improve TOEFL score

Learning New Vocabulary

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Keeping a vocabulary notebook is one way to improve your English word choice. First, read articles and identify new words, writing them in a notepad. An online tool you can use with mobile access is http://www.myschoolnotebook.com/ Make two columns with the new word on the left and the definition (with synonym and example) on the right. You can divide the vocabulary into categories by using stickers or post-it’s to mark the different sections of your notebook. Refer to the vocabulary weekly to recall the words or make sentences. Here are some TOEFL topics that you could use as notebook sections:

Art (art, theater, literature, architecture, music, film)

Campus

Environment (Agriculture)

Food

Humanities (history, politics, government, law)

Life Science (Anatomy, Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Health, Paleontology, Zoology)

Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, archaeology)

Physical Sciences (Astronomy, Physics, Math, Computer Science, Earth Science)

Technology

Overcoming Mental Barriers to Achieve Success

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If you have taken the test over and over again and again, you may begin to think negatively and become quite frustrated from lack of improvement. Break down the wall mentally blocking you from getting your highest score. Changing your study plan and setting little goals will help you alter the belief in yourself that you can do it. Successful people deal with issues head on rather than hitting a wall of frustration. So by looking at your weaknesses and clarifying your goal, you can focus on taking baby steps day by day to get you to whatever you want to achieve. It may look far out of reach since you’ve hit a plateau. But if you erase your boggling frustration and nagging doubt that’s been bothering you and change your mind to feel positive about the exam, it IS possible to improve your score. Eliminate the wall that is mentally blocking you from getting to your goal!