that students ask about the Toefl exam, for those of you who’s just been told, found

out that you need to do the TOEFL. Here’re some are very basic information

so that if you have any ideas what the TOEFL is all about.

So Ricado has asked us what is the TOEFL. Well, and what is ibt.

Let’s start with the beginning. TOEFL is actually acronym, an acronym means

that each letters of TOEFL. T-O-E-F_F stands for a word.

In these cases these stand for test of english as foreign language.

It’s also called the TOEFL ibt. That also stand for something.

That stands for “internet based test” The TOEFL ibt is conducted completely and

entirely over in the internet We don’t actually need to meet the examinor

at all. It just uses an computer throughout the four

hours or so of public exam. So what is TOEFL.

The TOEFL is the english for efficency exam, which is used to test your knowledge of reading,

writing, listening and understanding english in an academic contest, alright.

So that’s why a lot of the language use in the TOEFL.

It’s in fact, academic or campus space language. We re’ talking about this in another moment.

Kumico from Japan asked who take the TOEFL. Well, the TOEFL is often taken by the people

who are non native speakers of english. And why do they take that.

They take it to get the mission of the university or college.

Sometimes they take for profesional reasons to get certification in their profession in

certain countries. And some students take it simply to demonstrate

their fluency in English for a potential employer. Ok Kumico, I hope that I answered your question.

What kind of english is tested on the TOEFL. As I mentioned, TOEFL is really testing in

your academic english :the formal at the informal english.

So formal means academic lectures and the informal permanent means conversations

on campus between students and students, between students and professors or students and librarian.

These are the types of listening and reading passages that you find there.

Procastrer from Indian asked us how long is TOEFL.

Well the TOEFL is the long exam.It actually takes about three and a half to four hours

. It varies for a certain reasons I explain

that in the moment. The TOEFL has four sections : reading, writing,

listening and speaking. It starts with the reading section.

The minimum time of the reading section is sixty minutes.

In that area we’ll have three sections. It’s possible that the reading section could

be a little bit longer. It could actually be about five sections in

which case each time, they past a section, they give you another twenty minutes.

So it can be anything from about sixty or one hundered minutes for the reading section.

Whether you have three sections or five sections, you’re always tested on only.

You’re only. Sorry. You’re always scored or only three sections,

but we don’t know which ‘s three sections. The reason sometimes you give it extra sections

because ETS the company that makes the TOEFL exam want to try out an experiment with the

new questions and you ‘re as it habits on whom they try

out these question. So you may have to do a longer reading section.

You may at the minimum which is three sections in one hour along.

In any case you don’t know which sections are going to be scored.

So you’re gonna try your best into very well throughout the exam, ok.

that is sixty minutes reading section, that for by sixty minutes or one hundred minites

again of the listening section . Then you have a ten minutes break.

After the tape, after the break is the speaking section.

It lasts about twenty minites all so.you have six different tasks

and last of all you have yours TOEFL writing section.

TOEFL writing, today consists of two sections. In the first part, it’s integrated task,

you’r gived something treat which have few paragraphs along

then you have something to listen to, last you to write something which integrate the

information that you read and that you heard. You have to start sunmarising or contract

it and so on. And last the form you have to an essay

In this essay, you have half of hour to write and it should be about 300 to 350 words which

is about five paragraphs Now most important of all almost all my students

ask how can I get high score on TOEFL ibt. Well. There’re really four different ways

The first way is to have knowledge of the test itsefl ,

to understand the structure of the test, to know what to expect in the section and so

on. The second part is to have the skills.

It’s necessary to do well that primary skills : reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Secondary skills such as grammar, vocabulary,spelling and so on

and also academic skills are important to do well the TOEFL.

For example note taking summarising, skimming, scanning, things like these

Are going to be necessary while you’re doing the TOEFL exam and as it would be necessary

when you go to the university. The third point which is better or not to

do well in the TOEFL is your attitude. Of course you want to minimine your fear and

your anxiety and you want to optimize the feeling that you can do well

Last of all the resource that you have access to

For example, you should prefer to good and current TOEFL ibt materials and bookswhether

they’re online, videos such as these books made by ETS and may such as company that produce

ebook. and also it would be very very helpful to

attend actual lessons. There are lessons in your country, these are

many student travel around the world to attend TOEFL programs in English speaking counties

To strange them that score and to improve their score.

For whatever reason, you’re doing the TOEFL, i wish all the best.

Very good website, i believe can help you a lot is called that www.goodlucktoefl.com

I’ll write that for you, Here you’re find a lot of informations which

i have mentioned here, as well as much more, lots of resources information

and there’s also TOEFL blog another questions that question and answer will help you

Whatever happened, good luck on your TOEFL .

Bye for now!