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Hi guys, Today was my TOEFL My scores are something like this Listening 28 Structure/Writting 13-29 Reading 28 I hope, I will get good score in esaay. This site has been v.helpful. Although, I didnt participated as much as I should (that was partly becasue I had just 3 weeks to prepare), but I learned alot from other people's experiences. I think, I will come here often. Good Luck to all those who are preparing for the exam. I will post my final result when I will get it. All the Best, Bye

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What can I write if I get the following essay It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer.

Hey guys, I have questions about the time in toefl. In the listening section, does the clock keep ticking during the dialogs? The computer screen does show the time. right? I dont have to bring my own CLOCK?????

If you could meet a famous entertainer or athlete, who would that be, and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. In the abouve essay topic... Does 'entertainer or athlete' means any celebrity? Like Can I talk about Oprah Winfery or a cricket player?????

Hi there, I scheduled it on phone last week and I am taking the test on this 25th,... so I don't think I will get the CD that soon.

Hi, I have a question for those who had been through TOEFL Test. Is the voice quality of the listening section in TOEFL test is usually as bad as in the POWER Prep ( that I have downloaded from the web site)? From! Victum of poor voice quality

I have a question about the following topic. "How do movies or television influence people’s behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer. " BEHAVIOR is defined as people's response to certain conditions. Does that include the way people dress? or speak?

Thanks, I found those topics while I was practicing POWER PREP (which I downloaded today).

Hi guys, What does the following topics means: 1. "The nation-state is an outmoded institution and should be replaced with a world government" Does that mean that there should be a single governing body for the entire world??? 2. "Think of most interesting class you have taken, why did you enjoy this class so much" Is this topic asking about one perticular lesson on a perticular day or is talking about the class of a certain subject (that you like most)???

6. layer of the ocean as much as gases in the atmosphere. I am not sure if if C is the correct answer here. I think, it should be: The top layer of the ocean stores as much heat as does the gases in the atmoshhere. AM I RIGHT???????

I am planning to apply for PhD. What are the things that I should prepare for besides TOEFL and GRE? By the way, what is the acceptable TOEFL and GRE score for harvard? Did they call you for interview? if yes, what kind of questions were you asked (general or specific to your subject)? How can I improve my my chancing of selection in a PhD program? I did MBA 6 years ago and had to stay at home after that and I couldnt do any job during this time. I hardly remember anything that I read during MBA.

Please feel free to comment on my essay and help me improve it... Today movies and television are not only the source of entertainment but they are also great source of information. There would be very few people, specially children, who do not watch television at all. This has become part of our daily activities and although we don't realize it, but media, like televsion, is influencing us alot. Most of this influence is positive. Television and movies have made it easier to bring changes in people's behavior towards each other. Programs and documentries like "Today's Woman" and "Woman's right in eastren world" has changed the way women were treated 40 or 50 years ago, today men consider them equally capable of doing things and deserving rights. Meida has also changes peoples attitude and behaviour towards Special People by eduacting that they are not not disable population of the society, instead, if given opportunities they can be equally beneficial for the sociaty. Due to change in behavoiur, today special people are loved and respected by general public. Televeision has changes people in a way, that today people are more open towards changes and they show greater acceptance for other people, whether they are from their own society or from other parts of the world. Documentries and television has tought people that no culture is bad it is just the way of living and one should learn to respect it. If a tribe is living in a forest and they do hunting, it is not that they are against wild life, it is because this is their way of living and they have to hunt to eat. With all these reasons that television and movies are bringing good changes in people's behavior. Today, due to the better exposure to infomation through television people are more open to think and respect each other.

This seems a scary topic to me, I cant even understand what does it mean? What does this topic actually mean?

Hi guys! What is the minimum acceptable lenght of essay in Toefl??? How many words?

You have well presented your view and you have a well written conclusion but you have some grammer mistakes and sometyping mistakes. I think you have done "cut and paste" with your essay and forgot to check the pomate before posting it. Make sure to type "I" and not 'i'

Hi Prnt60, Yes I realized it later that atnoon had posted that essay a long time ago, I noticed the date of essay later. Your essay is nice and you have supported your view with stong examples. But the concluding paragragh is not strong enough although you have ended it with the same opinion of yours which you stated earlier in the essay but, I think you should state more than once in your concluding passage about how/why are you in favor of certain opinion. You have some problem with the vocab. and I have same problem. And I have felt that reading (novels news papers) and watching TV has helped me alot. Using alot of difficult words can impress your reader but only when they are used properly, so my opinion is try to write simple and short sentences. There are certain things in your essay like you said: "Success is board definition, for me, success is situation when person accomplished his goal. According this position I don't think that only people who earn a lot of money can be considered as successful. And I can prove my position with evidences." success:a situation? I feel it would be more appropriate to mention it as a condition. according this position... This doesnt make any sense. You can say it as "According to this defination" only people who earn: you can make this statement more beautiful by saying "only those who earn" take care, and good luck

Dear manuzinha! Your writing skills are good but thing is you were suppose to write about "Why do some students study abroad?" All the best!!!

Dear atnoon! Your essay is nice and you have supported it well with good points and you have stayed strong with your opinion throughout the essay. There are few mistakes that you can avoid in future like: Instead of "Someone say people who earn..." Someone would say.. Where you wrote "I do not think that any people who earn..." instead of people you should wirte "person" "Many rich persons live in ..." Here it should be people nor persons "They donate their whole life, ..." here devote would be a better word Otherwise I enjoyed your essay. Take care and Good Luck

I feel your essay is nice, except there are some mistaks in typing, otherwise you have presented your view well. But your conclusion, I think will confuse the reader,... because I think either you have to be totally in favor of a view or you should be totally against it. I dont think you can take a middle seat.

Essay Topic: Some people think that being an "only chil" provides advantages that are not available to children who have brothers or sisters. Others believe that large families provide a btter enviornment for learning and personal growth. Which do you think is btter? Give reasons to support your answer. HERE IS MY ESSAY Some people believe that being an only child provides advantages. My openion is totally different. I believe that large families provide a better enviornment for learning and personal growth. Being an only child do facinates because it makes you think of a situation in which you will not have to share anything with anyone, you will always be heard, you will always be center of attention, etc. All these things are true and can make you feel good and proud of yourself. These things will be good as long as your parents are around you to protect and provide everything that you want, but once you are all by yourself in this world you will find that you don't have enought skills to become successful. This world is for those who know how to comete and servive and uptill now you were never in a sitation in which you had to compete with anyone and now you don't know how to servive. One the other hand, consider a child who belongs to a large family with brothers and sisters and cousins. This child will not only learn to compete but also will learn the skill of socialization. He would know what to say and how to say in a certain situation. I am the only child of my parents and I was given what ever I wished for. Now when I am all by myself, I feel, I lack many skills that are important for ones success in life. Specially when I compare myself with my friends who have come from large family, I realize that not only I am lacking the sense of competition but also my social skills are not so good. Sometimes, I don't know how to express myself when I am among alot of people of my own age. I dont know how to attract attention when you are in a group. I also feel that sense of humor of those who have come from a large family is better than mine's. In a lagre family everyone will be of different nature and child automatically learns how to deal with people with differnt natures. These are all really small things but are very important when you go out in this world. I feel children who come from large family do better because their learning enviorment has provided them with oppotunities that will develop skills in them, the kind of skill that can play an important role in ones life.