TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phillips,Deborah
TI  - Longman preparation course for the TOEFL test: iBT 
SN  - 9780132056908 (pbk)
PY  - 2007///
CY  - White Plains, NY
PB  - Pearson Education/Longman
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Test of English as a Foreign Language
KW  - Study guides
KW  - Examinations
N1  - 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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