New TOEFL Listening High Score Guide (with 1 CD)

Author: Authored by TED English Test Research Center, Edited by Liu Qinghua
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The purpose of this book is to fundamentally help a wide range of candidates form, consolidate, and expand their English listening foundation skills. Through a large number of targeted and specialized training content, it enables them to master and skillfully apply various TOEFL listening techniques in a short period of time, boost their confidence and exam awareness, and ultimately achieve high scores in the TOEFL listening test. In terms of the selection of listening materials, this book adheres to the principle of focusing on foundational training and genuinely improving candidates' English listening skills. It closely aligns with TOEFL question types, progressing from simple to complex, from easy to difficult, and systematically arranging various instructional and practice content to ensure that candidates' English listening comprehension abilities undergo fundamental improvement and enhancement through systematic training. This book consists of four parts: Part One is a TOEFL overview, introducing the reforms and coping strategies for TOEFL listening, as well as systematically explaining methods to improve listening comprehension, along with some essential exam tips and techniques; Part Two is foundational listening training, which covers essential and fundamental issues in listening comprehension, such as loss of puff, linking, and the distinction between British and American accents, as well as listening problems related to numbers, vocabulary, phrases, and single sentences. It provides extensive systematic practice for each type of issue; Part Three provides an in-depth analysis of the themes and question types of the TOEFL listening section, identifies problem-solving techniques, and offers targeted intensive training for various question types; Part Four’s specialized training is designed to address the characteristics of listening themes, providing extensive practice on the various dialogue scenes and speech forms examined in TOEFL, comprehensively training candidates in handling various tasks in university daily life and conducting academic exchanges in classroom environments.