McGraw-Hill Education TOEFL iBT with 3 Downloadable Practice Tests

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0071796207 · 9780071796200
What you need to know to ace the TOEFL examMcGraw-Hill's TOEFL will help you reach the exam score you want. Inside you will find a full-scale test-prep program that combines book, interactive CD-ROM, and online audio to give you the most complete TOE… Read More
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McGraw-Hill’s TOEFL with CD-ROM

[single-volume guide intended for the bookstore trade; 600+ pages]

  • Welcome to McGraw-Hill’s TOEFL
  • How to Use This Book
  • Your TOEFL Action Plan
  • Taking the Practice Tests
  • Practical Information for TOEFL Takers

I. Introducing the TOEFL

  • Format of the Test
  • Scoring
  • Sample Questions
  • General Test-taking Tips

II. TOEFL Diagnostic Test

  • Audio Scripts, Answer Key, and Explanations
  • Interpreting Your Scores

III. TOEFL Reading

Identifying Basic Information

  • Factual Information Questions
  • Negative Factual Information Questions

? Strategy: Locate Details


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Identifying Basic Information Questions
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Answers and Explanations

Understanding the Passage

  • Inference Questions
  • Rhetorical Purpose Questions
  • Vocabulary Questions
  • Reference Questions
  • Sentence Simplification Questions
  • Insert Text Questions

? Strategies: Make Inferences ? Identify the Author’s Purpose ? Understand Relationships Between Ideas ?


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Understanding the Passage Questions
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Answers and Explanations

Reading to Learn

  • Prose Summary Questions
  • Fill in a Table Questions

? Strategies: Recognize the Organization of a Passage ? Organize Information into a Chart


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Reading to Learn Questions
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Answers and Explanations

TOEFL Full-length Reading Practice Section

  • Answers and Explanations

Activities to Build Reading Skills

IV. TOEFL Listening

Basic Comprehension

  • Gist-Content Questions
  • Gist-Purpose Questions
  • Detail Questions

? Strategy: Comprehending Main Ideas and Important Details


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Understanding the Passage Questions
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Audio Scripts, Answers, and Explanations

Pragmatic Understanding

  • Understanding the Function of What Is Said Questions
  • Understanding the Speaker’s Attitude Questions

? Strategies: Recognizing a Speaker’s Attitude and Degree of Certainty ? Recognizing a Speaker’s Function or Purpose


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Pragmatic Understanding Questions
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Audio Scripts, Answers, and Explanations

Connecting Information

  • Understanding Organization
  • Connecting Content
  • Making Inferences

? Strategies: Note Taking ? Recognizing the Organization of Information Presented ? Recognizing Cause and Effect, Compare/Contrast, or Steps in a Process ? Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions ? Making Connections Among Points in a Lecture ? Recognizing Introductions and Conclusions in a Lecture


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Connecting Information Questions
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Audio Scripts, Answers, and Explanations

TOEFL Full-length Listening Practice Section

  • Audio Scripts, Answers, and Explanations

Activities to Build Listening Skills

V. TOEFL Speaking

Speaking Tasks

  • Independent
  • Integrated Listening/Reading/Speaking
  • Integrated Listening/Speaking

? Basic Speaking Strategies: Note taking ? Expressing an Opinion ? Summarizing ? Paraphrasing ? Synthesizing ? Solving a Problem

? Advanced Speaking Strategies: Pronunciation ? Tone ? Coherence ? Fluency


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Speaking
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Audio Scripts, Model Responses, and Explanations

TOEFL Full-length Speaking Practice Section

  • Audio Scripts, Model Responses, and Explanations

Activities to Build Speaking Skills

VI. TOEFL Writing

Writing Tasks

  • Integrated Writing
  • Independent Writing

? Basic Writing Strategies: Summarizing ? Paraphrasing ? Synthesizing ? Presenting Your Opinion on an Issue ? Supporting Your Opinion with Facts and Examples

? Advanced Writing Strategies: Grammar ? Sentence Structure ? Paragraph Organization ? Spelling ? Tone ? Coherence


EXERCISES

  • WALK-THROUGH: Writing
  • Practice Questions
  • Vocabulary Drills
  • Audio Scripts, Model Essays, and Explanations

TOEFL Full-length Writing Practice Section

  • Audio Scripts, Model Essays, and Explanations

Activities to Build Writing Skills

VII. TOEFL Practice Tests

Practice Test 1

  • Answers, Explanations, and Audio Scripts

Practice Test 2

  • Answers, Explanations, and Audio Scripts

Practice Test 3

  • Answers, Explanations, and Audio Scripts

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Practice Test 1

  • Answers and Explanations

Practice Test 2

  • Answers and Explanations

Practice Test 3

  • Answers and Explanations

What you need to know to ace the TOEFL exam

McGraw-Hill's TOEFL will help you reach the exam score you want. Inside you will find a full-scale test-prep program that combines book, interactive CD-ROM, and online audio to give you the most complete TOEFL instruction and practice available anywhere.

Includes:

  • 5 full-length practice tests, fully explained exercises, additional practice questions, and TOEFL-specific vocabulary features to accompany every lesson
  • A PC- and Mac-compatible CD that features all 5 practice tests in interactive format, like the real exam, audio portions for all additional listening exercises, plus model speaking responses and record-and-playback function for student speaking responses
  • Audio tracks for all listening questions in the book