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 : Barron's How to Prepare for the Computer-Based Toefl Essay: Test of English As a Foreign Language (Barron's How to Prepare for the Computer-Based Toefl Essay)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.0076
EAN: 9780764114793
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0764114794
Label: Barron's Educational Series
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 252
Publication Date: May 15, 2000
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Studio: Barron's Educational Series




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Editorial Review:

Book Description:
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.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The best on TOEFL essays
This book explains how to write the essay on the TOEFL through examples and analyses; the best of its kind.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Doesn't contain newest TOEFL topics
First, you need to know that TOEFL publishes its official list of TOEFL essay topics on its website, and ALL essays that you will have to write on the TOEFL come from this list. Second, you need to know that this list is updated every year, with some topics removed and new ones added. The next update will occur around Aug of 2002.

After this book was published, TOEFL updated its topics so that there were 185 topics, not ~150 when this book was published. Many of the old topics were retired, ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Very good for grammer review
Hey friends, this is for test preparation, not for English language learning; otherwise, it will call "English" not "TOEFL".

Its grammer review sections are very good. It absolutely worth a buy.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - it is a very useful book
This book helped me a lot to prepare the essay.It taught me how to organize it well.And I got 4.5 finally.As a foreigner,I am very satisfied with this score.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Want a 6.0 on your essay on the TOEFL-CBT?
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 ... Read More







 






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