As per the data released by Educational testing Service (ETS), the percentage of people taking TOEFL exam in India has witnessed a surge of 7% in 2012 in comparison to 2011. In 2012, 67% of male candidates and 33% of female candidates took TOEFL test in India. 22.9 years was the total mean age for TOEFL test takers in India last year.   Other countries are also exhibiting the same trend. As per the ETS officials, the growth in the number of people taking test in the past 7 years consecutively has been impressive. Last year, TOEFL was taken by students from about 180...

Integrated Writing Tasks Find a textbook that includes questions about the material at the end of chapters and practice writing answers to the questions. Read an article that is about 300-400 words long. Make an outline that includes the major points and important details of the article. Use an outline to write a summary of the information and ideas. Summaries should be brief and clearly communicate only the major points and important details. Be sure to paraphrase using different words and grammatical structures. Find listening and reading materials on a single topic on the...

The best way to practice speaking is with native speakers of English. If you do not live in an English-speaking country, finding native speakers of English might be quite challenging. In some countries, there are English-speaking tutors or assistants who help students with conversation skills and overall communication skills. It is critical to find them and speak with them as often as possible. Another way to practice speaking is by joining an English club whose members’ converse in English about movies, music and travel. If a club does not exist in your areas start one and invite native...

English-language learners can improve their reading skills by reading regularly, especially university textbooks or other materials that covers variety of subject areas (e.g., sciences, arts, and business) and are written in an academic style. A wide variety of academic texts are available on the internet as well as in magazine and journals. Reading to Find Information Scan Passages to find and highlight key facts (dates, numbers, and terms) and information. Practice frequently to increase reading rate and fluency. Reading for Basic Comprehension Increases...

Listening to the English language frequently and reading a wide variety of academic materials is the best way to improve listening skills. Watching movies and television and listening to the radio provide excellent opportunities to build listening skills. Audiotapes and CDs of lectures and presentations are equally valuable and are available at libraries and bookstores. Those with transcripts are particularly helpful. The internet is also a great resource for listening material. Listening for Basic Comprehension Increase vocabulary. Focus on the content and flow of spoken...

Once you have built your skills and practiced for the test, you will be ready for the TOEFL iBT test. Here are some good test-taking strategies recommended by ETS: Carefully follow the directions in each section to avoid wasting time. Click on help to review the directions only when absolutely necessary because the test clock will not stop when the Help function is being used. Do not panic. Concentrate on the current question only, and do not think about how you answered other questions. This is a habit that can be learned through practice. Avoid spending too much...

Minglebox conducted live chat on October 11th, 2012 providing the TOEFL aspirants an opportunity to live chat with Ms. Pamela Treves Director of the TOEFL ® from 4pm to 5pm IST. Pamela Treves is the Director of the TOEFL® Brand and has 13 years of experience in brand management. Her key skills include strategic planning and execution which aim at growing market share in highly challenging market. She has worked in Innovation area and developed a new product pipeline and portfolio for a $1.2 billion flagship franchise at McNeil Consumer Healthcare (a Johnson & Johnson®...

Minglebox is conducting a live chat on October 11, 2012, with the Director of the TOEFL ® Brand, Pamela Treves. Students can join the chat between 4 pm and 5 pm IST. The chat will help those students who are planning to study abroad as they can get answers for all TOEFL test related queries, about scholarships and preparation tips on this chat. Pamela Treves is the Director of the TOEFL ® Brand and has 13 years of experience in brand management. Her key skills include strategic planning and execution which aim at growing market share in highly challenging market. She has worked...

Most of the study abroad aspirants must be preparing their admission applications for 2013. Considering this ETS (Educational Testing Service) has announced 2 more TOEFL test dates in India – November 25 and December 15, 2012. TOFL is an English language assessment test, accepted by most of the universities across the globe. It tests candidates’ skills to understand and apply English at the university level and evaluate how one can use English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills required in an educational setting. At present, over 8500 institutes in more than 130...

ETS has decided to offer a range of free development workshops for English language teachers through its TOEFL program. The one-day workshop will be held in Mumbai and Hyderabad. The aims is to train instructors on the skills that need to be developed among students in order to improve their English speaking skills required for communicating in academic settings of Canada, Australia, USA, UK and other non-English speaking countries which use English as the medium of instruction. The program has been dubbed as ‘Propell workshops’ and has been designed particularly for...