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How to get high score
Today's English Lessons
How to Score High on English TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge Tests
Score HIGH on NEW English TestsWhy international students fail English testsStudents fail because they do not understand the test requirements.Students fail because they underestimate the large volume of work necessary to pass.
Students fail because they have limited English vocabulary.Students fail because some English skills are not practiced.Students fail because they rely on "secret tips" rather than real skill.Students fail because they cram for tests and become confused.Students fail because they become upset and cannot perform.How international students can SCORE HIGH on NEW English tests.First step in your plan to score high on a specific English test is to understand the test requirements. Is the test a written test only? Do you have to read a text? Do you have to listen to a conversation on tape? How much speaking is required? What type of questions will be asked? What type of answers are required? Students must understand how the English information is presented, what English skills are being tested, and how answers must be submitted.Second step is to understand the volume of advanced English skills and vocabulary required to score high on these tests. Students must have studied and practiced English for 2500 to 5000 hours counting school classes and self study.Students require a vocabulary of between 8,000 and 15,000 words to score high on the new TOEFL, TOEIC, AP, IELTS and Cambridge tests.To score high students require all four English skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening), technical language structure knowledge (grammar) and the application of the grammar knowledge in the active productions of speaking and writing.The "secret tips" of using specific words that have a higher percentage of occurrence in the correct answers may give you the opportunity to raise your score from 0 to 1 %. If your vocabulary is less than 8000 words or your listening skills or writing less than advanced then you will still fail despite using all the "secret tips" or "secret vocabulary indicating correct answers".Everyone knows that cramming helps memorizing facts for a short time but does very little for the practice of the application skills. All new English tests are a combination of facts and the application of English skills including technical grammar knowledge. Students who only cram for tests will fail most of the new tests as answers require the application of English grammar skills. The students who cram can only help some of their factual knowledge if they can remember it perfectly. I have never met a student who can remember crammed English facts correctly.Students become upset when they read questions they cannot answer, questions they cannot understand, words they do not know the meaning of, or "secret words" that occur in two or more answers.Remember students that are prepared have less chance of becoming upset. Students that are rested, relaxed and arrive on time at the test site will score higher on the tests.What English Should I study to PASS English Tests?Diagram showing the overlap between the English concentrationsThere is only one English language. There are a variety of programs and courses that overlap each other. Many business English courses cover 90% of what students require to pass the TOEIC exam. Many advanced English courses cover 90 % of what is required to pass TOEFL, TOEIC, AP, IELTS and other English tests.Many Toeic, toefl, IELTS courses only provide practice tests without teaching any vocabulary the four English skills and applied grammar practice. Students must create a plan to increase all applied English skills, vocabulary and become comfortable with the test requirements and answer formats.Students can take combinations of programs and still pass tests.For example: Advanced students could take 100 hours of business English, 200 hours of academic preparation and 10 hours of toefl and score high on the new Toefl test . The only secret is to have a balance of applied English skills and factual knowledge. The following is an example of a balanced study program.EXAMPLE PLAN TO PASS ENGLISH TESTS20% vocabulary15% grammar comprehension15% reading comprehension15% listening comprehension15% writing skills, short answer and essay15% speaking skills5% practicing test formats
By Dinh Van
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Tips for IELTS
Test Tactics and Sectional Strategies for the TOEFL
The information offered in this Tactics and Strategies Report is intended for general educational purposes only. No warranty is either expressed or implied about the benefits to be obtained from using this information as a study aid for the TOEFL.
