本书由培生朗文教育集团与托福考试出题方ets(美国教育考试服务**)共同精心打造而成,完全按照托福考试要求编写,是托福考试的权威辅导用书。书中涵盖了托福考试的听、说、读、写4个部分,通过综合技能培训将语言学习和托福考试有效地结合起来,并提供了ets精心打造的全真托福考题。随书配有mp3一张,其中包括书中所涉及的所有录音内容。本书是托福考生提高应试技能和取得高分的有力保障。

welcome to northstar building skills for the toefl® ibt
part one: northstar practice units for the toefl® ibt
unit 1 addiction
unit 2 comm unities
unit 3 personality
unit 4 trends
unit 5 cross-cultural insights
unit 6 the workplace
unit 7 perspectives on war
unit 8 the arts
unit 9 freedom of expression
evaluation forms for integrated and independent tasks
audioscript
answer key
part two: ets practice sets for the toefl® ibt
listening
reading
writing
speaking
audioscript
answer key
toefl® ibt writing and speaking rubrics

《朗文托福考试技能培训教程:**》由培生朗文教育集团与托福考试出题方ETS(美国教育考试服务**)共同精心打造而成,完全按照托福考试要求编写,是托福考试的权威辅导用书。书中涵盖了托福考试的听、说、读、写4个部分,通过综合技能培训将语言学习和托福考试有效地结合起来,并提供了ETS精心打造的全真托福考题。随书配有MP3一张,其中包括书中所涉及的所有录音内容。《朗文托福考试技能培训教程:**》是托福考生提高应试技能和取得高分的有力保障。

“托福考试技能培训教程”系列丛书采用托福考试出题方ets(美国教育考试服务**)提供的全真测试材料,参照托福考试题型编写而成,涵盖托福考试的听、说、读、写4个部分。书中采取了革新性的技能培训方法,将英语学习和考试技能培训有效地结合起来,在帮助考生全面提高英语水平的同时,也有助于加强考生的思辨能力和交际能力。本丛书根据托福试题选材的难度分为中级、中**、**3个级别,便于考生逐级提高,为取得托福高分打下坚实的基础。
本书优势及卖点:
ets精心打造全真托福考题,让考生如同亲临考场
9个单元包含托福常考主题,方便考生熟悉相关题型
综合技能训练激发考生批判性思维,增强英语交际能力
选文趣味性强,主题多样化,帮助考生熟悉各种场景与文体,拓宽知识面
题型设计科学合理,循序渐进,并提供完善的题型分析,真正提高考生应试技能

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