SPECIFIC TOPICS: TOEFL SPEAKING TIPS (5)

TOEFL TIPS (5)

SPEAKING SKILLS: To maintain and enhance your skills try the following:

1. Look for opportunities to speak to native speakers of English. Interaction with others will improve your speaking ability.
• Ask a native speaker to provide feedback on your pronunciation problems (if any).
• Join an Internet voice chat.
2. Listen to the radio, and watch TV and movies. Pay attention to idiomatic usage of the language and different accents or speech patterns that are used.
• Write down new expressions you hear. Use the expressions in your everyday English conversations.
• Choose a character from a film or TV show. Repeat the character's words, following the intonation patterns, as he or she speaks. Include the gestures or other body language of the character you are imitating.
3. Practice speaking for a limited time on different topics without a lot of preparation. Time your responses to questions.
• Make a list of questions on topics that interest you (for example, hypothetical situations or academic topics). Answer each of the questions aloud. Try to speak for at least one minute.
4. Use books that come with audio recordings to study pronunciation, stress, and intonation in English.

5.   Record yourself and then listen and transcribe what you said.

• Read a short article from a newspaper or textbook. Record yourself summarizing the article.
• Transcribe the recording and review the transcription. Think about other ways to say the same thing.
• Ask a teacher or English-speaking friend to review the transcription and mark any errors.
• Pay attention to your vocabulary and grammar mistakes.
• Correct the errors and check your pronunciation.
• Write down any changes to vocabulary and grammar you think will improve the recording.

                                                                           (From TOEFL Exam Tips)

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