Comments on: TOEFL iBT and ESL Listening Materials: Are They Too Perfect? http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/toefl-ibt-and-esl-listening-materials-are-they-too-perfect/20/ Buy our study guide which contains 7 easy steps to Pass the TOEFL® iBT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TOEFL iBT http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/toefl-ibt-and-esl-listening-materials-are-they-too-perfect/20/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 TOEFL iBT Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:48:31 +0000 http://bettertoeflscores.com/?p=20#comment-1364 Yes, you are right. Comparing with Cambridge Exams TOEFL Speakings are 'too perfect' as you say. And that is unnatural. Yes, you are right. Comparing with Cambridge Exams TOEFL Speakings are ‘too perfect’ as you say. And that is unnatural.

]]> By: Jason Renshaw http://www.bettertoeflscores.com/toefl-ibt-and-esl-listening-materials-are-they-too-perfect/20/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 Jason Renshaw Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:01:25 +0000 http://bettertoeflscores.com/?p=20#comment-1339 So, so true, Michael - and a very good point! It has always amazed me how all the test prep and regular coursebooks present English in this sanitized and completely non-real-world way. It doesn't do our students a lot of justice when it comes to understanding the natural English used "out there"... So, so true, Michael – and a very good point!

It has always amazed me how all the test prep and regular coursebooks present English in this sanitized and completely non-real-world way. It doesn’t do our students a lot of justice when it comes to understanding the natural English used “out there”…

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