Visiting students in the United States and Canada who take the Computer-Based Test of English as a Foreign Language must submit a written essay that counts toward approximately 50% of their structure score. This brand new manual offers intensive preparation for this important task. The author shows how to organize details and concepts for a given topic, then how to develop the theme in clear, grammatical English. Exercises are given in which students must proofread and edit rough drafts of essays, thus demonstrating their facility with the language. A total of 133 model essays are presented to point out the do's and don'ts of successful essay composition in English.
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Lin LOUGHEED started his EFL career in 1968 as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey. He earned his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University and has received two Fulbright awards: a scholar grant in Sri Lanka and a professor grant in Tunisia. In 1983, he founded Instructional Design International, Inc. to develop English teaching materials in all media. Lin is a past member of the TESOL Executive Board and has served as the chair of two special interest groups: Teaching English Internationally and Materials Writers. He has written over 40 English-as-a-foreign-language texts and has a daily radio show in China on business English.
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40 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
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Easy to Understand & Excellent Guidance in Writting essay,
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This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Computer-Based Toefl Essay: Test of English As a Foreign Language (Paperback)
I liked this book very much because it has guided how to take step by step approach in writting essay.It tells us how to manage time & how to develope topic. Even there are sample essays for all topics of TOEFL.Punctuation rules were usefull for me.Identifying whether topic of essay is of type "agreeing or disagreeing" or "stating a preference" helped me lot. Although this is the only book in market on "Computer based toefl essay",it has everything we need to write in TOEFL.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Write an essay within 30 minutes? YES!,
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This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Computer-Based Toefl Essay: Test of English As a Foreign Language (Paperback)
Can you imagine an non-English-as-a-first-language person write an English essay within 30 minutes? I'm talking about planning, thinking, and typing, altogether within 30 minutes. Seems like mission impossible. But with the book, it's not that hard. I personally find the explanations of the four types that apear in TOEFL most useful. Now I can decide where to start my essay at first glance because I know what kind of topic it belongs. I also find the check list impressive. It oulines how a good essay should include and exclude. In my opinion, you can write an outstanding essay, too-if you follow the instructions in the book.
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Want a 6.0 on your essay on the TOEFL-CBT?,
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This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Computer-Based Toefl Essay: Test of English As a Foreign Language (Paperback)
I leafed through this book to give me some idea on how to prepare for my TOEFL-CBT essay writing section and was pleased with my full score of 6.0! This helpful book that comes with 150 short sample essays, teaches you the rudimentaries of essay writing and development from the basic levels of English composition and grammar. Different charts and disgrams are displayed on how to develop your ideas you've brainstormed for the essay. Time is not on the side on the test-taker and it would do you well to be prepared in one way or another. This recommended guide will prove useful for both English and non-English test-takers. For the former, it might look too easy for those confident in the usage of the Englih language and would merely be a revision of what is being taught in schools. For the latter, a little more patience, time and a lot of English essay writing practice are needed. Begin with this inexpensive guide book. It might do you some good. I would suggest that the author and publisher come up with more challenging topics and essays though, and have the next edition of book printed on quality paper that can last a millenium.
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