Step 1 – Super-Size Your TOEFL Vocabulary
Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes
Step 1 – Super-Size Your Vocabulary
“Why is this this the first step in passing the TOEFL iBT?”
The first step to successfully pass the TOEFL iBT Exam is building vocabulary proficiency. Let’s face it. How can you understand college level vocabulary without having basic vocabulary? Moreover, how can you perform optimally when reading and listening to TOEFL iBT passages without a good vocabulary foundation? Finally, how can you support your generalizations on the speaking and writing sections with details without having practiced vocabulary beforehand? For example, if you are asked to summarize a lecture about mountain ranges in the United States, will you have sufficient vocabulary to accurately and intelligently complete the speaking or writing task?
“What do I get in TOEFL Vocabulary Lesson 1?”
In TOEFL Vocabulary Lesson 1, by watching a 14 minute video, you will get instruction in three areas:
1. How to improve your TOEFL vocabulary skills by following several simple steps
2. How to use 9 specific test-taking strategies to help you guess at the meaning of new words during the TOEFL iBT
3. How to learn vocabulary so the words are stuck in your head forever
This first lesson is like laying a foundation of concrete before you build your dream house. In other words, you will need not only to understand these nine vocabulary test-taking strategies but to be able to apply these strategies to new words during the listening, speaking, writing, and reading parts of the TOEFL iBT. And, that is how you sky-rocket your TOEFL iBT score. TOEFL Vocabulary lesson 1 helps you to learn and apply these strategies. What are you waiting for?
“Why should I buy your lesson? Can I get the same instruction
free somewhere else?”
You’ve read my blog posts and maybe you have received my E-mails. I hope by this point you can trust that I will give you high-quality instruction adapted from my TOEFL iBT classes at California State University, San Bernardino. Since 1994, I have taught almost 200 ten week TOEFL classes totaling more than 1,600 hours. I have spent 1,600 hours of teaching to figure out a system that will help you to get the highest TOEFL iBT score in the shortest time possible. You should buy my lesson because I am qualified to teach it, and I will teach you all the skills you need to beat the TOEFL iBT.
As for getting my free instruction somewhere else, consider this question: “When you sit down to eat dinner, do you only want to eat an appetizer, or do you want the entire meal?” Other free web sites (believe me I surf the internet everyday and check ‘em) do not give a complete, organized approached to passing the TOEFL iBT like I do. If they did, you would not be reading this message right now, would you? At Better TOEFL Scores, I give you all the pieces of the puzzle to help you put together the academic English skills to pass the TOEFL iBT. Teaching TOEFL is no joke. It is serious business. TOEFL Vocabulary Lesson 1 is an inexpensive lesson to help you save thousands of dollars because I know if you take this lesson, you will pass the TOEFL iBT sooner than you can imagine.
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Pete,
Some time ago, I wanted to put together a TOEFL vocabulary list to distribute to my TOEFL students at California State University, San Bernardino. To begin building my lists, I consulted college-levels textbooks from physics to linguistics–and every discipline in between. I read 26 different college textbooks representing a plethora of disciplines, and, as I read, I wrote down words that I thought important for non-native speakers who wanted to pass the TOEFL iBT. A curious thing happened after 1,700 words: I stopped finding new words and the words I had already written down started to reappear in these college textbooks. Then it dawned on me: I had finished my list at 1,700 words.
Thanks,
Michael, Founder and materials writer of Better TOEFL Scores and The 7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT
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On what are you basing your list of 1700 words? How are you deciding these are words worth learning.
I toke TOEFL exam twice and my score is 29 from 120 on internet and 397 on paper
I want to join your method and ,, how much will cost the whole method .. and how much time I need to complete it ..
thanks
Roland,
Each lesson costs $4.99 plus tax. Or, you can buy all my lessons for $29.99.
Hello michael,
i am interested to know how much a full lesson is going to cost me .
thanks
Anderson:
For a limited time, you can get my entire 7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL iBT for $29.00. This special offer does NOT apply to TOEFL Speaking and Writing Lesson 4 since they are offered by my partner Jason Renshaw.
http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/get-all-of-michael-buckhoffs-toefl-lessons-for-one-looooooooow-price/3570/
Michael
Hello Michael,
I’d like to buy to whole 7 step system.
Is it possible to get a discount?
How can I pay?
I’m looking forward your answer.
Anderson
Bony:
I would recommend that you buy my TOEFL Vocabulary Lesson 4, which will give you the list you’ve been trying to download plus three complete vocabulary courses to help you remember the words you study. I have a special offer right now that can give you 2 months of vocabulary for study for only $4.99 plus tax.
Cheers,
Michael
Dear sir
I could not get the list of vacabulary set . I tried this for many days. would you please send me this set of vocabulary.
thanks in advance
bony
Leonardo:
You can find my video comments at http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/comments-to-leonardo-how-do-i-score-100-on-the-toefl/3826/ .
Keep up the good work!
Michael
Abolfazl,
Join the club. A lot of us do not have a lot of money these days, especially given the terrible economic circumstances our world faces. I sincerely hope that your economic situation improves for 2010 (Twenty ten).
Michael