Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test: Next Generation iBT

Introduction

 Section One: READING

 DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST: Aggression

READING SKILLS
Vocabulary and Reference
  SKILL 1:   Understand vocabulary from context
      READING EXERCISE 1
  SKILL 2:   Recognize referents
    READING EXERCISE 2
    READING EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Coral Colonies
Sentences
  SKILL 3:   Simplify meanings of sentences
    READING EXERCISE 3
  SKILL 4:   Insert sentences into the passage
    READING EXERCISE 4
    READING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): Theodore Dreiser
    READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Pulsars
Details
  SKILL 5:   Find factual information
    READING EXERCISE 5
  SKILL 6:   Understand negative facts
    READING EXERCISE 6
    READING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): John Muir
    READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Caretaker Speech
Inferences
  SKILL 7:   Make inferences from stated facts
    READING EXERCISE 7
  SKILL 8:   Infer rhetorical purpose
    READING EXERCISE 8
    READING EXERCISE (Skills 7-8): Ella Deloria
    READING REVIEW EXERCISES (Skills 1-8): Early Autos
Reading to Learn
  SKILL 9:   Select summary information
    READING EXERCISE 9
  SKILL 10:   Complete schematic tables
    READING EXERCISE 10
      READING EXERCISE (Skills 9-10): Species
    READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-10): Decisions

Section Two: LISTENING

DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST:
  Problem Class
  Sleep
LISTENING OVERVIEW
LISTENING SKILLS
Basic Comprehension
SKILL 1:   Understand the gist
  LISTENING EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2:   Understand the details
  LISTENING EXERCISE 2
    LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Anthropology Paper
Pragmatic Understanding
SKILL 3:   Understand the function
  LISTENING EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4:   Understand the speaker's stance
  LISTENING EXERCISE 4
  LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 3-4): The Fugio Coin
    LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Hibernation
Connecting Information
SKILL 5:   Understand the organization
  LISTENING EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6:   Understand relationships
  LISTENING EXERCISE 6
  LISTENING EXERCISE (Skills 5-6): The Outer Banks
    LISTENING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6): Leaf Arrangements
 
LISTENING POST-TEST
  Music Project
  The Great Lakes

Section Three: SPEAKING

DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST:
Good Teacher
Vacation
Registering for Classes
Nonverbal Communication
Problem in French Class
Echolocation
SPEAKING OVERVIEW
SPEAKING SKILLS
Independent Tasks
SKILL 1:   Plan the free-choice response
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2:   Make the free-choice response
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 2
  SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)
SKILL 3:   Plan the paired-choice response
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4:   Make the paired-choice response
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 4
  SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 3-4)
Integrated Tasks (Reading and Listening)
SKILL 5:   Note the main points as you read
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6:   Note the main points as you listen
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 6
SKILL 7:   Plan the response
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 7
  SKILL 8:   Make the response
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 8
  SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 5-8): History Syllabus
  SKILL 9:   Note the main points as you read
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 9
  SKILL 10:   Note the main points as you listen
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 10
  SKILL 11:   Plan the response
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 11
  SKILL 12:   Make the response
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 12
  SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 9-12): Equity Theory
Integrated Tasks (Listening)
SKILL 13:   Note the main points as you listen
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 13
SKILL 14:   Plan the response
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 14
SKILL 15:   Make the response
  SPEAKING EXERCISE 15
SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 13-15): Bored in Class
  SKILL 16:   Note the main points as you listen
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 16
  SKILL 17:   Plan the response
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 17
  SKILL 18:   Make the response
    SPEAKING EXERCISE 18
  SPEAKING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 16-18): SAD
       
SPEAKING POST-TEST
      Admirable Person
      Getting News
      Cafeteria Problem
      Social Environments
      Class Schedule Problem
      Life on Mars

