The first stage: TOEFL preparation warm-up stage
The warm-up stage of TOEFL preparation, that is, the stage when candidates have just come into contact with TOEFL, is about 3-5 months before the exam. During this period, candidates should focus on the accumulation of official guides and vocabulary content. The accumulation of vocabulary is not short-lived, but continuous before the exam.
1.OG "Official Guide to the New TOEFL"
OG can get more authoritative guidance. First of all, OG is the most direct and simple way for candidates to understand TOEFL and TOEFL test. OG, a book, has an introduction to TOEFL items and TOEFL real questions to help candidates practice. Because OG is an officially published book, in order to accurately convey the official requirements and related contents to candidates, OG has a Chinese and English version, but Bian Xiao suggested buying a bilingual version, and all the important materials are translated in Chinese, which can help candidates better understand.
2. Wang TOEFL vocabulary
Compared with the old TOEFL, the new TOEFL has a larger vocabulary. It is suggested to prepare a vocabulary book of Wang, which has a large vocabulary and contains more than 5,000 words. I suggest you recite the vocabulary book first, and then review the memorized words two weeks to one month later. If you recite a new list every day, you can finish the first one in 40 days. But be careful not to relax the review of old words. Consolidating old words is as important as reciting new words. Of course, in addition, Zhang Hongyan's words "quasi-character" and "killing the soul without a teacher" are also very popular. If you already have or are reciting those three books, it's not a big problem.
The second stage: TOEFL preparation consolidation stage
The so-called consolidation mainly refers to the period of 3-4 months before the exam. Candidates need to practice and be familiar with the TOEFL test form, time control and topic characteristics through TOEFL real questions. In addition, candidates can find their own mistakes and weaknesses in time during the practice, so as to practice more pertinently.
1. The focus is on Longman's tutorial and OG real questions.
According to friends who have taken the exam, Longman's subjective questions are not particularly close to the exam. It is suggested that Longman mainly do objective questions, especially the part with guidance information in front. You can practice listening under the guidance of "new thinking". I began to practice "high score composition" through dictation and follow-up. After Longman did some objective questions, I finished the questions on OG seriously. If you have time, continue to do Reading Skills and Test Sites (it is best to finish reading this book this month).
2. The reading skills and test site refinement in the new TOEFL test.
This set of books is not a TOEFL-based tutorial, a bit like new concept English or even college English. Pay attention to laying a good foundation for reading ability through basic and technical training of reading. In addition, this set of books is also equipped with listening extension questions and topic discussion questions, which can warm up listening, composition and oral English for the new TOEFL. I feel that it is suitable for training for 3-4 months before the exam. If you start with the simplest first book, you can start with memorizing TOEFL vocabulary. Band 4 vocabulary should be enough.
The third stage: TOEFL preparation sprint stage
The period of 1-2 months before TOEFL test is the key period of TOEFL test, and it is also the stage for candidates to sprint for high scores. During this time, of course, the exercises can't be left behind. However, in addition to practicing doing problems, candidates should also pay attention to accumulating some problem-solving skills and methods in order to achieve the fastest problem-solving speed.
1. Complete the Delta tutorial and practice according to the intensity of each item.
In fact, the Delta tutorial book provides a timetable for completing this book, up to 15 weeks. Delta is very close to the difficulty and style of the exam. Reading is a little more difficult and listening is a little simpler, but subjective questions, especially the last four questions of oral English and the listening materials of comprehensive writing are much more difficult than the exam. Bian Xiao believes that it takes 3-4 hours a day to finish the book in about 2 months. While doing Delta, don't fall behind in vocabulary review and composition, especially in oral training.
2. Kaplan's new TOEFL tutorial
Kaplan's IBT guidance textbook, according to students who have participated in IBT, is more difficult than the IBT test (mainly reading and listening questions may be slightly difficult), and the reading questions in the model test software have minor flaws (the reading questions are not automatically positioned during the test), but it is still a good preparation textbook. Mainland China has not been officially introduced. In August, 2006, the new edition for 2007-2008 was released.