Dear sir i am a non native english speaker.My english is not that good.i want to enhance my english skills.so what should i do?And i also want to earn a high TOEFL score.how can i do that?how can i increase my speaking skills?please suggest me some good tips so that i can get a good TOEFL score.if you can sugest me some links on listening and speaking sections it would be grateful.

Asked by amrita bhandari on 12 September 2008 at 7:38 AM.

Answered by Studyplaces Counsellor Entrance Exam

It's advisable you join some good TOEFL Coaching Institute. Some of the Institutes are: TOEFL Coaching Institute. You can practice as many Test papers as you can relate to speaking, it will improve your speaking Skills. Tips and Strategies * Aspiring applicants can undertake an English language training program which will emphasize on communication using all 4 skills as well as provide integrated knowledge pertaining to reading, listening, writing and speaking. * In order to improve your reading skills you can depend on internet or consider reading lot of books and even newspapers * While reading scan for information and highlight the key points which are ideally 5 W's and 1 H i.e. who, what, why, where, when and how. Practice this frequently to increase your speed and become habitual of this exercise * Increase your diction by learning new words every day and make an attempt at sentence formation using the new learned words * Try to time yourself using a clock watch. Instead of reading the entire passage with concentration try to skim through the entire passage looking for essential facts * Build a habit of drawing conclusions and making inferences depending upon the meaning of the passage as a whole * In order to enhance the listening skills you can watch movies and television * Additionally, it is also a great idea to listen frequently to a wide spectrum of different types of material in numerous subject areas. Different websites such as www.npr.org and www.bbc.co.uk/radio will help you to grow accustomed to listening to varied accents * Practice pronunciation, focusing on word stress, pauses and intonation patterns * Work extensively on tenses so as to ensure correct sentence formation * Learn to write in an organized and coherent manner by identifying one core idea and other points to support that idea before beginning with the essay * Study the principles of spelling, punctuation, and layout For details: Click here