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another good way to enhance your writing is reading, the more you read , the better you'd write.. so just read alot

if you're aiming for 213, then just consider yourself done, if u get 1 in the essay you should get 213, but since no one ever gets 1 (unless filled the blank field with strange words and characters or wrote his name on the essay blank field ) you'll get higher than 213 so there is no need to worry, best wishes :)

I believe u need atleast 5 in the essay for the 213 score.. 4 or (4.5 probably) wont get you the 213 you're aiming for ..

Hi again!! thanks sunxcat for your kind and sweet congratulates!! I've recieved my Scores today thanks god they're v.well and I'm very satisfied :) they're : 30 in listening 25 in structure [ 5.0 in the essay ] 23 in reading.. Thanks TestMagic and Best Wishes to upcoming tests takers !!

hey Miakyou, sorry for the late reply, here is my email xspecial@qualitynet.net and thats my msn messenger email.. spcialman@hotmail.com .. my name is logged on 24/7 .. so u can leave me msg there anytime u want and i'll gladly reply to you when im in.. would be happy if I can help =)

Hi Miakyou.. Actually the listening topics differ amongst the test takers even if they are taking the test in the same period. The topics might be the same but the details and the subject inside the topic most likely will be different from one person to another. But since I took 6 TOEFL test (2 official and 4 non-officials) here is a list of the subjects that you will likely encounter: 1. Psychology 2. Biology 3. Archeology 4. Geology And there is more, but sorry only those I can remember for now. But I can give u some important tips for the TOEFL test. These tips helped me alot and might help u and the others as well: 1. Always Skip the Directions section (by clicking dismiss directions) to save some time. 2. don't worry about the time in Listening and Reading sections, take as much time as u want in those two particular sections, but monitor the time very carefully in the Structure/Writing sections, because u will be needing every second available in these 2 sections. 3. in the short listening dialogues concentrate on what the last person says, because 80% chance you will be asked about what he ( implied, stated, assumed ) and be careful from the assumed part, 4. in the long listening dialogues make sure you understand the main idea because most likely you will be asked about what they are talking about, and try to memorize the small details as much as possible, don't panic if u didn't understand a meaning of the word just carry on as the narrator speaks, (if it helps, close your eyes so that you have a better concentration and vision on what they are saying) 5. Another thing that I've noticed in the long listening dialogues is, the first question will most likely be answered during the beginning of the dialogue, the second might be in the middle and the last question is answered towards the end of the dialogue. 6. as for the structure section, I only have one piece of advice, and it might not help you very much as you may already know it.. If u couldn't make a choice Just eliminate the choices that you think are wrong and compare the tones between the remaining choices.. ofcourse in a period of time no longer than 45 secs for each question. 7. in the reading section, focus on the first paragraph , and the first sentence of the following paragraphs, and since u have enough time u can read the whole passage thoroughly not worrying about the time. 8. in the essay writing section, its important to take 2 minutes to put up some thoughts and ideas about the topic, its good and better to express and discuss examples from your life (you can lie as much as u want) to support your statements, if you don't know a spelling of a word just don't type it, make your sentences simple and grammatically correct, because this is mainly what it matters, in each paragraph you must have atleast 3 sentences, 9. leave 5 spaces in the beginning of each paragraph, press enter twice after each paragraph, you can quickly set up your introduction paragraph from the main topic itself 10. Leave atleast 3 minutes to go through the whole essay, check for errors and misspelled words, because you will surely discover some, 11. Last thing, I'm not a teacher or anything, just a 17 years old student who had few TOEFL exams and gained some experience from it. And please excuse my bad English and please don't hesitate to ask me about anything in the TOEFL test, I'll be here doing my best to help you guys =)

Hi thaiva! thanks for congratulating me.. sure it was a big weight lifted of my shoulders now..because I had a past experience in the TOEFL test and I got 167 at the previous exam.. so I think I improved alot since the last time :) my current GPA is 3.77 at highschool (my last course).. and I am hoping for a scholarship.. but im really not sure about which university to go for.. im sure im going for mechanical or electrical engineering... few people recommended University of Central Florida ,USF,and university of kansas.. but am still lost :s

listening 30 :D:D writing-structure 11-28 reading 23 here is a list of the materials I used for preparation : 1. Longman complete TOEFL course book ( it was really v.helpful ) 2. PowerPrep.CD .. it helped me alot with the listening (it was kinda hard in the powerprep. which made me listen carefully in the real test) 3. TestMagic.com ! it helped me with the essay writing and structures .. thanx TM ! 4. and ofcourse a good english to arabic (my native language) e-translator :) i found the structure section to be hard because there wasnt enough time to analyze the sentence (less than 45secs for each question, 20q in 15min) and choose the best answer.. so I used one method for answering the questions (read the answers in my head and compare the tones, then choose whatever seems to make good sense) a special thanks goes for Erin and all people working on this wonderful website,you helped me reach my goal, it is such a good community for us english learners, =) and good luck for those people going to take the test in the future..