The writing section of the next generation TOEFL test comprises of two parts: 1) Writing based on Reading and Listening 2) Writing based on Knowledge and Experience. This book contains detailed explanations on how to prepare for the knowledge and experience based writing task (i.e. the independent writing task), as well as 185 sample essays written on all the ETS official essay topics. This book will also walk you through procedures on how to write the reading and listening based essay (which is the new addition to the TOEFL test.) We will take you through steps on how to organize your ideas, form an outline and develop organization, write the introduction, body and conclusion paragraphs, and finally how to proofread your essay. Most of the principles apply to both parts of the writing tests.

Choose Barron's Method for TOEFL Success. Read and understand the orientation to the TOEFL. Take a model test to discover your problems. Design your personal study plan for success. Use this book's review chapters to improve your skills. Take the model tests in the book and on CD-ROM and score your results. Review the answers and explanations for all test questions.

Effective Curriculum for Teaching L2 Writing sets out a clear big picture for curricular thinking about L2 writing pedagogy and offers a step-by-step guide to curriculum design with practical examples and illustrations. Its main purpose is to help pre-service and practicing teachers design courses for teaching academic writing and to do this as efficiently and effectively as possible. Bringing together the what and the how-to with research-based principles, what sets this book apart is its overarching focus on language pedagogy and language building. Part 1 examines curricular foundations in general and focuses on what is socially valued in L2 writing and pedagogy at school and at the college and university level. Part 2 is concerned with the nitty-gritty̶—the daily realities of curricular design and classroom instruction. Part 3 takes a close look at the key pedagogical ingredients of teaching academic L2 writing: vocabulary and collocations, grammar for academic writing, and down-to-earth techniques for helping L2 writers to organize discourse and ideas. The Appendix provides an extensive checklist for developing curricula for a course or several courses in language teaching.

This comprehensive course for high-intermediate and advanced learners of English who are studying for the Internet-based TOEFL(R) includes an all-new diagnostic pre-test to identify skills needing special attention; an addition of a fifth full-length test; 35 units of study in reading, listening, speaking and writing; 1,300 questions in the exercises, quizzes, and tests; and an answer key, audio scripts and charts to track progress. An mp3 CD with over 11 hours of listening is included. For both classroom and independent study.

Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM is distinctive in its attempt to develop a coherent story of the rationale for a test or its revision, explain the research and development process, and provide the results of the validation process. This volume is particularly relevant for professionals and graduate students in educational measurement, applied linguistics, and second language acquisition as well as anyone interested in assessment issues.

First-Year Writing describes significant language patterns in college writing today, how they are different from expert academic writing, and how to inform teaching and assessment with corpus-based linguistic and rhetorical genre analysis.

This volume highlights some of the main issues and questions surrounding the field of second language (L2) writing, and includes 14 chapters authored by contributors from a wide variety of geographical regions including, but not limited to, North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The authors are all experienced L2 writing researchers, and their contributions will enhance the reader’s understanding of issues related to L2 writing. Considering the breadth and the depth of the issues raised and discussed, the book will appeal to a wide readership, including postgraduate students of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Applied Linguistics (AL), and both early-career and experienced TESOL/AL researchers.