By getting a good score on TOEFL iBT, a student is eligible to take admission to practically all schools in the U.S. Tej Kohli gives you some useful tips to get the best score in your TOEFL iBT test.

Nowadays a lot of sites are offering a variety of tips and study material to help students prepare for their exam. In addition to the detailed scoring guides, mock test etc. these sites also offer doxuments to understand how your responses will be evaluated.

Practice, Practice and Practice

Like Tej Kohli pointed out in the above paragraph taking a practice test or a mock test gives you a real insight into the TOEFL iBT test is conducted. You can easily find these practice tests online with authentic test materials to put you in the real test environment. These test cover all 4 skills i.e. listening, reading, speaking and writing. By taking a practice test you will be able to preview your performance and since you will get instant scores and feedback you will be able to evaluate your weak points and focus more effort on them.

Strengthen your weaker skills

Tej Kohli recommends students to read skill specific suggestions and take targeted practice papers to focus on the skills they need to improve most and also monitor progress as they go along. Students can also take the complete test series to ensure whether or not they are prepared for the D day.

Implement effective test-taking strategies during real test.

“Read the directions carefully before beginning of the exam to avoid wasting time,” says Tej Kohli. Choose ‘Help’ to review directions only when its absolutely necessary because clock will keep on ticking while you are referring to the Help function.

Don’t get panicked and focus your full concentration on the test question which is there in front of you. It is an effective strategy that can be learned through constant practice.

Never waste too much time on any one question. If you have mulled enough over a question but still don’t know the answer, eliminate as many choices as you can and then select the best alternative. Try to pace yourself and reserve enough time for each question. Its important that you know the time limit for each section in advance. This will help you budget your time and help avoid rush as the test comes to an end.

All international students can prepare for TOEFL internet based test (TOEFL iBT) from the comfort of their own homes as TOEFL iBT techniques courses are provided online through various colleges and universities in United States. Today, studying from home through internet has become a reality as more and more students prefer the freedom of taking courses online and completing degrees according to their own schedule, rather than being bogged down by the stress of regular classes. Recent years have seen a variety of test preparation courses that has paved way for new educational opportunities for those who want to take TOEFL iBT test for academic purposes, career requirement or for personal reasons, but don’t have time to attend a traditional class.

By taking online courses, which are instructed and guided by experts students gets same benefits and outcomes as they get in a F2F course. And all this without wasting any time on commuting. Online courses also offer a convenient alternative to study abroad.

Most online instructors use desire-2-learn and similar course management tools to offer practice tests, preparation exercises to their students. Usually these courses cover the major 4 sections of TOEFL including reading, listening, speaking and writing.

The students are guided through the process and instructors are accessible whenever you need them. For this, such sites use popular online video and text-based chat platforms. Colleges and universities in the US are constantly finding new ways to help students realize their objectives academically and most of them now offer online programs and learning courses.

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Proficiency in English is a very important factor in making your stay in the US a pleasurable one. Most US colleges or universities require you to take the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) before the admission is granted. This TOEFL tests your proficiency in English, both in reading and writing. Sometimes, you also need to take the Test of Spoken English (TSE), which evaluates your English speaking ability.

A student seeking admission in the US must score at least 500 on the TOEFL exam and 700 on the new computer based TOEFL. A score of 600 or more is appreciated for fields which require a higher proficiency in English language like literature or journalism, or at more selective colleges.

Some schools accept scores of other tests for English Language Proficiency, like TOEIC, MTELP, IELTS and Cambridge EFL. Others may conduct their own intensive English Program in lieu of the TOEFL. But you’re more likely to take the TOEFL to be eligible for admission at most schools.

There are some colleges what offer on-campus English as Second Language (ESL) programs, where students can get admission without appearing in the TOEFL. After completion of the ESL program, if you score high enough on the TOEFL, you will get admission to their regular academic program. However, it is less expensive to study English Language at your native place and take the TOEFL there than partaking in a school’s ESL program.

It is best to take TOEFL first, and if your score is not good enough, only then you should consider an ESL or any intensive English Program. Your TOEFL score will help you evaluate how much extra you need to study to qualify for admission.

After you get the admission, you will probably have to take the school’s own English proficiency test depending on your score in this exam, they may ask you to enroll for special classes to improve your English reading, writing, listing and speaking skills. Some schools may also offer courses designed to help you learn technical English pertaining to your field of study, make better you study skills and teach job interview and personality development skills.

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