Below are our articles about studying English for exams like TOEFL iBT.
Sierra Yohalem, one of our TOEFL teachers, wrote a blog post sharing her experience with a student who’s been struggling with his pronunciation. Many of Sierra’s students are working towards achieving a 26+ on the speaking section of the TOEFL iBT test. If your target speaking score is 26+, keep reading. I recently made a lot of progress with a …
According to the official TOEFL iBT Integrated Writing Rubric, you get a top score on the integrated essay if your response “…successfully selects the important information from the lecture and coherently and accurately presents this information in relation to the relevant information presented in the reading.” It’s a challenging task, as you have only 20 minutes to combine the details …
You’ve worked so hard and you are ready to do your best. To help you feel more confident, our TOEFL iBT teacher Matt Radley has put together a list of some practical things you should do the night before and morning of the exam. Wondering how to plan for your TOEFL test day? What should you carry with you? Watch …
A high TOEFL speaking score means that you sound almost like a native speaker, your accent is clear, and your speech is smooth and flowing. In this video, our teacher Sherlen Tanner explains some of the key elements needed to make your accent sound more natural. You’ll learn about the most common speaking mistakes TOEFL students make and the ways …
Your word choice matters. Did you know that using overly complex vocabulary to express your ideas in speaking tasks 1 and 2 may actually decrease your TOEFL score? To receive a high score for the TOEFL Independent Speaking tasks 1 and 2, your responses should sound natural and spontaneous. However, many students have a hard time speaking naturally in a …
Jane, a teacher with English Success Academy, shares her 5 tips that will help you prepare for the TOEFL test. Jane talks about vocabulary building, speaking more clearly and thinking quickly under stress.
Below is a guest post from David Pattinson, a certified ESL Exam Prep Coach specializing in IELTS. This blog post will be useful for those interested in taking IELTS. If you need any extra help with your prep, you can reach out to David here. You can listen to the audio recording of the blog post here: Students often complain …
Instant access to Delta’s Key to the TOEFL iBT for students and teachers, from anywhere in the world and on any device. Click to download the Press Release We’re excited to announce that English Success Academy has licensed the rights to digitize and distribute one of the most popular books that is published by Delta Publishing Company, Nancy Gallagher’s Delta’s …
Do you know that we have been developing our own teacher training program since mid-2014 and all teachers who we recommend are officially certified as ESL Exam Prep Coaches? In other words, they have successfully completed the 90-hour training program How to Teach Exams led by Jaime Miller and follow the exam-teaching methodology that gets results. If you’re curious to learn more …
Do you know what a “fossilized” language error is? A fossil is an ancient organism that has been preserved in the earth’s crust. It sounds like a TOEFL lecture topic, right? ? In other words, if something is fossilized, it is very old and incapable of change. English teachers sometimes say that students’ errors with pronunciation, grammar or vocabulary become …
