Product Description

Delta's Key to the Next Generation TOEFL¨ Test is a new series of high-quality practice materials for students preparing to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language¨ after September 1, 2005. Components of the series include: Advanced Skill Practice ¥ A complete TOEFL preparation course for high intermediate and advanced students ¥ 36 skill units in reading, listening, speaking, and writing ¥ Four full-length practice tests ¥ Over 1,200 questions in the format of the next generation TOEFL ¥ Complete answer key and audio scripts ¥ Charts to record progress on quizzes and tests ¥ Enough material for 15 weeks of study Advanced Skill Practice Audio CDs ¥ Companion audio texts for all listening activities in the coursebook ¥ Over 9 hours of material on 10 compact disks Practice Tests ¥ Supplementary software with test questions not duplicated elsewhere ¥ 8 complete practice tests in the format of the next generation TOEFL ¥ Automatic scoring in reading and listening ¥ Review feature to check answers and explanations ¥ Complete scripts for all audio texts ¥ Option to quit at any time and save work for later ¥ Single-user and network versions Intermediate Skill Practice ¥ An introduction to the TOEFL for intermediate students ¥ 36 skill units in reading, listening, speaking, and writing ¥ Four full-length practice tests ¥ Over 1,000 questions in the format of the next generation TOEFL ¥ Complete answer key and audio scripts ¥ Charts to record progress on quizzes and tests ¥ Enough material for 15 weeks of study Intermediate Skill Practice Audio CDs ¥ Companion audio texts for all listening activities in the coursebook

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37566 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

From the Publisher
What is new about the TOEFL¨ test and DeltaÕs Key?

The next generation test, or iBT, is an Internet-based test introduced in September 2005. This new test replaces the earlier computer-based test known as the TOEFL¨ CBT. The next generation test assesses proficiency in the four language skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important changes in the test are:

Speaking skills are evaluated. Some tasks involve integrated skills, such as reading-listening-writing. Knowledge of grammar is not tested separately but is assessed indirectly throughout the test.

DeltaÕs Key to the Next Generation TOEFL¨ Test is an all-new program designed specifically for the new version of the test. The course provides ample practice in the English skills evaluated by the new test, along with useful strategies and practical ideas for individual, pair and group activities.

Reading and listening content includes explanation of new item types, such as questions about pragmatics, paraphrasing, and summarizing information from across a text. Speaking and writing content includes practice in integrated-skills tasks, such as developing a topic, taking notes, and connecting information from two sources.

From the Inside Flap
DeltaÕs Key to the Next Generation TOEFL¨ Test: Advanced Skill Practice

DeltaÕs Key to the Next Generation TOEFL¨ Test: Advanced Skill Practice is a complete test preparation course for high intermediate and advanced learners of English. The book has two objectives: (1) to prepare students to take the new test, and (2) to build the language skills necessary for academic success in an English-speaking environment.

Advanced Skill Practice contains 36 skill units and four full-length practice tests, with more than 1,200 test questions that are similar in form and content to those on the real test. There is enough material for approximately 15 weeks of study. The book can be used in a number of ways:

as the primary text in a comprehensive preparation course; as the primary or secondary text for courses in reading, listening, speaking, or writing skills; or as a resource for independent study, laboratory, or tutoring.

The skill units contain five essential activities: Focus, Do You Know...?, Practice, Extension, and Progress.

Focus Ð An opening exercise to focus attention, activate prior learning, and stimulate inductive thinking.

Do You Know...? Ð A description of a specific skill in reading, listening, speaking, or writing that defines relevant concepts, provides sample questions, explains answers, and identifies useful test strategies.

Practice Ð Sets of practice questions to foster ease with TOEFL¨ test form and content, challenge students to apply their skills, and build skill retention.

Extension Ð Classroom activities that promote cooperation, stimulate discussion, extend skill practice, guide peer review, and link the classroom with the real world.

Progress Ð Thirty-four timed quizzes simulating parts of the test, with each quiz evaluating the skills studied in one or more units.

Customer Reviews

very very good book
Good one, I think it is almost similar to the actual test.
And its technique for doing exam is very excellent

not enough information
i didn't know it was without the cds and the salesman did not mention it too.

JK
Although the quality of the exercises is comparable to the real exam, the total study/practice package is lacking in that it does not simulate the real test environment. Additionally, selling the CDs and practice book separately is quite inconvenient for the buyer and an unfortunate oversight on the part of the publisher, which should consider a more realistic simulation of the real test in preparing practice/learning tools.