Building Skills TOEFL

by Carol King and Nancy Stanley

Book Overview

This edition has been revised to reflect changes to the TOEFL test. The book teaches the skills and exam techniques required by students preparing to take the TOEFL and includes material for the Test... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0175557292
• ISBN13: 9780175557295
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great book, just minor issue if you want do it by yourself

I've tried several books to get prepared for the TOEFL, most of them are focus in how to crack the technique to succeed in the exam, but this one is different and useful at the same time. This books shows you how to get great skills that builds a strong English useful not only for the exam, but for the day a day. The only con is the lack of answer sheet, and CD for the hearing session, I know this book was thought to be used in the classroom, but as well those kinds of students would love to have some help while they are doing their homework

A Valuable Book for ESL TOEFL Teachers

I've always enjoyed teaching from King's book. The book begins with eight test-taking tactics. The rest of the book is organized by learning objectives for each of the three main TOEFL sections, listening, grammar/structure, and reading, as well as a section on the TWE. The book ends with two complete TOEFL practice tests.I've found the exercises for each learning objective to be very innovative and different from most other TOEFL texts. For example listening objective #8 helps students avoid sight-sound confusions and provides numerous exercises where students must focus on the meaning of a sentence containing four closely related sight-sound words such as "shows," "chose," choose," and "shoes." In reading objective 1, which helps students focus on the main idea, students work through related sets of sentences to determine which one is the most general in meaning. Each set increases in length helping the student to extract generality, broader/lesser scope, and main and subordinate ideas, out of increasingly complex meaning. I will say that even with the most advanced ESL students some of the exercises in the reading section are extremely difficult. If you're looking for a TOEFL text for your students that is different from the rest, this is it.

Great grammar book!!

This book contains a great structure section which every test taker should get the full score. There are many rules in English grammar that I never realize. It helps me to improve my English grammar for the TOEFL test. In the Reading section of this book, on the other hand, it is too difficult. It is sometimes useless if the reader cannot get through it.I hope my review can help you guys make a decision.