Longman Introductory Course for the TOEFL Test iBT (Student Book with CD-ROM, without Answer Key) (Requires Audio CDs), 2e

by Phillips, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780137135455
• ISBN10: 0137135459
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-10
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

Providing both a comprehensive language skills course and a wealth of practice for all sections of the test, the Longman Introductory Course for the TOEFL® Test: IBT, by Deborah Phillips, gives intermediate students (scores of 450 to 520 on the paper TOEFL® Test or 45 to 70 on the TOEFL® iBT) all the tools they need to begin to prepare for the TOEFL® iBT integrated-skills test. Upon completion of the Introductory Course, students are ready to handle the more advanced material in Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test: IBT. Note: You must have the Audio CDs to use the listening material (the Skills Practice, the Mini-Tests, the Complete Tests, and the TOEFL®-level Test) in the textbook. The audio material on the CD-ROM is different from that on the adio CDs. Click here to purchase the Audio CDs. The Student Book features: * Updated material for all the new types of passages and questions on the test. * Diagnostic pre-tests and post-tests that allow students to identify strengths and weaknesses and assess improvement in each section. * Practice sections for the four skills: o Reading provides practice exercises in the new test formats, including filling in a table or chart and paraphrasing. o Listening provides authentic conversations between two people in an academic setting and academic lectures with new questions about a speaker's attitude or purpose. o Speaking includes personal and expository tasks and integrated tasks. o Writing consists of expository and integrated tasks: reading/listening/writing. * Four mini-tests that preview the test's integrated four-skills format. * One complete introductory-level practice test. * One TOEFL®-level test. The CD-ROM features: * Completely different material from that in the Student Book. * Practice sections for all parts of the test, including speaking. * Four mini-tests. * One complete introductory-level practice test and one TOEFL®-level test. * Pop-up explanations for all items on the CD-ROM. * Easy-to-use scoring and record-keeping to monitor progress. * New "send" feature that allows electroninc submisson of results, reports, and spoken and written responses.

Author Biography

Deborah Phillips has been teaching English for over twenty-five years with an emphasis on test preparation and academic skills preparation. She has led seminars and participated in conferences on test preparation and English language teaching in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. She currently teaches courses for the certification of teachers in English as a second language at the University of California.  Ms. Phillips is the author of the Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL® Test series of textbooks and CD-ROMs. She is currently working on new textbooks and CD-ROMs to prepare students for the latest version of the TOEFL® test.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Reading

Reading Diagnostic Pre-Test

Reading Overview

Reading Skills

Vocabulary and Reference

Understand Vocabulary from Context

Reading Exercise 1

The Tournament of Roses

Copernicus

Recognize Referents

Reading Exercise 2

Oxygen at High Altitudes

Pepper

Reading Exercise (Skills 1 2)

Sentences

Simplify Meanings of Sentences

Reading Exercise 3

Seven Days in a Week

Communications Satellites

Insert Sentences into the Passage

Reading Exercise 4

Dinosaur Footprints

The Washington Monument

Reading Exercise (Skills 3 4)

3D Movies

Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1 4)

Paul Revere in Longfellow's Poem

Details

Find Factual Information

Reading Exercise 5

Icebergs

Submarines

Sugar

Understand Negative Facts

Reading Exercise 6

The Penguin

Fingerprints

The Tarantella and the Tarantula

Reading Exercise (Skills 5 6)

Medford's Attempted Silk Industry

Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1 6)

The War of 1812

Inferences

Make Inferences from Stated Facts

Reading Exercise 7

Flour

Weightlessness

Infer Rhetorical Purpose

Reading Exercise 8

The Amazon River System

Reading Exercise (Skills 7 8)

The Pacific Ocean

Reading Review Exercises (Skills 1 8)

Reading to Learn

Select Summary Information

Reading Exercise 9

Stress

The Pocket Veto

Complete Schematic Tables

Reading Exercise 10

The Mile

Virginia Colony

Venus and Earth

Reading Exercise (Skills 9 10)

The Manned Space Program

Reading Review Exercise (Skills 1 10)

Reading Post-Testa New Idea

Listening

Listening Diagnostic Pre-Test

An Economics Class

Antarctica

Listening Overview

Listening Skills

Basic Comprehension

Understand the Gist

Listening Exercise 1

An Exam

A Reading Assignment

Sunspots

Understand the Details

Listening Exercise 2

The Recital

The Grouper

Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1 2)

London Bridge

Pragmatic Understanding

Understand the Function

Listening Exercise 3

Grading

Finding a Book

Rivers

Understand the Speaker's Stance

Listening Exercise 4

A Meeting

A Late Paper

Announcements

Listening Exercise (Skills 3 4)

A Music Class

Listening Review Exercise (Skills 1 4)

Connecting Information

Understand

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