See the top rated post in this thread. Click here

Forum English tests TOEFL Just finished my TOEFL The best books for TOEFL IBT preparation

Thread: The best books for TOEFL IBT preparation

Closed Thread Results 1 to 10 of 39 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Last

07-06-2007, 04:44 PM #1

07-06-2007, 05:03 PM #2

07-09-2007, 06:13 AM #3

5

6

3 4

Good post? |

The best books for TOEFL IBT preparation

Hi everyone

Please help me to find out the best books for Toefl Ibt preparation.

I have test on 4th of August.Right now i m looking for the best books for preparation .I kindly request you all that please suggest me the best books so i can buy them.

I really appreciate your kind suggestion. Thank u all.

Good post? | Hi, The official guide to the new toefl by McGraw-Hill is pretty good book.lot of people are refering this.Try this out. 'All the

Best' shalu

Good post? | Hi, app Here is my suggestions 1. Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test - Next Generation iBT 2. Delta's Key to the Next Generation TOEFL® Test **************** 3. The Official Guide To The New TOEFL® Test 4. Kaplan GRE Exam Comprehensive Program 2007 Edition Ok. The first two books are the best. As far as I'm concerned Longman is a little better. It is closer of all to the actual test with a lot of practice tests. Some people prefer Delta, I don't know. There are equally good. IMPORTANT THING. You have to buy Audio CD separately in order to use Listening, Writing and Speaking section of

Trying to make mom and pop proud

aap

Feb 2006

28

Join Date

Posts

6 Rep Power

Trying to make mom and pop proud

shalujacob

Jul 2007

10

Join Date

Posts

5 Rep Power

Eager!

mzalutski

Mar 2007

Russia

54

Join Date

Location

Posts

5 Rep Power

Blogs What's New?

Today's Posts FAQ Calendar Forum RulesCommunity Forum Actions Quick Links Advanced Search

Forum

Remember Me?

User Name Log in RegisterHelp

gfedc

LinkBack Thread Tools Search Thread Display

http://www.urch.com/forums/just-finished-my-toefl/71343-best-books-toefl-ibt-preparation.html Page 1 / 4

01-15-2008, 04:57 PM #4

01-23-2008, 01:32 AM #5

01-23-2008, 10:36 PM #6

the book. They DO NOT go with the book. Official Guide is Ok, but not many practice test. Now, the fourth book has been receiving a lot of criticism. This is, in my point of view, because the book's material is a lot harder. Texts are longer. Thus, people feel frustrated when they use this book. But getting used to harder material can do you good => you will fell freer on the actual exam. Good luck!

Good post? | ok how many practice tests are in the ETS official uide ,is it enough becuse a lot of people studied from this book.

Good post? | I think ETS's TOEFL IBT book is a good start. I don't remember exactly how many practice sets there are, but I start with this book. I gave me quite a good overview of the test, especially Speaking part. They have example of high, mid and low level of answers in Speaking. So you will kinda know in what level you will be. Anyway, I like Cambridge's book better. They have very good Reading practice sets which are as hard as the real test. I think ETS book alone may not be enough. I borrowed other prep books from a library and tried almost all their tests. Hope it helps.

Good post? |

As a TOEFL teacher, I've used many iBT books, both in the classroom and through online private lessons. The closest to the "real thing," according to many of my students would be: 1) The Official Guide to the New TOEFL (ETS) -- the only downside is that there are only two full sets of speaking tasks, integrated writing, etc. 2) "The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test (iBT Edition)" by Bruce Rogers (Thomson-Heinle is the publisher) -- I feel this book is BY FAR THE BEST of all; unlike Longman, Delta, and BArron's the integrated writing and speaking actually MATCH the real TOEFL. In addition, this is the largest book, with 13 audio CDs and tons of practice in the most difficult areas (for example there are over 10 integrated writing samples) 3) The Delta book is pretty good, but most of the integrated writing doesn't match the real iBT and neither do many of the speaking tasks (for example, they'll give THREE suggestions on Task 5 instead of two, make Task 6 a four-part question, etc.) 4) The Barron's book (12th edition) is also pretty good, and two of my online students who took lessons with this book scored over 26. However, they were just studying speaking (the integrated writing is horrible, as 6 of the 7 don't match the iBT "pattern") 5) The Longman, in my opinion, is problematic in several areas (although it has a nice CD ROM to practice the reading and listening, which are quite authentic). Again, the integrated speaking and writing tasks are often completely different from what's on the test. I hope this helps. Although I haven't taken the iBT myself, of course, I've spent 6-8 hours a day for more than two years studying this test and preparing students to score well on it.

In love with English

Eager!

kyr123

Dec 2007

40

Join Date

Posts

4 Rep Power

Eager!

OilRedO

Jan 2008

36

Join Date

Posts

4 Rep Power

Last edited by OilRedO; 01-23-2008 at 01:33 AM. Reason: typo

TOEFL Corey

TOEFL Corey

Dec 2007

Los Angeles,

California

159

Join Date

Location

Posts

4 Rep Power

http://www.urch.com/forums/just-finished-my-toefl/71343-best-books-toefl-ibt-preparation.html Page 2 / 4

01-24-2008, 07:01 AM #7

01-25-2008, 09:21 PM #8

01-26-2008, 05:26 AM #9

01-26-2008, 05:13 PM #10

Good post? |

I bought Thomson book from Amazon. But I find out that there are no answers and CD for that book. So, I only used CD-ROM. I don't know where I can get the answers and CD. It seems this book has lots of different versions.

