TY - BOOK AU - Matthiesen,Steven J TI - Essential words for the TOEFL : : test of English as a foreign language SN - 139780764136405 AV - PE 1128 M37E 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Hauppauge,NY. PB - Barron's Educational Series, Inc. KW - ENGLISH LANGUAGE KW - TEXTBOOKS FOR FOREIGN SPEAKERS KW - TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE KW - STUDY GUIDES KW - EXANIMATIONS KW - VOCABULARY KW - EXAMINATIONS N1 - Includes index; Introduction -- Success on the TOEFL -- Maximizing your vocabulary potential?a description of this program -- Getting to kow the TOEFL -- What is the TOEFL? -- Paper TOEFL and the IBT -- The paper TOEFL -- The IBT -- Some helpful hints for both formats of the TOEFL -- Understanding the TOEFL reading section -- Sample questions -- Strategy for the IBT and paper TOEFL -- Improving your TOEFL vocabulary -- Read a lot -- Make flash cards -- Make word lists -- Learn words from old TOEFLs -- Learn the words in this book -- Learn to use a thesaurus -- Building your vocabulary -- Developing word attack skills -- Important vocabulary building tools -- The dictionary -- The thesaurus -- The essential TOEFL vocabulary -- Studying the word entries -- Answering phrasal questions -- Lessons 1?30 -- Answers to exercises: lessons 1?30 -- The IBT practice test -- General directions -- IBT reading section -- Answers to IBT practice test -- Scoring your IBT practice reading test -- IBT reading section score converion table ER -