New TOEFL Listening High Score Guidance ()

Author: TED Times TOEFL Research Center
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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 foundational skills. Through a large number of targeted specialized training materials, it enables them to master and skillfully apply various TOEFL listening techniques in a short period, boost their confidence and exam awareness, and ultimately achieve high scores on the TOEFL listening test. In terms of the selection of listening materials, this book adheres to the principle of emphasizing foundational training and genuinely improving candidates' English listening skills. It closely aligns with TOEFL question types, progresses from simple to complex, and systematically arranges instructional and practice content to ensure that candidates' English listening comprehension abilities undergo fundamental improvement through systematic training.
This book consists of four parts:
Part 1 is an overview of TOEFL, introducing the reforms in TOEFL listening and corresponding strategies, as well as systematically explaining methods to improve listening comprehension, along with some essential exam tips and techniques.
Part 2 focuses on foundational listening training, covering 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 3 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 each question type.
Part 4 features specialized training tailored to the characteristics of listening materials, offering extensive practice on various dialogue scenarios and formats (dialogues and lectures) assessed by TOEFL, comprehensively training candidates to handle various tasks in daily university life and engage in academic communication in classroom environments.
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