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Hello all, Am preparing for TOEFL IBT, speaking partner Userlogin: achuthapedireddy1 - Approximated English level: medium - Target TOEFLSpeaking score: 26+ - Software: Skype - Native language: Indian -Availability: Weekends( 9am-6pm) Weekdays( 11am-6pm) EST

Hello everyone! Zebra Education Inc has decided to provide free material to a few TOEFL Forums. iBT TOEFL Speaking 1: Question: Where Is Your Favourite Place To Study? Describe This Place And Say Why It Is A Good Place For You To Study. Answer: We attempted to post a zip file containing the audio file with the Native English answer, but the file size was too large. We hope this is not against the forum rules and if it is please contact us so we can discuss other alternatives. The below link simply links to a black screen with the audio file. http://www.toeflnetwork.com/system/files/toefl_speaking_1/Q1A41.mp3 Enjoy!

1) Don't practice speaking in a quiet room free of distractions! If you want realistic TOEFL Speaking practice, then get your laptop or recording device and sit in a busy room with lots of audio distractions, and practice making your responses with plenty of distractions around you. Why? It's simple. On test day, TOEFL test takers are all speaking their responses at the same time in one big hall or classroom. You may be very distracted by the other students making their responses on all sides of you, if you are not prepared for this. Some people are literally paralyzed by it! Instead of complaining about distractions at the exam center (which so many people do), why not prepare for it, and make your practice Speaking responses in a busy room instead of a quiet place? Being able to filter your intake of information is actually agreat skill for TOEFL and beyond! 2) Don't write out your TOEFL Speaking Section answers - EVER. Just begin practicing for the Speaking Section with real, natural spoken responses. Remember - REALISTIC pracitce is best. Practice using the 15, 20, or 30 seconds to prepare, along with the real 45 or 60 second response time. 3) Never give yourself a few extra seconds to prepare a TOEFL Speaking response. This takes discipline. It's honest and realistic preparation that pays off, not cheating and bending the rules during practice. Keep to the letter of the time limits in all sections of the TOEFL. 4) Never think about the Speaking questions before beginning preparation. Realistic practice means getting the topic and then starting your preparation time immediately, just like on the real TOEFL. (Specific to Questions 1 & 2) 5) Don't select the questions you like from a list of practice TOEFL Speaking questions. If you have such a list, then cover it up, and only uncover one question at a time. MAKE YOURSELF answer each one, and do not select the ones you like. This gives you real practice, since the TOEFL Speaking questions will hit you as they are, and you will not have the option to choose this one or that one. (Specific to Questions 1 & 2)

"Give advice to a friend..." Remember that confusing new style of prompt for question 1 in the TOEFL speaking section? Well, the example question, audio response and full script attached below will hopefully give you some ideas on how to handle this! :-) Hope it's helpful. All the best in your TOEFL preparation, - Jason Renshaw

Hi there TestMagic members, I was wondering if I could ask for some help and advice from pharmacy applicants out there who are experienced with the TOEFL speaking format and would like to contribute to a new practice tool. One of the problems for pharmacy applicants is that the TOEFL does not reflect the content and skills needed and used in the pharmacy profession. I think it could be a valuable introductory preparation tool if we create a practice TOEFL speaking section test that features pharmacy-related content. I can arrange the writing, formatting and professional recording of scripts, and I can make this practice test freely available online for all test takers. However, I need your specialized help to develop the content! So, can you come up with pharmacy-related topics and problems that could be featured in a TOEFL speaking test? We need pharmacy-related content for: Question 1 - Open choice question Question 2 - Closed choice (or agree/disagree) question Question 3 - A notice, a pharmacist's opinion in reaction to the notice, and the pharmacist's reasons for that opinion Question 4 - A pharmacy-related theory (for reading), and then that theory demonstrated in actual practice (for a lecture) Question 5 - A problem experienced by a pharmacist, with some suggestions from a colleague or senior Question 6 - An extended pharmacy-related theory or issue for a lecture I hope you will get involved and make some suggestions here using your pharmacy knowledge and background. This sort of practice test could be a valuable tool (and confidence builder) for pharmacy applicants, to demonstrate the format and requirements of the TOEFL speaking section by using content they are familiar with (or should reasonably know). The actual TOEFL might be just that little bit less intimidating for these people as a result - who knows? Please go ahead and post your content suggestions here in response to this thread. When I format the actual practice test, contributors to the content will be credited in the final version. As I mentioned, this is intended to be a free resource, so let's get together as an online community and try to make it happen. Best wishes to you all, ~ Jason Renshaw