Longman preparation course for the TOEFL test : iBT /
Deborah Phillips.
- 2nd ed.
- White Plains, NY : Pearson Education/Longman, 2007.
- xxxii, 671 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Thic book gives students all the tools they need to succeed on the new TOEFL integrated-skills test. Providing both a comprehensive language skills course and a wealth of practice for all sections of the test, the Longman Preparation Couse for the TOEFL Test: iBT, Second Edition is appropriate for courses in TOEFL test preparation or as a supplement to more general ESL courses. The Student Book features: Updated material for all the new types of passages and questions on the test Diagnostic pre-tests and post-tests that allow students to identify strengths and weaknesses and assess improvement in each section. Practice Reading for the 4 skills: Reading provides authentic conversations in an academic setting and academic lectures with new questions about a speaker's attitude or purpose. Listening provides authentic conversations in an academic setting and academic lectures with new questions about a speaker's attitude or purpose. Speaking includes personal and expository tasks and integrated tasks. Writing consists of expository and integrated tasks: reading/ listening/ writing Eight Mini-Tests that preview the test's integrated four-skills format. Two complete Practice Tests that familiarize students with the actual test format and timing." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION SECTION 1: READING READING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST: Agression READING OVERVIEW READING SKILLS VOCABULARY AND REFERENCE SKILL 1 UNDERSTANDING VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT Reading Exercise 1 Smog Autism Parasitic Plants Edna Ferber SKILL 2 RECOGNIZE REFERENTS Reading Exercise 2 Animal Congregation Chromium Compounds New World Epidemics Horatio Alger, Jr. Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-2) Coral Colonies SENTENCES SKILL 3 SIMPLIFYING MEANINGS OF SENTENCES Reading Exercise 3 Camouflage Post-it Notes The Pulitzer Prize Competition and Cooperation SKILL 4 INSERT AND SENTENCES INTO THE PASSAGE Reading Exercise 4 Popcorn Lions Accidental Inventions Uranium Reading Exercise (Skills 3-4) Theodore Dreiser Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-4) Pulsars DETAILS SKILL 5 FIND FACTUAL INFORMATION Reading Exercise 5 Lake Baikal The Postage Stamp The Clovis Culture Brown Dwarfs SKILL 6 UNDERSTAND NEGATIVE FACTS Reading Exercises 6 Flatfish Limestone Caves Wrigley's Chewing Gum Dissociative Identity Disorder Reading Exercise (Skills 5-6) John Muir Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-6) Caretaker Speech INFERENCES SKILL 7 MAKE INFERENCES FROM STATED FACTS Reading Exercise 7 Tiger Moths The Cambrian Explosion The Golden Age of Comics The Filibuster SKILL 8 INFER RHETORICAL PURPOSE Reading Exercise 8 Xenography Demographic Change The Hubble Telescope Territoriality Reading Exercise (Skills 7-8) Ella Deloria Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-8) Early Autos READING TO LEARN SKILL 9 SELECT SUMMARY INFORMATION Reading Exercise 9 Island Plant Life Ben and Jerry The Bald Eagle Modernism in Art SKILL 10 COMPLETE SCHEMATIC TABLES Reading Exercise 10 Sand Dunes A Surprising Connection Carnivorous Plants William Faulkner Reading Exercise (Skills 9-10) Species Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1-10) Decisions READING POST-TEST Aquatic Schools SECTION TWO: LISTENING LISTENING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST A Problem with a Class Sleep LISTENING OVERVIEW LISTENING SKILLS BASIC COMPREHENSION SKILL 1 UNDERSTAND THE GIST Listening Exercise 1 An Engineering Course The Grade Report Lakes Meterology SKILL 2 UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS Listening Exercise 2 A Parking Sticker A Drama Class Early Teachers Iron Pyrite Listening Review Exercise (Skill 1-2) An Anthropology Paper PRAGMATIC UNDERSTANDING SKILL 3 UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTION Listening Exercise 3 The Library The Transcript The Opossum Venus SKILL 4 UNDERSTAND THE SPEAKER'S STANCE Listening Exercise 4 Course Load A Questionnaire Iroquois Houses Hail Listening Exercise (Skills 3-4) The Fugio Coin Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-4) Hibernation COLLECTING INFORMATION SKILL 5 UNDERSTAND THE ORGANIZATION Listening Exercise 5 Tropism Fossils Clarence Darrow Fractures SKILL 6 UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS Listening Exercise 6 A Placement Test A Term Paper Conifers Presentation Listening Exercise (Skills 5-6) The Outer Banks Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1-6) Leaf Arrangements LISTENING POST-TEST The Music Project The Great Lakes SECTION THREE: SPEAKING SPEAKING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST A Good Teacher Vacation Preferences Registering for Classes Nonverbal Communication A Problem in French Class Echolocation SPEAKING OVERVIEW SPEAKING SKILLS INDEPENDENT TASKS SKILL 1 PLAN THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 1 Characteristics of a Good Neighbor Your Favourite Holiday Which Person Helped the Most Ten Million Dollars Your Dream House Your Favourite Food Characteristics of a Good Parent When You Want to Live The Person You Want to Meet Where You Will Take the TOEFL Test SKILL 2 MAKE THE FREE-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 2 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 1-2) Your Job Driver Age Student Excuses Your Favourite Day Government Changes SKILL 3 PLAN THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 3 Large or Small Class Dinner at Home or Dinner Out Marriage Before of After Age Thirty Preferred Type of Exams Trips by Plane or Train Big City or Small Town Study Alone or with Friends Play or Watch Sports Opera or a Football Game TOELF Test or a Math Test SKILL 4 MAKE THE PAIRED-CHOICE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 4 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 