These tips should only be used as an adjunct mechanism for preparing to take the TOEFL and obtain the best possible score. Students should also practice speaking English, listening to English, and reading printed materials in English. Further, you should study vocabulary words, as well as the fundamentals of English language word construction (prefixes, roots, and suffixes). OVERALL TEST TACTICS:Learn the section directions now. Use the time saved during the test to work on questions. Successful answers to the earliest questions in computer adaptive versions of the test will lead to higher scores. Do not write on any test booklet or materials. Use the process of elimination to decide which answers are wrong. In the computer adaptive section, Double check your work and answer before you click on the screen bubble. You cannot skip any question and you cannot go back after you've answered a question. Answer every question, making educated guesses if you have to. Just try to eliminate one or more choices before guessing. Don't spend too much time on any one question. You should spend only seconds on the easiest questions, and hesitate to spend more than 1/2 minute on even the hardest ones. Practice, practice, practice! Bring a watch to the test center. You can't be guaranteed that there'll be a working clock there. Bring a couple of IDs to the test center. Make sure at least one of the pictures actually looks like you. Also bring any authorization voucher you may have received from the Educational Testing Service. ================================================== ============== SPECIFIC SECTIONAL STRATEGIESSENTENCE COMPLETION:If there is no main verb, you should first identify the 'subject' of the sentence. Then, you can eliminate any choice that does not contain a conjugated verb. Further, any selected conjugated verb must agree with the subject (in number and tense). If there is no main subject, you should identify what the verb in the sentence is. Then plug in the choices and verify that the one you select agrees with the verb. Eliminate choices that contain extra words, especially pronouns, verbs, or modifiers. If the sentence contains a main subject and a main verb, you should eliminate any choicethat is an incorrect part of speech, or does not agree in form, number, or tense with the rest of the sentence. If the sentence contains neither a main subject nor a main verb, you can eliminate any choice that does not provide both a subject and a verb, and does not agree completelywith the remainder of the sentence. WRITTEN EXPRESSION:Learn about verb tense and agreement. Each verb must agree (in tense, form, number) with the noun it references. Observe whether a noun is singular or plural. Learn the most common 'collective' nouns (such as money, or audience, or amount) that refer to a group or quantity of things or people. Learn about pronouns. They must agree with the noun they replace in number, case, and gender. Recognize when a pronoun is required in a sentence. Missing pronouns are a common error that may be seen in questions. Learn also when a pronoun is not necessary. Extra pronouns are often added after a noun in a sentence, as they sometimes are in other languages. Be wary of questions that use a noun in place of a verb form; many words look very close to one another. Be wary of questions that confuse an adjective for an adverb, or a noun for an adjective. Items in a list or series must be in the same grammatical form. This usually appears as a series of sentence elements separated by commas. When a sentence indicates a quantity of a countable noun, you should use words like fewer or many or number. When a sentence indicates a quantity of a noncountable noun, you should use words like much, amount, or less. When comparing two items, use the -er ending for comparisons. When comparing three or more items, use the -est ending for comparisons.
By Dinh Van, Lecturer of Nationbal Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Happy Summer Holiday 2007
TEST 4.
1.
The plane that crashed was carrying a group of the entertainers en route to the State Fair.
(A) troupe
(B) bump
(C) prop
(D) shop
A
2.
Jim’s decided to buy a phenograph eventhough they are redundant
(A) old-fashiomed
(B) reproduced
(C) unnecessary
(D) quaint
C
3.
Corbohydrates are plentiful in nature where they serve as an immediate source of energy.
(A) abundant
(B) abscure
(C) unstable
(D) reliable
A
4.
The cost of living in the United states has risen at a rate of 6 percent per year during the last ten-year period
(A) tenth
(B) centery
(C) decade
(D) quater
C
5.
A blanced diet should include fish and fowl as well as red meat.
(A) fruit
(B) birds
(C) vegetables
(D) cheese and milk
B
6.
The choice of a particular career is influenced by a number of factors.
(A) usefulness
(B) success
(C) desirablity
(D) selection
D
7.
The knife that is displayed in the museum is more than one thoussand years old and ws a gift to the president of the United States from the King dom of Saudi Arabia
(A) nadir
(B) rancor
(C) dagger
(D) boulder
C
8.
They have radically changed the rules since I played football.
(A) sightly
(B) completely
(C) fundamentally
(D) reasonably
(E) reasonably
C
9.
Pain signals, in the form of electrical impulses, are carried to the brain by the nerves.
(A) hurts
(B) lights
(C) cells
(D) shocks
D
10.
His involuntary reflexes betrayed his feelings
(A) automatic
(B) unbelieble
(C) unnecessary
(D) unreasonable
A
11.
Thrift is an excellent virtue, especilaly for people who wish to purchase their own home.
(A) honesty
(B) industriousness
(C) openmindedness
(D) frugality
D
12.
The yearly growth of the gross national product is often used an indicator of a nation’s economy.
(A) asluggish
(B) haphazard
(C) routine
(D) annual
D
13.
The barometer is used weather forecasters to detect changes in air pressure.
(A) determine
(B) mystify
(C) announce
(D) reduce
A
14.
The party that we have are planning for midterm will give students, instructors, conversation partners, host familities and friends an opportunity to mix in a social setting
(A) mingle
(B) stir
(C) smear
(D) weave
A
15.
His paln was rejected because it just wasn’t feasible.
(A) unrealistic
(B) inconceivable
(C) attainable
(D) attarctive
C
16.
The Constituation guarantees that privete homes will not besearched without a warrant.
(A) special guard
(B) written authorization
(C) national emergency
(D) small payment
B
17.
The change in population distribution was barely noticeable to the demographers conducting the study.
(A) often
(B) hardly
(C) never
(D) softly
B
18.
Chimpanzees are frequently used as stand-ins for human beings in experiments.
(A) partners
(B) role-models
(C) stand-bys
(D) substitutes
D
19.
The same questions repeated over and over soon made them weary
(A) suspiciuos
(B) tired
(C) disturbed
(D) cautious
B
20.
The Baltimore orile has wings with white bars and a bright orange breast
(A) light
(B) brilliant
(C) intelligent
(D) illuminated
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