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Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test: Preparation for the Computer and Paper Tests (Student Book + CD-ROM with Answer Key)

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The best book for TOEFL test. Software is very well organized. It is possible to analyze statistics of your mistakes and to find out the grammar problems that should be revised.

For preparation for TOEFL test I used three books: Longman, Cambridge and Thomson. Longman is the best book. Cambridge is very good too, but not as good as Longman. Thomson is very bad.

I scored 267 on computer based test.

I'm from Argentina, used this book and got a 280 mark on the computer based exam. I think that the Structure and Reading comprehension sections are fine. The listening comprehension section is rather poor. The writing section is not very useful (you should practice on your own). There are two complete sample test that show very accurately how the real test is like (in both sample tests I got the same mark that I got on the real test!).

This book is good in Structure and Reading. In Listening strategies are well explained, but the tests in CD are not. People speak very clearly, and in real exam they don't. So, practice this part with Powerprep software (downloadlable from toefl.com) and you'll see the difference. However, this book helped me a lot to prepare the exam in 50 hours and got a score of 217/270.

improved writing section, Diagnostic Pre-Tests .all the skills you need, more exercises than any other book in the market. Best Preparation for the Paper and Computerized TOEFL
from well-known publisher .it is really number one

If you have a very good level of english, and you want to take the TOEFL exam, this book is the book. You have very understanding examples and it is to easy to go through it. It is very simple to study with it by yourself.

Such a waste of money! This book sucks! There are so many mistakes in it that I sometimes think that Deborah Phillips had barely graduated from high school. The strategies given in the book explain only the tip of the iceberg, they are all common sense. They explain only the basics, which are not enough to get a good TOEFL score. I don't usually write reviews, but for this one - it was a must. In case I didn't make it clear -
DON'T BUY THIS BOOK !

This book is well organized and covers all the aspects of grammar, listening, reading, and writing. The 8 tapes are very helpful. If you purchase this book, be sure to buy the listening tapes. Notice that the tapes are sold separately and the content is different from the CD-ROM, since the CD-ROM is mainly used to simulate the Computer-Based Test (CBT) on a PC.

I have mistaken the cover of book as if that was for IBT test prep. But this is only for paper based TOEFL but has a computer CD. This not their fault. its my fault. But I wanted to warn potential customers. As fro paper based test preps this book is still good.

I just started using the book. It is a bit confusing since refers to some audios that I don't find in the Cd. Maybe I just need more time to get to know it better.

This book was my first buy from Amazon. The book mathcs exactly wiith the book description that was written at the web and the it was shipped on time.