TOEFL iBT prep - Talking about the Essay.....

The last time we met in class, I gave you a task of correcting / checking your essay.... Yes, what I was talking about is that you should check if your essay already has a correct essay outline. Here are some of diagrams and models of Essay Outlines...maybe these will help you in checking your essay writing :

Note : For the Toefl iBT, you don't have to make 3 Body Paragraphs...
because the time is short...you can make 2 Body Paragraphs to support your thesis.

 Picture credits :

 ugdsb.on.ca, onlineteaching.humanities.curtin.edu.au, 

Here is a link to ets.org , there are tips on how to answer TOEFL iBT questions, including tips on how to deal with Independent Writing , Just click HERE

You will see this list :

Writing Question 1 (Flash) | View Transcript
Writing Question 2 (Flash) | View Transcript
Speaking Question 1& 2 (Flash) | View Transcript
Speaking Question 3& 5 (Flash) | View Transcript
Speaking Question 4& 6 (Flash) | View Transcript

On the page click the line that I typed in red above. It will take you to a video on tips to answer the Independent Writing task.


Here is another video that I hope will help you to understand the Thesis Statement. From 07:12, the video shows how to create Thesis Statements in connection to the kinds of questions found in the Independent Writing part of TOEFL iBT.

Video from YT by Kentonadultes

Okay, I hope the things I included in this post was helpful for you, btw....there are other videos in the series, feel free to browse around and watch the videos of topics that you need to understand :)

GOOD LUCK !!