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Title: How to Prepare for the T.O.E.F.L.: Test of English As a Foreign Language (Barron's How to Prepare for the Test of English As a Foreign Language T.O.E.F.L) by Pamela Sharpe ISBN: 0-7641-7500-9 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good book, very poor CD
Comment: Although I must admit that the book itself provides lot sof useful details espacially in the STRUCTURE section of teh TOEFL, software prvoded on the CD ROM seems to be very raw and not fully tested. Here is what you are about to get:
1. The book claims that CD ROM has 8 model test + one real CAT. While it is true, test questions repeat throughout the tests. SO, do not bothe rto take model tests, go straight to the CAT because that is what you are really after. Otherwise, you will be disappointed to see the same questions again. Nice thing though is that if you re-take CAT it randomly pull squestions out of the pool. So, you just win here in any way.
2. I took the full CAT and when it was time to score it, the program just HUNG. Very diasppointing. I unloaded the CD ROM to my hard drive and retook the test. This time it worked fine, however, my READING results were horrible. I could not believe it and retook just reading section, as it does not allow you to review the results after you have taken the full test. My results were VERY low again, so I checked out what kind of errors I made, and realize dthat I was being graded against WRONG paragraphs. Basically they a problem with their software.
That said, be careful, if you know what you are fater, get the book, it is pretty good, but be very cautios about CD ROM. Oh, this review is about the book with CD ROM not with four audio CDs.
Rating: 4
Summary: Second-best resource
Comment: This book is the second-best book on TOEFL after Educational Testing Services' (ETS) TOEFL book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Boring Book
Comment: The first time I read this book, I look at the study plan to master this whole book. It said it took about 12 weeks to master all material there, which is not adequate for me, because I need to take TOEFL in about a month. So I begin to do accelerated read of this book. Unfortunately it's not an experience that I would like to do again. This book bored me, especially the grammar part.
The grammar part actually is very concise. A number of patterns and styles were given there. But they organized this book in a boringly style. About 140 patterns and 30 styles were there for us to memorize, but only few exercises to be done. For the other parts, this book is not the right book. Besides that, the model test, which consists of 8 models, is quite easy.
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