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		<title>TOEFL Tip #154: Effective Intermediate English</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an early scene (at the 4:40 mark) of the 1993 movie Philadelphia, Tom Hanks’ character has been illegally fired from his job and is looking for a lawyer to represent him in court. He comes to Denzel Washington’s office, and begins to tell his version of what happened. Soon, Washington’s character says, “Explain this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #153: TOEFL Details Are Divinely Devilish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[English has two idioms about the importance of details. One is “The devil is in the details.” The other is “God is in the details.” Someone hearing these two expressions might ask: How can both God and the devil be in the details? And more relevant to our purposes as TOEFL tutors, we might ask, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #152: Improving Your Comprehension</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a high level of reading and listening comprehension is integral for success in those sections of the exam. Perhaps you’re already listening to public radio and limiting your use of your native language in your daily routine. Doing this will improve your comprehension in English, but how can you gauge your progress? One way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #151: The Importance of Being Enthusiastic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our Strictly English tutors recently received this message in a fortune cookie, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Not only is this a tasty ending for dinner, but it’s also a great mindset when studying for the TOEFL! Many students think that determination and hard work will guarantee success on the TOEFL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #150: Security And Standardized Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of cheating on standardized tests has been in the news several times in the past few weeks. Substantial cheating has been found in circumstances as diverse as the TOEFL exam in Vietnam and the ACT and SAT in the United States . While these are just two examples, they are part of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #149: Immerse Yourself In English</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ETS has recently launched a new all-Japanese TOEFL website. While Strictly English can understand the value of a native-language version of the TOEFL site for those who are just beginning to research the TOEFL exam, we feel strongly that prospective TOEFL test-takers who are already preparing for the exam should read the ETS site – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #148: Rescheduling Your TOEFL Exam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strictly English has received a number of questions lately asking how to reschedule an already-scheduled TOEFL exam. As an exercise to further demonstrate last week’s post about paraphrasing, we will paraphrase ETS’s information about rescheduling exams from the TOEFL web page. Compare this post with ETS’s information. Notice that the two convey the same ideas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #147:  Paraphrasing Is The Most Important Skill For The iBT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The TOEFL exam draws on a diverse skill set for each section, but there is one skill you will use for all four sections – paraphrasing. The Reading section not only has a type of question directly asking you to paraphrase, but in the end, ALL answers are paraphrases of the relevant part of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2012/03/toefl-tip-147-paraphrasing-is-the-most-important-skill-for-the-ibt/</link>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip#146: Your TOEFL Speaking Persona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week , we talked about the value in warming up before beginning the Speaking section of the TOEFL. In that post, we focused on how warming up your voice can result in a smoother delivery of your answers. Today, we’ll focus on your persona for the Speaking section. In general, a persona is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2012/03/toefl-tip146-your-toefl-speaking-persona/</link>
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		<title>TOEFL Tip #145: Describe The City You Live In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warming up is a good way to maximize your chances for a strong score on the TOEFL Speaking section. Very often, people need to speak for a minute or two to clear their throats, adjust their breathing, and feel confident speaking into a microphone. For too many students, Speaking Task 1 functions as a warm-up, [...]]]></description>
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