Section Four: WRITING

DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST:
Human Memory
News Story
WRITING OVERVIEW
WRITING SKILLS
Integrated Task
SKILL 1:   Note the main points as you read
  WRITING EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2:   Note the main points as you listen
  WRITING EXERCISE 2
SKILL 3:   Plan before you write
  WRITING EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4:   Write a topic statement
  WRITING EXERCISE 4
SKILL 5:   Write unified supporting paragraphs
  WRITING EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6:   Review sentence structure
  WRITING EXERCISE 6
SKILL 7:   Review grammar
  WRITING EXERCISE 7
  WRITING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-7): Iceman
Independent Task
SKILL 8:   Plan before you write
  WRITING EXERCISE 8
SKILL 9:   Write the introduction
  WRITING EXERCISE 9
SKILL 10:   Write unified supporting paragraphs
  WRITING EXERCISE 10
SKILL 11:   Connect the supporting paragraphs
  WRITING EXERCISE 11
SKILL 12:   Write the conclusion
  WRITING EXERCISE 12
SKILL 13:   Review sentence structure
  WRITING EXERCISE 13
SKILL 14:   Review grammar
  WRITING EXERCISE 14
  WRITING EXERCISE (Skills 8-14): Emotions
       
WRITING POST-TEST
    Unintended Consequences
  Safe or Sorry

MINI-TESTS

MINI-TEST 1
Reading:
Migration
Listening:
Science Lab
The Little House Books
Speaking:
Leader of the Country
History Films
Formation of Glaciers
Writing:
Garlic
MINI-TEST 2
Reading:
Birth Order
Listening:
Confused Assignment
Cross-Dating
Speaking:
Getting Up Early
Leadership Roles
Meeting on Exam Schedule
Writing: Historical Event
MINI-TEST 3
Reading:
Ketchup
Listening:
Biology Class
Gem Cuts
Speaking:
Hometown
Library Rules
Split Infinitives
Writing:
Bamboo and Pandas
MINI-TEST 4
Reading:
Estuaries
Listening:
Cumulative Exam
Mountains
Speaking:
Kinds of Exams
  Nullification
Simple Direct Response
  Writing: Working for Others
 
MINI-TEST 5
Reading:
Schizophrenia
  Listening: Scholarship
  Atolls
  Speaking: Good Friend
  Student Assistant Positions
  Zero-Sum Economies
Writing:
Catch-22
       
MINI-TEST 6
Reading: Exxon Valdez
Listening: Schedule Plan
Animal Hearing
Speaking: Million Dollars
Formation of the Solar System
Rescheduled Speaker
Writing: Visitors to Your Country
MINI-TEST 7
Reading: Plate Tectonics
Listening: Group Project
The Trumpet
Speaking: TOEFL Test
Discussion Class
NIMBY
Writing: Hemophilia
MINI-TEST 8
Reading: The Limners
Listening: General Studies
Carbon
Speaking: Big Party
Somnambulism
Questioning the Professor
Writing: Violence in Movies
COMPLETE TESTS
       
COMPLETE TEST 1
Reading: 1 Prehistoric Astronomers
2 Truman and the Railroads
3 Mathematical Bases
Listening: Student Newspaper
The Great Salt Lake
Kleenex
Exam Grade
Hawaii
Three-Mile Island
Speaking: Dream Job
Group Paper
Spring Show
Great Ape Communication
Dreaded Science Class
Mercantilism
Writing: Venus
Family Traditions
COMPLETE TEST 2
Reading: 1 Navigational Devices
2 The Neanderthals
3 The Silent Era
Listening: Grade Report
Washington, D.C.
The Letter C
The Space Shuttle
Caves
The Compound Eye
Speaking: Favorite Movie
  Telling a Lie
  Business Internships
  Supersonic Speeds
  Project Done Bit by Bit
  Multiple Personality Disorder
  Writing: Library at Alexandria
  Good Leader
       
APPENDIXES
  APPENDIX A: Cohesion
  APPENDIX B: Sentence Structure
  APPENDIX C: Error Correction (Grammar)
   
SCORES AND CHARTS
Scoring Information
Skills Charts and Self-Assessment Checklists
Progress Chart
   
RECORDING SCRIPT
   
ANSWER KEY