Improving Your Reading
and Listening Skills (TOEFL)
TOEFL Preparation Tips for Reading Section:
A. Read English articles: The best way to improve your reading skills is by
reading newspapers, magazines, articles etc in English. They help a lot in
building your vocabulary
B. Practice grammar: Since the purpose of the exam is to test your
vocabulary skills, you should make sure that your knowledge of grammar rules is
updated. If you are worried about poor grammar, then the best trick is to
practice grammar like you practice mathematics. Work on the preposition, tenses
and voices and articles as they form the base of grammar.
C. Practice comprehensions: The reading section is loosely based on comprehension and
like in comprehension, you are required to choose and summarize sentences that
best describe the passages and the questions asked. In that case, it helps to
practice comprehensions. Practicing comprehension will not only help you crack
the contents of the exam, it will also make you efficient and fast.
TOEFL Preparation Tips for
Listening Section:
A. Listen to Broadcasts: One of the easy ways to prepare for this test is by
listening to discussions and debates on television. Broadcasts over the radio
are very helpful as the test will also be along the same lines. An interesting
method is to watch English cinema as that is where the conversations are most
general and fluent. Of course, you can also watch English documentaries and
feature shows.
B. Make notes: Making notes is an important aspect of listening
practice. Write down whatever you think is important and always make sure that
you understand what you write down.
C. Accent comfort: Build a comfort level with the foreign accent. The
accent of native English speakers is usually fast and smooth. It might be
difficult for you to grasp the conversation in the beginning but with more
listening practice you should be able to enhance your comfort with the
language.