3-4) Teacher Mistakes Taking Chances or Play It Safe Career Choices Decision Making Obeying Parents INTEGRATED TASKS (READING AND LISTENING) SKILL 5 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ Speaking Exercise 5 Bicycle Parking on Campus A Professor's Retirement Part of a Class Syllabus SKILL 6 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Speaking Exercise 6 Bicycle Parking on Campus A Professor's Retirement Part of a Class Syllabus SKILL 7 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercise 7 SKILL 8 MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 8 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 5-8) History Syllabus SKILL 9 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ Speaking Exercises 9 The Dead Sea Polling The Polynesian Migration SKILL 10 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Speaking Exercises 10 The Dead Sea Polling The Polynesian Migration SKILL 11 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercises 11 SKILL 12 MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 12 Choosing a Professor Study Habits An Independent Study Project SKILL 14 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercise 14 SKILL 15 MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 15 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 13-15) Bored in Class SKILL 16 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN Speaking Exercise 16 The Bank Holiday of 1933 Creativity The Amazon River SKILL 17 PLAN BEFORE YOU SPEAK Speaking Exercise 17 SKILL 18 MAKE THE RESPONSE Speaking Exercise 18 Speaking Review Exercise (Skills 16-18) SAD SPEAKING POST-TEST An Admirable Person Getting News A Cafeteria Problem Social Environments A Class Schedule Problem Life on Mars SECTION FOUR: WRITING WRITING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST Human Memory A News Story WRITING OVERVIEW WRITING SKILLS INTEGRATED TASK SKILL 1 NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ Writing Exercise 1 Homeschooling Polysemy Margaret Mead's Research SKILL 2 NOTE THE MAIN POINT AS YOU LISTEN Writing Exercise 2 Homeschooling Polysemy Margaret Mead's Research SKILL 3 PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE Writing Exercise 3 SKILL 4 WRITE A TOPIC STATEMENT Writing Exercise 4 SKILL 5 WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON READING PASSAGES Writing Exercise 5 SKILL 6 WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON LISTENING PASSAGES Writing Exercise 6 SKILL 7 REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE Writing Exercise 7 Management Styles Earthquake Waves SKILL 8 REVIEW GRAMMAR Writing Exercise 8 American English Spelling Aversive Conditioning Writing Review Exercise (Skills 1-8) Stonehenge INDEPENDENT TASK SKILL 9 PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE Writing Exercise 9 Relieving Stress A Famous Place to Visit Actions or Words Yourself Today and Five Years Ago Team or Individual Sports The Best Age to Marry Characteristics of a Good Teacher Haste Makes Waste Learning a New Language The TOEFL Test SKILL 10 WRITE THE INTRODUCTION Writing Exercises SKILL 11 WRITE UNIFIED SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS Writing Exercise 11 SKILL 12 CONNECT THE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS Writing Exercise 12 SKILL 13 WRITE THE CONCLUSION Writing Exercise 13 SKILL 14 REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE Writing Exercise 14 Team Sports SKILL 15 REVIEW GRAMMAR Writing Exercise 15 University and High School Studies Writing Review Exercise (Skills 9-15) Emotions WRITING POST-TEST Unintended Consequences Safe or Sorry MINI-TESTS MINI-TEST 1 Reading Migration Listening Science Lab The Little House Books Speaking Leader of the Country History Films Formation of Glaciers Writing Garlic MINI-TEST 2 Reading Birth Order Listening Confused Assignment Cross-Dating Speaking Getting Up Early Leadership Roles Meeting on Exam Schedule Writing Historical Event MINI-TEST 3 Reading Ketchup Listening Biology Class Gem Cuts Speaking Hometown Library Rules Split Infinitives Writing Scientific Management MINI-TEST 4 Reading Estuaries Listening Cumulative Exam Mountains Speaking Kinds of Exam Nullification Psychology Class Writing Working for Others MINI-TEST 5 Reading Schizophrenia Listening Scholarship Atolls Speaking A Good Friend Student Assistant Positions Zero-Sum Economies Writing Catch 22 MINI-TEST 6 Reading Exxon Valdez Listening Schedule Plan Animal Hearing Speaking Million Dollars Formation of the Dollar System Reschedules Speaker Writing Visitors to Your Country MINI-TEST 7 Reading Plate Tectonics Listening Group Project The Trumpet Speaking Studying English Discussion Class NIMBY Writing Supernovas MINI-TEST 8 Reading Limners Listening General Studies Carbon Speaking Big Party Somnambulism Questioning the Professor Writing Violence in Movies COMPLETE TESTS COMPLETE TEST 1 Reading 1 Prehistorical Astronomers Reading 2 Truman and the Railroads Reading 3 Mathematical Bases Listening Student Newspaper The Great Salt Lake Kleenex Exam Grade Hawaii Three-Mile Island Speaking Dream Job Group Paper Spring Show Great Ape Communication Dreaded Science Class Mercantilism Writing Venus Family Traditions COMPLETE TEST 2 Reading 1 Navigation Devices Reading 2 The Neanderthals Reading 3 The Silent Era Listening Grade Report Washington, D.C. The Letter C The Space Shuttle Caves The Compound Eye Speaking Favourite Movie Telling a Lie Business Internships Supersonic Speed Project Done Bit by Bit Multiple Personality Disorder Writing Social Promotion Good Leader APPENDIXES APPENDIX A Cohesion APPENDIX B Sentence Structure APPENDIX C Error Correction (Grammar) DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT, and SCORING Overall Scores Reading Diagnosis and Scoring Listening Diagnosis and Scoring Speaking Assessment and Scoring Writing Assessment and Scoring RECORDING SCRIPT ANSWER KEY
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2007000095
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