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The iBT test takers first get their result online. I should have said online instead of ETS website.(my mistake).
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Hi friends, i got my score by mail BEFORE the 15 buisiness day after test date. (april 21), but the online score is still not available. Is it normal?
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Hi Ish, Yesterday I got my score by mail.Although I'm not satisfied with that(90), my independent essay score surprised me-4-5 out of 5. just wanted to tell you my essay score:) ,again thanks for all your support to us in testmagic.
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I got my score by mail yesterday while my score in the ETS web site still is not available. Is it normal? I just afraid they may made a mistake. At my test date there was something wrong with the server or whatever and we could start the test after around 90 minutes late. I'm not satisfied with the listening and speaking mark. I was almost sure I did the listenig perfectly. Please somebody help me how I can apply for rescoring. Is it normal to get the score by mail before online result??? Anybody had an experience like that????? ..
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Congrats. murthy! Asking for rescoring is an option for you now. try to do it. i am sure you'll get the 100.
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How can I get THOSE vocabulary. Never heard about that!
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. Hi murthy!:) i hope you did well on the test. please share your experience in your second attempt.How did you find the reading part this time? overall did you feel more comfortable in it? my second attemp will be in less that 10 days.
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welcome back home ish and kabir!! So glad to see you. :love: Thank you so much for the comments ish. :)
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Important Information Reg "toefl Ibt"
karin replied to amol_talwar's topic in Just finished my TOEFL
In a same day of each month??? you mean the questions of April 8will repeat on May8 or June 8?? If so, please I need speaking and writing topics of the March21. Did anybody write the TOEFL iBT on March21???? please help.... -
By the way all comments are also very welcome. Some people think that children should begin their formar education at a very early age and should spend most of their time on their school studies. Others believe that young children should spend most of their time playing. Compare these two views. Which view do you agree with? Why? For years, it’s been a controversy among experts in education that at what age children should start their schooling. While some people think it’s better to start school at a very early age, others believe it wouldn’t be too late if they start their education slightly later. In the following, I will discuss some of advantages of each group. Let’s deal first with the group who believe in starting education as soon as possible or in other word from a very early age. This group thinks that at this time children has the ability to learn very fast. Studies have shown that the children’s brain will develop completely at the age of 4-5. Also, this group thinks that children should start to take responsibility about their life which is a necessary skill for future sucess. Early schooling will lead them to learn responsibility by doing homework. These children will learn how to manage their time too. Early schooling means achieving early success in their life. On the other hand, there is a group who absolutely disagree with this policy. This group thinks childhood is very valuable and also very short in time. Children grew up very soon and it is our responsibility as their guardians to allow them enjoy this period. Children, with no doubt, have to start their education and get ready to take responsibility. However, it doesn’t mean that they should sacrifice this precious time by going to school very soon. They need to play as much as they can during this period. This group points out that playing games can develop children’s ability in many aspects. By playing they can learn how to share their interests to other children and how to interact with their friends. It’s too soon for them to force them to do school’s assignments and take responsibility about the world around them or plan for their future. Early childhood should be spent by playing and spending time, as much as possible, with family and friends. To sum up, I strongly believe that, as a person who started school at age 4, every thing has to be done at the proper time. I lost my early childhood by spending too much time in school instead of playing. Schooling shouldn’t start at a very early age. Children should enjoy their childhood. This is also a part of their development.
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there is NO option to write the essay in handwriting (in iBT).
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welcome to this forum.:)
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Hi rpt!, I'd like to thank you for the link. It's a nice one. By the way, I wonder if you could help us for speaking part(general topics for iBT). Is it any possibility to access some general topics with sample answers for the topics?
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To iBT takers, how we can prepare for speaking (general topics) through this forum? Any idea?
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These are really good for reading. I also use the reading passages of gmat. although they are shorter that passages of actual iBT, but they are great to develop the vocab.
