Rating: 
Summary: OUTDATED
Review: 1)The problems in the book are very outdated. (for grammar section buy Cliff's or Longman)
2)The problems in the book are less difficult than those on a real exam.
3)The problems in the book were arranged in very boring manner.
4)The CD-Rom is only for Listening. (for more computer practice buy Delta's Key for Toefl Test with CD, which has 10 tests or Cambridge Preparation for Toefl Test, which has 7 tests. Both books have CD-Rom simulated CBT.)
5) The Essay section is fair. (for the best essay section buy Cambridge Preparation for the Toefl Test)
Generally, there is no one book for the preparation for the TOEFL. Most likely you will need some combination of them.
For instance,
a) Delta for practice and reading. Moreover, you may wish to buy just Delta CD Rom without book and cassets for practice only;
b)Cliff's or Longman for grammar;
c)Cambridge for essay and for practice.
Good luck!
Rating: 
Summary: ...this is the best TOEFL preparation book out there...
Review: A lot of my friends recommended this book for me, but I didn't really appreciate their advice until I took the test. The book leads you step-by-step into establishing a good base of English for the test, or at least refresh the knowledge that you already have. I believe that I owe a significant portion of my 287 CBT (660 paper based equivalent) score to this book. With it's eight model tests on the CD, which are far more difficult than that in the actual test, you'll be well prepared. There seems to be a problem with the Adaptive Test in the CD though, it gives quite strange scores at the end, but overall, this book is the best book that you can buy to get the score that you want in TOEFL.
Rating: 
Summary: Good book, very poor CD
Review: Although I must admit that the book itself provides lot sof useful details espacially in the STRUCTURE section of teh TOEFL, software prvoded on the CD ROM seems to be very raw and not fully tested. Here is what you are about to get:
1. The book claims that CD ROM has 8 model test + one real CAT. While it is true, test questions repeat throughout the tests. SO, do not bothe rto take model tests, go straight to the CAT because that is what you are really after. Otherwise, you will be disappointed to see the same questions again. Nice thing though is that if you re-take CAT it randomly pull squestions out of the pool. So, you just win here in any way.
2. I took the full CAT and when it was time to score it, the program just HUNG. Very diasppointing. I unloaded the CD ROM to my hard drive and retook the test. This time it worked fine, however, my READING results were horrible. I could not believe it and retook just reading section, as it does not allow you to review the results after you have taken the full test. My results were VERY low again, so I checked out what kind of errors I made, and realize dthat I was being graded against WRONG paragraphs. Basically they a problem with their software.
That said, be careful, if you know what you are fater, get the book, it is pretty good, but be very cautios about CD ROM. Oh, this review is about the book with CD ROM not with four audio CDs.
Rating: 
Summary: In general, a good book
Review: I took the Toefl test this morning and I have to say that this book was very useful. I haven't received the official grades yet but my note should be between 215 and 265, and given the fact that I've just studied two hours a day for one month...
Definitely this book helped me a lot to improve my grammar, but I also believe that the examples were organized in a boring fashion. The practice tests for the listening section are really good, about the reading section... my advice to you: READ! READ! READ! No matter how much time you spend on vocabulary, they will find a word you don't know.
Rating:
Summary: The BEST TOEFL prepartion book..
Review: If you are looking for a TOEFL preparation book, this is the one you must go for! This is the best TOEFL preparation book. I've studied with every books out there;Kaplan, Princeton Review, Super Course, Arco..etc. This is the only one that covers everything in detail and make sense! If you study with this one thoroughly, you will do very well on the test. This one is the best for real! Good luck!
Rating:
Summary: The best value in TOEFL prep books
Review: If you can only buy one book, this book is your second best choice after the more expensive Longman book (see my review of it on Amazon). This book has a lot of grammar explanations and lots of practice questions. So, it is a great value--the price is low, and you get a lot of questions.However, the book is not perfect. The book hasn't been updated in many years, and some question types are outdated. Furthermore, many of the questions are easier than the real TOEFL, especially the reading sections. Also, the CD's that come with this edition are NOT software, they are for listening. And this listening is not of very high quality, it's very amateurish. In short, if you can only buy one book, this one is okay, but the Longman book is much, much better, AND it includes the hands-down BEST practice TOEFL software on the market.
Rating:
Summary: This is a perfect review book, but it is not a textbook.
Review: If you know English well and you need only to review some important details, this is the book you need to buy. It covers small rules, which are VERY IMPORTANT for the TOEFL, but it does not tell you much, for example, about sequence of tenses.In other words, this book will help you to improve your score, but it can not teach you English if you are a beginner.
For me, the most important part of the book was structur review. IT really helped! Listening part shows the same level of difficulty as in the TOEFL, but reading is much easier then on the test. To understand the reading level of difficulty and to practise the test I would recommend TOEFL Test Preparation Kit.
Rating: 
Summary: CDs DO NOT HAVE SOFTWARE!!!!!
Review: It turns out that this book only comes with Audio cds! Go figure: When the TOELF is mainly take on the CBT form
Rating:
Summary: Simple & easy test
Review: It's very simple and There are easy tests. I'm not satisfied with it.
Rating:
Summary: Boring Book
Review: The first time I read this book, I look at the study plan to master this whole book. It said it took about 12 weeks to master all material there, which is not adequate for me, because I need to take TOEFL in about a month. So I begin to do accelerated read of this book. Unfortunately it's not an experience that I would like to do again. This book bored me, especially the grammar part. The grammar part actually is very concise. A number of patterns and styles were given there. But they organized this book in a boringly style. About 140 patterns and 30 styles were there for us to memorize, but only few exercises to be done. For the other parts, this book is not the right book. Besides that, the model test, which consists of 8 models, is quite easy.
|
