2020-10-29 TOEFL: R+L practice

For authentic practice materials (questions and answers from real TOEFL tests), use the ETS Guide.
For individual practice with the basic skills you need for each section, I recommend the Cambridge Guide.
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Reading practice - take 20 minutes to answer the reading questions.
When you’re finished, submit the answers online.
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(Everyone missed 23-27, which usually means you had trouble with the time. It’s a good idea to also pay attention to the time you spend on early questions, and guess and move on if any question is too difficult.)
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On the TOEFL listening section, you have to answer each question in order, and you can’t return to earlier questions. The timer counts down while you’re answering questions. You should try to answer each question in 30 seconds or less. (If you can’t identify the correct answer in that time, you should guess and move to the next question.)
You will have one long set of listenings and one or two short sets.
Long Set = 1 conversation, 1 lecture, 1 discussion, 10 minutes to choose answers
Short Set = 1 conversation, 1 lecture or discussion, 6.5 minutes to choose answers.
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Practice the “short set” from ETS 1.1.
Submit your answers online afterwards.
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Speaking Task Review:
1 independent, choice question - 15 seconds to prepare / 45 seconds to speak
2 integrated reading/listening/speaking, campus announcement and conversation - 30/60
3 integrated R/L/S, academic text and lecture - 30/60
4 integrated L/S, academic lecture - 20/60
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Just like the other sections, the academic content for speaking can come from any field, but is more often from humanities and life science than from physics or geology, for example.
Text
- Introduces a general concept or issue, and some details or aspects of it.
	When you’re reading, try to identify two of something that the text discusses.
Audio
- Gives an example of each “thing” that was mentioned in the text, or gives two different examples of the main concept from the text, or describes a study about the topic.
Response
You can organize your response in a similar way to the opinion responses:
1 Introduction: Summarize what the text says (or simply state the topic)
2 Lead-in: Say what type of points the professor makes (“The professor gives two examples of verbal and nonverbal communication.”)
3 First point
4 Detail/example
5 Second point
6 Detail/example
(7 Conclusion - if you have time)