<p>Is it hard to get 100/120 for the internet based test?</p>
<p>If your English is good and you are familiar with the test format not really.</p>
<p>I would tell you that the speaking section is particularly tough. It’s not that the topics are tough, they arent. But imagine having 15 seconds to prepare and 30 seconds to speak on a prompt! If you are like me, i.e. verbose and talkative and TOTALLY unprepared for the test, that might be a challenge.</p>
<p>The rest are like SAT I CR + WR scaled down tenfolds. Judge accordingly.</p>
<p>I would tell you that the speaking section is particularly tough. It’s not that the topics are tough, they arent. But imagine having 15 seconds to prepare and 30 seconds to speak on a prompt! If you are like me, i.e. verbose and talkative and TOTALLY unprepared for the test, that might be a challenge.</p>
<p>The rest are like SAT I CR + WR scaled down tenfolds. Judge accordingly.</p>
<p>Not really its tough to get more than 100.But depends on how efficient u are in english.U need not be professional to get 100 and u don’t need any hard vocabularies and prompt speaking.
But the one thing is u need to be quick in mind and practice listening in noises coz test centers are not so silent.
So be ready for test.
bye</p>
<p>They provide you with headphones I guess.</p>
<p>The good thing about iBT for fast test takers is that you can go on to the next section whenever you are ready. So if you finish the reading part quickly, you can start the speaking section without any noise from the other people. BUT if start the speaking section around the same time the others are starting their speaking section, it tends to get distracting even with the headphones.
I honestly think I blabbed the whole time, but somehow I managed to get a ok score. So I guess practicing a lot is the key, and to not repeat yourself. If you have an accent, try to make it clear so the people can understand what you are saying. I tried to enunciate my words clearly, and that helped:)</p>
<p>Which prep books would you guys recommend? In my opinion,
- Kaplan’s: hard, but the organization of the book is problematic, i.e, each theme is formatted into a test, so it’s easy to get confused between skills.
- Barron’s: Writing-irrelevant, ineffectual, Reading-long yet too easy, Listening- the most OK, Speaking - good.
- Official Guide: Listening - easier than real test, Reading - good, Speaking - good, Writing - good also
- Longman: overall too easy
- DELTA: I believe this book is a must to prepare for TOEFL. All sections are very well-written.</p>
<p>I would recommend to prepare for the SAT CR and writing… TOEFL is like 10 times easier than SAT. Now speaking and listening - try to spend time in community of english speakers as much as possible</p>
<p>What is the best way to join communities of English speakers by the way? Thanks</p>
<p>Well, I went to the US as an exchange student, that DID help me a lot. But there are still plenty ways to improve comprehension - listen to radios in English, watch TV in English, e.t.c. If you want to do it even faster - turn on your player while you are sleeping, and listen to songs/radio on low volume. Trust me, it sounds weird, but it helps, even after 3 weeks.</p>
<p>wow, lots of thanks to you, Alone.
I’ll try your recommendation out tonight ^^</p>
<p>@ nguyenminhhieuh : Kaplan Newest Version 2008-2009 was organized by skills !</p>
<p>Wow, really? 
. have you tried it? How do you feel about the effectiveness of this version in comparison with that of the old one?</p>