Educational Testing Service - The Official Guide to the TOEFL Test with DVD-ROM, Fifth Edition

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The front cover shows the ETS logo, followed by The People Who Make the Test!, followed by the book title The Official Guide to the TOEFL Test Fifth Edition. This is followed by a list of two items:

• Practice with authentic past TOEFL IBT test questions and essay topics
• Read ETS raters comments on actual test taker responses

The list is followed by Includes an interactive download of 4 real past TOEFL Tests.

The book spine repeats the book title and presents the McGraw Hill Education logo.

The back cover starts with Education/Study Guides, followed by the following text:

Get the only official guide to the TOEFL test that comes straight from the makers of the test!

If you are looking for the best, most authoritative guide to the TOEFL iBT test, you have found it! The Official Guide to the TOEFLTest is the one and only TOEFL guide specially created by ETSthe maker of the test. It is packed with everything you need to prepare for the TOEFL test. Only ETS can show you exactly what to expect on the test, tell you precisely how the test is scored, and give you hundreds of authentic test questions to study for practice. That makes this guide your most reliable source for everything you need to know about the TOEFL test.

No other TOEFL guide gives you:

• Everything you need to know about the TOEFL iBT test, straight from the test makers
• Hundreds of authentic TOEFL iBT questions and essay topics
• In-depth analyses of the multiple-choice Reading and Listening sections, with valuable tips for answering test questions
• A detailed review of the Speaking and Writing sections, with scoring information, real students responses, and actual raters comments

ETS is a private, nonprofit organization devoted to educational measurement and research, primarily through testing. ETS develops and administers millions of achievement and admissions tests each year in the United States and 180 other countries. These include the TOEFL, GRE, Praxis, and other standardized tests.

For the real TOEFL iBT testing experience, visit TOEFL Practice Online.

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At the bottom of the back cover, there are two logos:

• ETS Measuring the Power of Learning
• Learn More. Do More.

Downloadable interactive tests and audio tracks may be obtained from the McGraw-Hill Education Media Center at http://mhprofessional.com/mediacenter. Enter this eBooks ISBN and your e-mail address at the Media Center to receive an e-mail message that contains the download instructions. This eBooks ISBN is 978-1-260-01122-7. Note: The download will only work on a PC or MAC.

The test questions on the digital download are from actual TOEFL iBT tests. However, the screens and delivery formats are not identical to the actual test. When you take the actual TOEFL iBT test, you may notice some variations in how the questions are presented to you on screen.

Once you have downloaded the files, you will see that one folder is labeled Audio. This folder contains the audio tracks that you will need in order to work through the eBook tests. You can save these audio tracks to your PC or MAC computer. To install the computer practice tests on a PC, click on the file labeled Setup to be guided through a short series of screens. At the end of the process, the tests will be installed on your computer. To install the computer practice tests on a MAC, drag the program icon to your Applications folder.

When you launch the program, this screen appears:

From the Main Menu, choose Practice Test 1, 2, 3, or 4. Then select the test section you wish to take: Reading, Listening, Speaking, or Writing. Note that you can take each section more than once.

When you open a test section, you will first see the instructions for that section. A timer on the screen shows how many minutes and seconds you have left for that section. You can hide the timer if you find it distracting.

If you must take a break during the test, select Main Menu button at the top of the screen. This will take you back to the main menu. When you are ready to resume, open the test section again, and select the Continue button. Your work will not be lost, and you will begin exactly where you left off. The timer clock will stop while you are on your break and will restart immediately when you resume the test. Try not to take breaks too often, because on the actual test, the clock keeps running even if you leave the room on a break.

To answer the questions in the Reading and Listening sections, select the corresponding answer oval or follow the instructions given. For some questions, you will need to select more than one answer choice. After selecting your answer or answers, select Next to continue. For the Reading section, you can move back to review your answer choice by selecting the Previous button.

For the Speaking section, you should record your response to each question into a recording device after you hear the instruction telling you to begin speaking. Stop recording once the response time expires.

For the Writing section, write your response to each question in the space provided in the time allowed.

When all the questions in a section have been answered, select the Next button to complete the section.

In the Listening, Speaking, and Writing sections, you will listen to audio tracks. Audio controls are available at the bottom of the screen. At the end of a track, select the Next button to start answering questions.

On the Main Menu, select a section of any test you have taken. You will get information on the percentage of questions answered correctly for the Reading and Listening sections only. Select the Review button. For each question in the Reading and Listening sections, you will see the correct answer and the rationale explaining why the answer is correct. For the Speaking section, you will see the important points for each question, sample responses, and rater comments on the responses. Follow the instructions for listening to sample responses. Use the important points, sample Speaking responses and rater comments to evaluate your performance on the Speaking Section. For the Writing section, you will see the topic notes, sample essays, and rater comments on the essays. Use the topic notes, sample essays, and rater comments to evaluate your performance on the Writing section.

You may choose to work through the tests as you proceed through the eBook rather than using the interactive tests. If so, you will still need to listen to the audio tracks. From your copied and saved Audio folder, you can select the audio tracks by number as they are numbered in the eBook. As you work through the tests in the eBook, you will be told when to play each audio track. Each time you need to play a track, you will see the following symbol: