Perfect Phrases for TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections

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Author: Roberta G. Steinberg

ISBN-10: 0071592466

ISBN-13: 9780071592468

Category: English language -> Textbooks for foreign speakers

Perfect Phrases to stand out on the TOEFL-for the more than 800,000 people who take the test\ To be accepted into most North American undergraduate and graduate programs, international students must take and pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections gives you all the phrases and most commonly used words you need to excel on both the writing and speaking sections of the test. Presented in the easy-to-understand Perfect Phrases...

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Perfect Phrases to stand out on the TOEFL-for the more than 800,000 people who take the testTo be accepted into most North American undergraduate and graduate programs, international students must take and pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections gives you all the phrases and most commonly used words you need to excel on both the writing and speaking sections of the test. Presented in the easy-to-understand Perfect Phrases format, these phrases allow you to effectively communicate and express yourself in standard American English, and to score your very best on the test.Roberta Steinberg, Professor or English and ESL at Mount Ida College and adjunct instructor at MIT, has written several TOEFL and TOEIC preparation texts, including McGraw-Hill's TOEFL CBT.

Introduction: How to Use the Book     1The Speaking Section     3Description of Tasks     5Independent Task: Speaking, Personal Preference     6Independent Task: Paired Choice Task     10Integrated Task: Reading/Listening/Speaking (Campus-based)     14Integrated Task: Listening/Reading/Speaking (Academic topic)     22Integrated Task: Listening/Speaking (Campus-based)     29Integrated Task: Listening/Speaking (Academic topic)     35Phrases and Vocabulary for the Speaking Section with Reference to Skill and Purpose     41Speaking Skill Development     51Websites for Improving Listening Skills     51The Writing Section     53Description of Tasks     55Independent Task     55Integrated Task     61Phrases and Vocabulary for the Writing Section with Reference to Skill and Purpose     73Writing Skill Development     83Suggestions for the Independent Task     83Suggestions for the Integrated Task     85Vocabulary Development     87Summarizing Practice     89Increasing Vocabulary through Reading     89Increasing Vocabulary with the AcademicWord Lists     89Grammar     97Grammar Pretest     97Grammar Rules and Exercises     101Grammar Posttest     147Punctuation     155Punctuation Pretest     155Punctuation Rules     157Punctuation Posttest     162