Speaking TOEFL Tips

Can you provide me some tips for preparation of speaking section exam in TOEFL or Test of English as a Foreign Language iBT?

The Speaking section in TOEFL iBT measures the test taker's ability to communicate in English orally.

The six tasks in the Speaking section are divided into two types - independent speaking tasks (2 tasks) and integrated speaking tasks (4 tasks).

Students must prove they are able to speak effectively under the following requirements:

• Deliver adequate oral responses to the questions.
• Participate actively in academic discussions.
• Participate in everyday conversations.
• State a clear opinion about the discussed subjects.
• Summarize and orally reproduce the information read in textbooks or heard in the classroom.
• Communicate with university officials in libraries, sport centers, housing offices, bookstores, etc.


General Speaking Strategies

Time management is a very important component

Relax when speaking

Use appropriate signal and linking words to switch between ideas

Practice you speaking skills

Build your vocabulary systematically

Speak, Speak, Speak

Try to think in English and thus avoid translating from your language into English
Develop fluency

Use idioms appropriately

Master appropriate and correct use of English grammar

Systematically improve your pronunciation

Practice organizing your speech

Record your practice speaking and listen it again to find where you did well and where you did not do well.

Find experienced teachers in TOEFL iBT that may assess you’re speaking

Make a list with familiar topics and practice speaking on each of them orally summarizes in short what you have read or heard.

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