Many students ask me, “Do I HAVE to take notes during the listening section?” The answer is YES, YES, and YES! You must take good notes. Studies show that if you do not, you will miss 50% of the information...

By Kathy 

​One of the most difficult parts of the TOEFL exam is the writing section. Many students wonder what they must do to achieve their target score. To do this, we must first understand how this section is scored.This section will be graded by 2 ETS scorers and the scoring is between 0 and 5. If the 2 scorers cannot agree on the score, a third scorer will be consulted...

By Karen

By Kathy

An inference is a conclusion you draw based on evidence. It's not a blind guess—it's using what you read to come to a logical conclusion.
For example, if you read: "The boy used sign language to talk to his teachers," you can infer that the boy is deaf...

By Kathy

By Kathy

By Kathy

By Kathy