TOEFL iBT Highlights you should be read

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1. TOEFL iBT measures receptive and expressive skills equally.Half the total score on the test is based on reading and listening abilities-on how well you receive and understand English.Half the total score is based on speaking and writing abilities-how well you express yourself using English.This blog will help you develop your expressive skills for the test.                                                
2. TOEFL iBT measures integrated skills.In the speaking and Writing sections of the test,there are several questions in which you must read and/or listen,then speak or write based on what you read and heard.This blog will show you you examples of the integrated skills questions and teach you how to prepare for them.                                                                                                                          
3. TOEFL iBT contains no Structure section.As already mentioned,TOEFL iBT includes no discrete-point testing.Your knowledge of the grammar of English is measured within the skills sections of the test.For example,you must correctly apply rules of English grammar when speaking on the test.                                                                                                                                         
4. TOEFL iBT uses more authentic language in the reading and listening passages.For example,in the Listening section,speakers in a conversation may interrupt each other,just as two people naturally do when engaged in conversation.All the reading and listening passages in this blog are modeled on the TOEFL iBT passages,so you will learn what to expect on actual test.                                                     
5. TOEFL iBT allows note-taking.You can,and in fact should,take notes in every section of the test.This blog will help you develop your note-taking skills.