In terms of vocabulary:

First memorize "Ci Yi Ji Ji", which is full of subject vocabulary. This is the most important thing! ! ! Then when you have time, you can memorize "TOEFL Vocabulary 10000"

Reading:

Take a class at New Oriental, the teachers there teach the techniques well. In fact, TOEFL reading is very user-friendly. It allows you to read paragraph by paragraph. The first ones are detailed questions, and the second ones are for grasping the full text. For detailed questions, you need to carefully read this sentence and the content of that paragraph. If you have strong comprehension skills, you can roughly know what function this sentence has in this paragraph, such as giving an example, expressing a point of view, or defining a word. There are also synonymous rewrites in the sentence questions. Generally, you can infer which option is correct through logical relationships. If you cannot pass the logical relationship, just read the sentence carefully. Generally, the options with original words are wrong options. Because of this The question is Interpretation, and there are generally some wrong details in some options, which is also easy to judge. As for the main theme questions, you can usually get the answer by reading the beginning or end of the paragraph. Then let’s talk about the kind of questions that insert sentences. For those kinds of questions, I first read the sentence to be inserted into the original text, and then look at the core of that sentence. For example, if X appears in that game, I will look at these four spaces and see which one has X before, so it is right to put it there. The biggest headache for many people is the final three-out-of-six question, because time may be tight at the end. If time is tight, pick the three longest ones. Generally, two of the three longest ones will be correct and one will be incorrect, so it's definitely worth getting one point out of two. If time permits, read through all the options. The correct answer does not have to be a general one. Sometimes the answer with some specific details is also correct. The long option that is wrong usually has details in the second half of the sentence, which is wrong. The wrong answer is obvious, but many people don't read the question carefully, so they won't find it.

Listening:

The biggest problem in listening is the speed of speech and some words that are unlikely to be learned in textbooks. There are two best ways to improve listening: the first is to watch American TV series, and the second is more effective for academics: listening to SSS (Scientific America’s Sixty-second Science). As for American TV series, I’ve watched The Big Bang Theory, How I met your mother, and South Park. To this day I still can’t understand what Sheldon is saying without subtitles, so I don’t really recommend TBBT. South Park has a strong taste, for example, there will be a lot of "Screw you guys, I am going home" or "F--beep---k". When I first watched it, I thought the speech was too fast, but then it got better. South Park is suitable for those who have a comprehensive understanding of the United States. As a film that criticizes current affairs, when you meet someone you don't know, it's time to Google it. For example, there are the once famous Mouse Ear Time, Britney, and Bailey White. Personally, I think it’s better to take a look around before leaving. I highly recommend How I met your mother. First of all, it is relatively close to American life, and secondly, the speaking speed is medium, and although the material is a bit pornographic, it is at a similar level to American life. There are many words that are close to life, such as "shot gun", which means sitting in the passenger seat of a car, which is an authentic spoken language that cannot be learned in China. Let’s talk about SSS. This is a free podcast on the Itunes Store. It is updated daily or weekly. I can’t remember. When I take dictation, I usually have one or two words that I don’t understand. There is no need to go into details about this. The main thing is to listen to the expression. In fact, when you read the original manuscript, you found that I actually knew it, but I didn't hear it.

As for listening skills, I can only say that listening is the main thing and taking notes is a supplement. There are some things that must be remembered: the first is to give examples.

The second one is turning words like But and However, the third one is the structure and the purpose of each paragraph in this speech, and the fourth one is the questions asked by the students in the Lecture and the teacher's answers. On this issue, I think TOEFL listening is very similar to TOEFL reading, and it won’t make it difficult for you in terms of structure. Usually it’s the first detail, the last other person’s question, and the paragraphs in between. If you encounter something you didn't hear, look at the options and lean toward the listening topic.

Spoken English:

My oral test score was not very satisfactory. Just say it briefly. When preparing for the first and second questions, practice your reaction ability and come up with two examples in a short time. You only have a short time to speak, so it's best to come up with specific examples, even if you just make them up. For example, if you are talking about a person and you use a lot of adjectives about her, it is still not as convincing as if you directly give an example from your relationship with her. Questions three to six must be clearly distinguished, and listening is king. As for the speaking template, I personally think that if your level is high and you can fill up the time, you shouldn’t use it. Because at the end of the day, templates are still a bunch of crap, and the most important thing is the content.

Writing:

Many people like to use many long and rare sentences when writing. I feel that TOEFL examiners are also human beings, and they can speak straightforwardly without making too many circles. For example, the definition of "book" in the movie Three Idiots is "a tool for human beings to learn and think and improve. It has a preface and a postscript, and uses pictures, tables, text and other explanation methods to improve people's understanding and learning ability through vision." "Hearing sometimes feels" (that's pretty much what it means, memory is biased) and other words that are difficult and unfamiliar. Sometimes when we memorize words in Chinese, our understanding of the meaning of the words may be biased, and the words used may be weird. of. Regarding the number of words, generally a large essay should be about 400.

As for short compositions, I think the most important thing about short compositions is to express a word in various ways. For example, turning: but, however, on the contrary, nevertheless you can also use argument, undermine, strongly disagrees and the like. When speaking, use present, state, show, indicate, suggest and the like. These are what I can think of for the time being, and there are many more, so please brainstorm on your own. If there is a transition, you need one word in the opening paragraph and one word in each of the three main paragraphs. In total, you need at least 4 words indicating transition. Regarding the content of the essay, I think the most important thing is to test your understanding and listening ability of the article. So I use one sentence to summarize the reading article for each paragraph, and then write as much as I can about listening. Of course, I can’t write what I haven’t heard, which is not good.

The TOEFL essay is very similar to the eight-legged essay. No one said that you can’t write narratives or lyrical essays. It’s just that everyone writes arguments for the highest score. In this case, format is important. To be honest, what can you write in 30 minutes can test your writing level or life insights? Just try to diversify your sentence patterns.

Regarding templates, the templates I used for my first two compositions all started with "with the development of the society..." and the three paragraphs in the middle were "first and foremost", "furthermore", and "impressive as" the two points above, the third one indicates that” and end with a random famous quote. The idea is that A is better than B, because A is better at the first point, better at the second point, and better at the third point. This is relatively safe. The only risk is that you cannot let others see that you are a template, which means that your normal English expression should be similar to the words in the template. If you can only write There be, don't use the template.

During the third exam, I suddenly felt that A is good, A is good, A is good and disgusting, so I wrote A is good, A is good, admittedly, and B is also good. At the end, all in all, A is better. In this case, the Admittedly concession is shorter, but the ending paragraph is better. The last time I wrote my TOEFL essay, I didn’t use a template because I suddenly felt that each paragraph was disgusting. This way of writing is more risky, but the final score will give you peace of mind.

Okay, many of them were told to me by some seniors when I was taking the exam. You can learn from it.