TOEFL assesses your command over the English language through different
sections such as reading, listening, and essay writing.
Every Institute or college fixes up a cutoff TOEFL score for the
admission. Better know about cutoff score details before you apply
to the respective college or Institute. These days TOEFL is
conducted as Computer Based Testing in almost all the countries
except few. Hence make yourself conversant with computer. It's not
necessary that you need to be a computer expert technically, but
your working knowledge of Computers will help you give your exam
comfortably. Generally, people who comfortably speak understand and
write the English language should have no difficulty in scoring good
points.
Start your TOEFL preparations at least two months before the
exams. As reading skills can give you good score points, start
reading some good famous novels, renowned English magazines and news
papers to get the feel of the language. Watch English news from any
of the good English channels. Watching good English movies regularly
will enhance your listening skills to help you score well in
listening part of TOEFL test. Practice writing essays on as many
topics as possible under examination environment. Every essay has to
be completed in 30 minutes. You will get a topic allotted and then
you have to express your view, giving opinion, arguments or
something like this. The topics will be simple and no special
knowledge is needed. In the essays, you may be required to deal with
everyday problems or questions.
There are good TOEFL books, guides and CD-ROMs available in the
market to help you for the test preparation. But before following
these preparatory materials better consult reliable mock TOEFL test
centers and counselors to advise you in the right direction.