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For the general speaking I can only remember this: what is the most memorable event of your school period. writing: is it better teachers related to their students or just be knowledgable about their career( something like this)
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Some people like to do only what they already do well. Other people prefer to try new things and take risks. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. Some people like to do the things that they can do them well; however, I am a real risk taker. I don’t like a steady state life style. I’d rather to try new things than do the same things I can do well repeatedly. In this way, my life would be more exciting and my knowledge about the world would be grown every day. Life style can change by time. There are always new things that coming. I don’t like to sit just the side of life road till I die. Life is a great thing and unfortunately it is so short. If I just do the same things that I can do well, my life will be so boring. I need to experience new things to not get bored. In this way every day would be a new day for me and I can enjoy every minute of my short life. When I try to do new things I develop my knowledge about the world around me. Life is also so competitive. It has always been like that from the first day that God created the world. To survive from this busy world you have to try new things too. For instance, with the development of computer technology you should be familiar with this new technology. If you just get stock to your old knowledge about computer you’ll loose in this competition. Employers prefer to hire the skilled workers who are always familiar with the new technology. Another example is , as a surgeon I need to keep myself with new methods of surgery and to get familiar with the new instruments that are keep coming to the medical field. Since CHANGE is a persistent thing in the world I,d like to be familiar with it. Thus, I’d rather to keep myself up-to-date and try new things rather than having a boring life style by just doing the things that I can do well.
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ok, thanks.I'll try to speak slowly. In my test in 4 questions of the 6 I couldn't finish them on time. I think I shouldn't have gone for details. One more question; for the writing, I'm really wondering how I can improve it. I am reviewing the sample essays from Barron for now and try to write one essay per day. But they seem the same as my previous essays. How can I raise my writing level? please share your ideas. My next exam is coming in 1 month.
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Hi murthy, may I ask you what your speaking mark was? In my first attempt i didn't prepared for speaking according longman format and i got 20. Now I am preparing for speaking according your advice. for the general speaking topic, It was the most memorable event during your school time. and i can't remember the other one. reading passages were so difficult. one was about meteors ,the other was about erie channel or something .
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It is pretty similar to the actual test.
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Some people believe that living in a big city is better because it has more facilities for living and a greater variety of people and also more exciting things. In my opinion, however, as a mother of three, I prefer to live in a small town. I will bring my reasons for that in this essay. To begin with, it is obvious that, cost of living in a small town is much lesser than cost of living in a big city. Therefore, I can afford to rent a 4 bedroom apartment or even a house to live in. My children can have their own bedroom. In addition, when I live in a small town I will always be able to save some money for my children’s college fees. Living in a small town gives me and my children a better life for now and for future. Also, living in a small town is much safer to bring up my children. In a small city you know every body in the town. There is less crime in the town and every one cares about the children. I can let my children walk to school and walk back home and I don’t need to be worry about strangers and dangers that usually are in a big city. When I live in a small town my children are grow up in a safe environment. Living in a small town means less pollution. Less pollution means less disease. My children’s health is very important to me. In big city pollutions such as air pollution or noise pollution always bother the inhabitants of the city. We all are enough familiar about the air pollution related disease such as asthma and lung disease that are more common in big cities. When I live in a small town I don’t need to worry about my children’s health. They will grow up healthy because they are growing up in a healthy environment. As a mother I’d like to raise my children in a safe and healthy environment. We might move to a big city after my children grow up to continue their education in a big city. But till then I prefer to live in a small town. Thanks
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Thanks awhig:) . It's about iBT TOEFL . 84 is equal to 223 in CBT . Anyways I am not giving up and I have no choice but go for it again. best luck for all the testmagicians.
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Erin, I got my score today, 84/120 and I need at least 93. :( :( .I have to take IT again.:yuck: I was shocked with my speaking score 20(after being two years in an English spoken country!!!!)It's a shame for me. Seems the main reason was that I couldn't do it within the time frame.
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Longman iBT is really a good book.