To succeed on the TOEFL, you must use your time wisely. As you can see, the time constraints are brutal. To succeed, you must ration your time properly. The reason that time is so critical is that every question counts the same toward your final score. If you run out of time on any passage, the questions that you do not answer will hurt your score far more than earlier questions that you spent extra time on and feel certain are correct. | TOEFL Secrets Your Key to TOEFL Success From the desk of Tom Paulson Director of Test-Taking Strategy at TOEFL Secrets May 5 2002- Dear future TOEFL Success Story Congratulations on your purchase of the most advanced test-taking manual for the TOEFL. Notice I did not say study guide- there are plenty of decent study guides on the market but that was not our objective in writing this manual. Our goal is to seek and exploit specific weaknesses in the TOEFL assessment and then share those secrets with our customers. Let s be perfectly honest here- you ve worked hard enough in the past and if you want to spend hours in a study guide to boost your score that s a great thing to do. In fact we recommend at least a brief review of some of the better study guides on the market. But that s simply not enough to do well in the high-pressure high-stakes environment of the test day. How well you do on this test will have a significant impact on your future- and we have the research and practical advice to help you execute on test day. The product you re reading now is much more than a study guide- it is a tactical weapon designed to exploit weaknesses in the test itself and help you avoid the most common errors students make when taking the TOEFL. How to use this manual We don t want to waste your time. This manual is fast-paced and fluff-free. We suggest going through it a number of times trying out its methods on a number of official practice tests. First read through the manual completely to get a feel for the content and organization. Read the general success strategies first and then proceed to Copyright 2002 by MO Media. You have been licensed one copy of this document for personal use only. Any other reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. ii the individual test sections. Each tip has been carefully selected for its effectiveness. Second read through the manual again and take notes in the margins and highlight those sections where you .
