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TOEIC Top Tips 5

Publicado el October 24, 2012 by ryan Publicado en Novedades, TOEIC Tips | Deja un comentario  

So you´re taking the TOEIC test, congratulations!

Love Speaking is here to give you some very helpful tips on how to successfully prepare yourself for the test every week. Read our top 3 tips for this week below.

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Tip #1: Use mass media

One of the best ways to prepare for the test is to familiarize yourself with real life English. Watch television, listen to radio reports, and read newspapers and magazines. Pay special attention to ads, letters, weather and traffic reports, coupons, and special announcements. It is a great way to learn common idiomatic expressions. 

 

Tip #2: Use free websites

There are many web sites that offer free practice tests and samples. Type TOEIC into any search engine and start practising! Surfing the web is a great way to practise your reading and listening too. If you are interested in a certain topic, such as snowboarding, type that into a search engine.

 

Tip #3: Keep an English journal

Keeping a journal doesn’t have to be an account of your daily activities. You can write anything in a journal, such as how your studying is coming along, what your new favourite word is and why, or lists of new vocabulary when reading a certain article that day.

TOEIC Top Tips 4

Publicado el October 17, 2012 by ryan Publicado en English TIPS, Novedades, TOEIC Tips | Deja un comentario  

So you´re taking the TOEIC test, congratulations!

Love Speaking is here to give you some very helpful tips on how to successfully prepare yourself for the test every week. Read our top 3 tips for this week below.

 Haz click para conocer los mejores Cursos de Inglés Online

Tip #1: Manage your time

When you are doing practice tests, you should always be aware of the time. Never allow yourself an open ended study session. You will have to learn to work efficiently within the timeframe of the actual exam.

On test day, you should be especially careful in the Reading section. You will have 75 minutes to complete Parts V, VI and VII. Many students spend too long on section V or VI because they find these the most difficult. Don’t spend more than 30 minutes on the first two parts. Part VII will take you at least 40 minutes, and it is worth a lot of points, especially if you find it an easier section.

Tip #2: Listen quickly

When you are studying for the TOEIC test, do not practice by rewinding the tape. On the day of your test you won’t have any control over the speed of the listening section. You will not even have time to think for very long between questions.

If you do not know the answer, take your best guess. Don’t look back at questions when you are waiting for another question to start or you can lose track of what you need to focus on for the next question.

Tip #3: Practice reading aloud

Reading out loud will help your listening and reading comprehension skills. In order to understand English more quickly, it is important that you understand the rhythm of the language. Read from textbooks, flyers, newspapers, and even children’s novels. You can also tape yourself and listen to how you sound.

Check back next Wednesday for some more useful TOEIC tips on Love Speaking!

Perfecting presentations

Publicado el October 16, 2012 by ryan Publicado en English TIPS, Novedades | Deja un comentario  

This week’s learning blog is about giving presentations for work or at school or university. Below you will find some helpful tips when giving a presentation and some useful phrases to include, and then you can test yourself with our quiz where you must fill in the gaps with the correct word of phrase. Haz click para conocer los mejores Cursos de Inglés Online

If you have any more useful tips to share with the Love Speaking blog readers, send us a tweet @LoveSpeaking or leave us a post on our Facebook page.

Useful phrases

  • Thank you for joining me here today.
  • Thank you for listening. Does anyone have any questions?
  • First, I’ll talk about…
  • Today, I’m going to talk about…
  • Here you can see that…
  • I’d like to end by summing up the main points.

Presentation tips

  • Speak slowly and calmly
  • Show colourful visual diagrams to complement what you say
  • Keep eye contact with the audience
  • Be enthusiastic about the topic
  • Have a clear conclusion where you recap the most important points
  • Spend time structuring the presentation beforehand



the “Perfecting Presentations” quiz

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TOEIC Top Tips 2

Publicado el October 3, 2012 by ryan Publicado en English Test, English TIPS, TOEIC Tips | Deja un comentario  

TOEIC Tips 2

¡Enhorabuena! Vas a tomar el examen TOEIC.

Love Speaking is here to give you some very helpful tips on how to successfully prepare yourself for the test every week. Read our top 3 tips for this week below.

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Tip #1: Divide your study time 

Each section is worth a certain amount of points. Don’t spend too much time studying one section. Many students make the mistake of studying the section that they enjoy the most. This is the section you should spend the least amount of time on. Try to focus on your weaknesses.

Tip #2: Build a strong vocabulary

Another reason some students fail the TOEIC test is that they have a very limited vocabulary. The day you decide to take the TOEIC test you should make yourself a blank dictionary. Use a notebook and keep track of all of the new words you learn along the way, including those you discover on Love Speaking!

Tip #3: Eliminate distractors

In every TOEIC question, there are at least two distractors (wrong answers that the writer uses to trick you). It is much easier to choose the correct answer when you have only two to choose from as the third choice is often impossible and easy to spot. There are many types of distractors such as, similar sounds, homonyms, repeated words, etc. 

Check back next Wednesday for some more useful TOEIC tips on Love Speaking!

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