestern , NIH , Yale for applying but now that i got less score may be am not eligible.. So do you think i need to take toefl again or apply with the same score ??
hi umar bhai, i just wanna
hi umar bhai, i just wanna konw what does it take to have 26 on toefl exam . is it using sophisticated words, speaking slowly but coherently or using american accent. plz reply soon as i am going to take it in couple of days.
@usman sattar
Dear Usman!
From my personal experinces, 26 is given to those ppl who can use complex structures in sentences quite efficiently, speak in words and language which are rapid but comprehensible, yet not slow as a new learner. But remember to keep your accuracy to highest even if speaking faster. The other thing which speaking tests is how u think, synthesize and express the said topic; i think this is important for >26 score. This means that u have to think good ideas and words and sentences for future lines as you speak the present line. If you are from a English medium school, then this would not be a big problem. What I did was practise speaking for a week from the given samples in barrons, princeton or from internet in front of your buddy in time based format. This TOEFL buddy practise will certainly boost your speaking score by good points in your exam. The most important and difficult part for us Asians is the speaking part as we rarely converse in english as compared to reading(all the books!), writing(mbbs theory exams!) or listening(HBO! n Star!).
AND NO AMERICAN ACCENT! you are not tested as a native US speaker, but as a speaker who can speak english understandable to other native speakers(test evaluators). So you would be wasting your time learning to copy american accent. I didnt speak in american accent and yet crossed the 26 mark.
Best Wishes.
hi usman, nice reply from
hi usman, nice reply from medisid...
i got 26... and first of all I would say NO AMERICAN ACCENT... NO COMPLEX/ SOPHISTICATED WORDS just simple easy clear words... with a good flow without any "hmm aaa aaa hmmm" and "unnecessary and" etc etc...
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Thank you umar bhai for helping me last time.
I would be highly obliged if u could please tell me that how many days of preparation it takes to cross the 26 mark in speaking in TOEFL.
Will 7 days prep would be fine,actually i have to apply for yale and rochester in march thats why i wanna hurry on toefl.
Also can u please give me some idea about what are he chances of getting an elective in yale if i apply to them as soon as their schedule for new electives this year is declared,do they generally provide electives to img or they wont help much with the elective thing?
Thanks u soooo much in advance
Most welcome anytime... the
Most welcome anytime... the pleasure is all mine...
Honestly speaking I am not sure... I did not study for TOEFL for more than a day... so I am not sure...
I am not sure if one can PREPARE for TOEFL because I think your English skills are not built in a week or so but after years of schooling... but again this is my personal opinion....
Electives in Yale are strictly because of luck and availability... that's what I experienced...
Honestly speaking I am not
Passport necessary?
I need to take toefl.. but i don ve passport. Will i be able to take toefl without passport?? Is passport necessary??
pls reply.
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hey i cant take the toefl
hey i cant take the toefl sampler...sayin ur system dsnt meet the reqmts..so i downloaded internt explorer&windows media player...still its not workin..what to do?