Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / May 2006

Am sure I you just are fine gonna do.

You might want to think about PAYING someone to help you. You know,
cash money, that sort of thing?

Well...

Go to www.toefl.org and start downloading. If you're in Area 3 and are
still taking the CBT, download TOEFL Powerprep and do the tests. Do a
Google search on "TOEFL essay topics" and download the .pdf you find.
If you're in an iBT area, there's very little tested quality stuff out
there, but get what's available on toefl.org.

Remember, very few test preparation companies really work all that hard
to create quality preparation materials for TOEFL. Most students simply
buy one book or, alternately, download whatever they can find. The
materials you download may seem to help you a great deal, but you need
exposure to the real test before you can accurately judge whether they
were worth the time to download. Test-takers are notoriously bad judges
of how good or bad practice material is, which is why there are so many
bad test-prep writers out there.

--Anyway, good luck.