TOEFL® Experience

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

Hi All,

Scored-115/120

Reading-28
Speaking-29
Listening-29
Writing-29

Materials used to prepare:
1) www.english-test.net (Best for Listening & Writing)
2) Barrons TOEFL

Time Required:
5 Days

Regards,
Vijay N Thakkar

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture in Biology

[Marfik]

Good for you! 115 is a great score! I wish I would get the same ;)

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

Work hard and you will succeed

[Embee]

WAW Well done!! 115 it's a fantastic score! I wish i could pass too.

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

Hi Embee,

Barrons TOEFL with CD is a very good book and simulates the actual TOEFL

CD has sample responses to each and every question in each section which is of a great help and will help you to prepare accordingly.

40 Listening exercises on this website is also of a great help. Try to complete all of them and also read answers to sample essay questions.

[Embee]

Hi, I did buy the book with CD as well, also at the end of the test it shows your score, but I'm still very weak in a reading section I've founded that reading sections are really tough. Did you take any note while you were reading?

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

Ya its true that reading is tough
I did not take any notes while reading as you don't have enough time in had to do so.
I appeared for TOEFL on 18th Oct 2009- In Reading i had 9 Passages each containing 14 Questions. Of 9 Passages 6 were easy 1 was mediocre and 2 were difficult.
Remember 1 thing that of 9 passages only 6 are scored so try to do well in all of them. And from my past experiences i known that last passage i.e 9th appears to be easy but is difficult to grasp.

[Embee]

So the last sections looks more trickiest? What about writing section? Where I have to listen to lecture and then write whatever I've understood?

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

Writing is damn easy.After 1st Essay i had 8 min in hand and i completed 2nd essay within 15 min.
Reading passage will be on the screen..so just concentrate on the listening part of the first essay. Do not copy-paste but instead write everything in your own word in a concise manner.

[Marfik]

What about timing? Did you have enough time to for Reading? And speaking. Was it difficult for you?

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

Yes Managing time in Reading and speaking was difficult but manageable with practice

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

In speaking it depends on how well you organize your thoughts and say it in 45 sec especially in 1st 2 questions since they are open-ended,whereas in reading you may face difficulty in end 1 or 2 passages

[Marfik]

Thanks for the information. It's helpful. Congratulations once again you did a good job! Hopefully I'll succeed too.

[Thakkarvijayrajiv]

yes you will succeed
best of luck
let me know if you have any doubt

[Marfik]

ok, thanks!