http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ETS has partnered with Metametrics, which created "The Lexile Framwork for Reading."  This framework will help you find books that are at the same reading level as your TOEFL score.  That way, you can read books that are at the next level up from your level, which will help you ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2010/03/find-books-that-match-your-toefl-reading-level/ Here is Strictly English's first instructional video. It covers the TOEFL 20-Minute essay, or what is technically named "The Integrated Skills Essay".  This video tells you things about the 20-Minute essay that other schools and books are not telling you about the essay's format! Want to learn how to write a ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/12/video-on-toefl-20-minute-essay-integrated-essay/ Sorry to say, but ETS's TOEFL Tip is not very good this week.   It suggests that listening to movies and TV will improve your listening.  I agree, but only to a point.  I have many students who go to the movies all the time, and they still do not ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/10/bad-suggestion-from-ets-toefl-study/ M. K. Thompson has a very compelling article titled The Many Shortcomings of Standardized Tests in the Korean Herald today.  In it, she argues that the information you learn when studying for any standardized test is only good for the test itself.  Most students do not apply the knowledge they ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/10/using-your-toefl-skills-beyond-toefl/ Strictly English has a list of 21 questions about the TOEFL iBT exam that we use when interviewing TOEFL tutors. If they cannot answer these questions correctly, then they don't get the job! If you're looking for an iBT tutor, make sure he or she can answer at least these three ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/10/3-questions-every-toefl-tutor-should-be-able-to-answer/ When TOEFL asks you to describe a PERSON in Speaking Task 1, you can talk about that person's: Body Mind Heart EX: "I really respected my chemistry teacher because he was SMART (mind) and PATIENT (emotion)" You can also: 1. Talk about the effect this person has had on you (for example, this person made you ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/10/toefl-speaking-task-1-describe-a-person/ Ich glaube Strictly English ist eine der besten Institutionen überhaupt um sich auf den TOEFL vorzubereiten. Ich weiss, dass Strictly English hart daran gearbeitet hat um zu verstehen was zählt für den TOEFL test. Strictly English Lehrer haben mir Methoden beigebracht wie ich mein Testergebnis verbessern kann. Ich glaube der ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/08/testimonial-from-a-swiss-student/ The following letter explains that institutions that receive your score can now contact ETS and verify that the scores you submitted to the institution are the same as the scores ETS gave you. This will help eliminate freud. So don't send fake scores to your school; they will ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/08/ets-now-allows-score-recipients-to-verify-your-results/ 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 ... http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/08/study-for-toefl-topics-in-your-native-language/ Here's what one happy student wants to say about Strictly English! 当你还在为考托福（TOEFL）发愁时，当你有足够的单词量却不能在做听力时听到细节而踌躇时，请来Strictlyenglish家教（TUTORING）。Jon会用他科学而独特的教学方法帮你在最短的时间内提高托福（toefl）成绩。 多亏他的帮助使我的成绩在一个月之内从63分提高到了81分。Strictlyenglish家教辅导一定会让你取得一个理想的成绩。 http://www.strictlyenglishusa.com/blog/2009/08/good-words-from-a-chinese-student/