Study for TOEFL Topics in Your Native Language

by Strictly English TOEFL Tutors on August 23, 2009

Here is a Tweet from Twitter that I thought was interesting:

my TOEFL textbook is totally brutal. lotta words even I can’t understand in my mother tongue lol

Now, because TOEFL is a test of ENGLISH, I usually do not suggest that people study for it in their own language. You should immerse yourself in English as much as possible. But there is one time when I think using your own language is a good idea: to learn about common TOEFL topics.

This student above is finding it hard to understand the topics in his TOEFL book even in his own language. Therefore, studying the basics of biology, chemistry, American history, geology, art, psychology, etc. in your own language will make it easier for you to understand these topics in English. Once you are familiar with the idea of, for example, symbiosis in your native tongue, then reading and listening about it in English will be much easier.

GOOD LUCK!

Categories: Listening, Reading, TOEFL Vocabulary Questions

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wrote on November 21, 2009 at 3:38 am

Indeed the TOEFL test is full of very scrappy words that probably you will never use again. However, students are not expected to know all of them but rather they are expected to be able to guess the meaning of those words from the context.

http://i-Courses.org is a very good resource site for TOEFL Online Practice.