During the end of June, Carter formerly subscribed to Michael’s Online TOEFL Course “The 7 Step System to Pass the TOEFL IBT” after having visited the website voxopop.com. Michael regularly makes use of voxopop.com to help students with their pronunciation competencies. As such, Carter at the time was looking for a source to help him with his TOEFL exam preparation, especially with regards to his listening and pronunciation competencies. Having reached out to Michael in his situation after his payment of $38, Carter explained how he desired to have scored at a minimum of 90/120 on the TOEFL IBT. Carter’s former score was 84/120 with reading-23, listening-18, speaking-20, and writing-23. As such, with Carter’s next examination on July 4, 2014, Carter was suggested to review Michael’s listening and pronunciation sections.
With regards to listening section, Carter learned to catch the main idea and important details of campus-related and academic listening passages. How so? Michael’s listening lessons gave Carter instruction in: inference, idioms, negative expressions, getting the main idea, and understanding transitions. In addition, Carter learned how to take proper notes and practicing taking notes as he completed 40 + listening practice tests, where he used these notes to answer the listening comprehension questions. As a result, Carter developed listening skills and a note-taking system that better prepared him for the integrated writing and speaking lessons of Michael’s course.
With regards to Michael’s pronunciation section, Carter was taught to develop his pronunciation strengths and weaknesses. In other words, Carter was taught to speak English more smoothly and accurately. How so? Well with the pronunciation section of Michael’s course, Carter had access to multiple vowel and constant exercises, 1000′s of pronunciation drills and practice tests, and an extensive instruction in word stress. Furthermore, with feedback offered through the Voxopop Discussion Group, Carter was advised how to properly pronounce word stress, sentence rhythm, and intonation of new words and sounds.
In the end, Carter scored 93 on the TOEFL IBT with reading-24 and listening-23. Like Carter, have you been seeking a solution to develop your English proficiency to pass the TOEFL IBT? Then consider joining Michael’s course and get access to his entire English developing arsenal to reach your target TOEFL goal. Since 1994, Michael Buckhoff has now had 20+ years of TOEFL teaching experience and is willing to help you attain your goals like Carter for as low as $38 per month.