Cafe Converse Shares Ways to Improve your TOEFL Writing Score
Several people consider TOEFL writing as one of the toughest parts of the TOEFL exam. But do you know that by following certain rules one can easily master even the toughest part and get the best score? Yes, this is certainly possible.
Ms. Sonu Goel, Founder and Director of Café Converse, Delhi’s top English learning institute for TOEFL courses say that if the approach is correct, one can easily get the top scores.
Here, are some the ways to do.
Keep Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is absolutely important in TOEFL writing. In fact, if you do not paraphrase your sources in Integrated Writing and only use the exact wording from the lecture or passage instead, you will lose a lot of scoring points for plagiarism. Repeating the question in Independent Writing word-for-word is not good for your score either.
Thus, remember to practice good paraphrasing methods, and seek out paraphrasing practice activities to enhance your paraphrasing skills.
Do Good Pre-Writing for TOEFL Independent Writing
Several TOEFL Independent Writing responses turn out to be unorganized because of a lack of prewriting. Prewriting has two steps: brainstorming and outlining. In the brainstorming part, simply write down whatever ideas you can think of. Then move towards your outline. This is where you select the ideas you will use in the essay, and you organize them into the correct order. The order of your outline must match good TOEFL Independent Essay structure, providing for an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Attention on the Lecture for Integrated Writing
For TOEFL Integrated Writing, bear in mind that the major task is to “summarize the points made in the lecture.” Yes, you will also need to explain how these points respond to ideas in the passage. But the lecturer will repeat the most essential ideas in the passage. Thus, if you take any notes on the reading, make them simple and short. Then pay attention to which points in reading the lecturer opts to talk about. And focus on the lecturer’s response to those points.
Take Good Notes for Integrated Writing
In an Integrated Writing, your notes are your pre-writing. Your essay just summarizes the reading and lecture, so what you write must be formed completely on reading and lecture notes.
The focus of your notes needs to be on the lecture rather than the reading. But ideas from the reading still matters — your notes must directly compare the author’s views with the lecturer’s. Consider writing the views in the reading in a column, while writing notes on the speaker’s opinion in another one. Or find some other method to clearly link and compare the opinions of the professor and the writer in your notes.
Ensure the Spellings are Understandable
One of the biggest methods for a good score in TOEFL Writing is spelling. If you seriously misspell important words, your TOEFL Writing response can become very difficult to understand, and sometimes impossible.
Be aware of words that have a similar sound and similar spelling, like some commonly confused verbs. You can alter the entire meaning of a sentence if your misspelling changes one word into another. Also, avoid guessing at the spellings of larger words. Guesses at spellings of advanced vocabulary words could lead to some completely unreadable spelling choices. If you are really not certain how to spell a word that you wish to use, think of a separate word or phrase you could use instead.
Keep the Grammar in Control
At times the overall organization of an essay is simply fine (thanks because of the good note-taking or prewriting). But the issue lies in individual sentences. Be mindful of the different grammar structures in English. Understand how clauses, phrases, and sentences are formed.
Also, be aware of the different grammar constructions. As there are several ways to make a sentence. TOEFL scorers will look to see that you know how much you know the variety of grammar patterns. Thus, be mindful to showcase your knowledge of varied grammar.
Ms Sonu Goel is a professionally acclaimed certified ESL trainer from the British Council having 15 years of strong background for teaching the English language in both online and physical classes. She is dedicated to teaching of English in an interactive and practical way, whereby learners feel enriched with knowledge and experience the language hands-on. She uses creative ideas and aids to let the learning happen as organically and efficiently as possible. Ms Goel has travelled to various European countries and experienced an array of cultures and linguistic skills for the English language.
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