TOEFL

Comprehensive study of TOEFL covering fundamental concepts and advanced applications.

Overview of the TOEFL TestReading Section FundamentalsListening Section EssentialsSpeaking Section BasicsWriting Section Introduction
Integrated Skills ApproachAcademic Vocabulary and CollocationsCritical Thinking in TOEFLAdvanced Writing TechniquesScoring and Performance Analysis
Applying TOEFL Skills to College LifeTOEFL for Career AdvancementCultural Adaptation through English
Time Management on Test DayEffective Note-Taking TechniquesOvercoming Test Anxiety
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Integrated Skills Approach

Combining Skills for Success

TOEFL’s integrated tasks require you to combine reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. For example, you may read a passage, listen to a related lecture, and then speak or write about both.

Strategies for Integrated Tasks

  • Take efficient notes on key details.
  • Identify the relationships between information sources.
  • Practice synthesizing information from multiple formats.

Why It Matters

Integrated skills mirror real academic tasks like writing research papers or giving presentations.

Real-World Example

In university, you’ll often read articles, attend lectures, and then discuss or write about them, just like in TOEFL integrated tasks!

Examples

  • Listening to a lecture, reading an article, and writing a summary using both sources.

  • Speaking about the differences between two viewpoints from a passage and a recording.

In a Nutshell

Integrated tasks assess your ability to combine English skills, just as in real academic life.

Key Terms

Synthesize
To combine information from different sources into a single, coherent understanding.
Integrated Task
A TOEFL task that uses reading, listening, and speaking or writing together.
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Academic Vocabulary and Collocations