1 out of 1 members found this post helpful. Good post? | I just searched online for Complete guide to the Toefl test <ibt edition> but the only thing that comes with the book is the CD-ROM .The one with the cassette is the 2000th edition. Do you have any idea where can I find what exactly you're talking about? I do not see any of the 13 CDs online to come with the book. By the way what do you think of Kaplan? Thanks alot. It was realy helpful to me.

Good post? | I think I wasted 50 dollars for The Complete Guide book. I only can use CD-ROM.

Good post? |

Hi Pega and SD2007, Sorry about the inconvenience you've experienced. I've sent each of you a private message with a link to a site that has all the materials for that book. And believe me, as someone who uses a lot of different TOEFL books every day, you won't be disappointed once you have the book and the audio files that will allow you to practice listening, integrated writing, and integrated speaking. I don't think there's another iBT book out there that comes close to the "Complete Guide" by Bruce Rogers. If anyone else needs a link (since Amazon, for some weird reason, only seems to have the textbook + CD ROM, but no audio CDs for sale), just send me an email or private message and I'll get the link to you.

Within my grasp!

SD2007

Aug 2007

153

Join Date

Posts

5 Rep Power

Originally Posted by TOEFL Corey

As a TOEFL teacher, I've used many iBT books, both in the classroom and through online private lessons. The closest to the "real thing," according to many of my students would be: 1) The Official Guide to the New TOEFL (ETS) -- the only downside is that there are only two full sets of speaking tasks, integrated writing, etc. 2) "The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test (iBT Edition)" by Bruce Rogers (Thomson-Heinle is the publisher) -- I feel this book is BY FAR THE BEST of all; unlike Longman, Delta, and BArron's the integrated writing and speaking actually MATCH the real TOEFL. In addition, this is the largest book, with 13 audio CDs and tons of practice in the most difficult areas (for example there are over 10 integrated writing samples) 3) The Delta book is pretty good, but most of the integrated writing doesn't match the real iBT and neither do many of the speaking tasks (for example, they'll give THREE suggestions on Task 5 instead of two, make Task 6 a four-part question, etc.) 4) The Barron's book (12th edition) is also pretty good, and two of my online students who took lessons with this book scored over 26. However, they were just studying speaking (the integrated writing is horrible, as 6 of the 7 don't match the iBT "pattern") 5) The Longman, in my opinion, is problematic in several areas (although it has a nice CD ROM to practice the reading and listening, which are quite authentic). Again, the integrated speaking and writing tasks are often completely different from what's on the test. I hope this helps. Although I haven't taken the iBT myself, of course, I've spent 6-8 hours a day for more than two years studying this test and preparing students to score well on it.

Eager!

pega

Jul 2005

ARKANSAS

66

Join Date

Location

Posts

7 Rep Power

Within my grasp!

SD2007

Aug 2007

153

Join Date

Posts

5 Rep Power

TOEFL Corey

TOEFL Corey

Dec 2007 Join Date

http://www.urch.com/forums/just-finished-my-toefl/71343-best-books-toefl-ibt-preparation.html Page 3 / 4

All times are GMT. The time now is 04:33 PM.

Copyright © 2011 TestMagic

SEO by vBSEO ©2010, Crawlability, Inc.

Closed Thread

« Need Advice. | Science:A Blessing or A Curse? »

Contact TestMagic Urch.com Archive Privacy Statement Top 6-- The Urch Look

Thread Information

There are currently 6 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 6 guests)

 

Similar Threads

[Help!] toefl ibt preparationBy mqblm in forum TOEFL

Replies: 15Last Post: 07-19-2010, 12:17 PM

Toefl IBT Preparation By bikersnepal in forum TOEFL

Replies: 2Last Post: 07-31-2008, 08:36 PM

The best books for TOEFL IBT preparationBy aap in forum TOEFL

Replies: 7Last Post: 07-26-2007, 08:34 AM

Preparation books for iBT? Please guide By fpgee2005dec in forum Just finished my TOEFL

Replies: 1Last Post: 07-19-2006, 06:41 PM

toefl ibt preparation By xmlsoap in forum Just finished my TOEFL

Replies: 1Last Post: 11-23-2005, 04:21 AM

Bookmarks

Digg

del.icio.us

StumbleUpon

Google

Posting Permissions

BB code is On

Smilies are On

[IMG] code is On

HTML code is Off

Trackbacks are On

Pingbacks are On

Refbacks are On

You may not post new threads

You may not post replies

You may not post attachments

You may not edit your posts

Forum Rules

Los Angeles,

California

159

Location

Posts

4 Rep Power

Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Last

http://www.urch.com/forums/just-finished-my-toefl/71343-best-books-toefl-ibt-preparation.html Page 4 / 4