English Test Recordings
language laboratory catalog
The Best TOEFL Test Book (Stanley) (EN 1.047)
revised (1988) edition of test and audiocassette series designed to focus the
user's attentions and energies on the goal of passing the TOEFL exam; includes:
(a) 40 focused exercises addressing listening comprehension, structure and written
expression, reading comprehension and vocabulary skills; (b) 6 practice tests
with answer keys featuring detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers;
(c) essay planning and writing tips; recorded tests = 3 hours 27 minutes (total
time).
The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test, 2nd edition (Rogers) (EN 1.049)
509-page (c. 1998) text designed as preparatory tool for the July 1995 format TOEFL; includes Sample Test and Practice Test sections, answer key, and tapescript; 4 accompanying audiocassettes; audio program = approx. 5.5 hours (total time).
The Official Guide to the New TOEFL iBT (Educational Testing Service) (EN 1.050)
373-page (c. 2007) text designed as preparatory tool for the Internet-based
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) first introduced by ETS in 2005-2006; includes more
than 500 real TOEFL questions and essay topics, ETS raters' comments on actual responses, as well as a "Writer's Handbook for English Language Learners"; accompanying Windows-only CD-ROM
provides timed practice tests in reading, listening, speaking and writing; CD-ROM User's Guide also available.
Testing and Teaching for Oral Proficiency (MISC 1.004.001-.002)
kit designed for the teacher of English as a second language, French, German
or Spanish who is interested in oral proficiency testing and in some of the
ways the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines can be applied to the teaching of oral
skills (one kit/language); components of each kit include: a book and set of
two audiocassettes; each tape set contains four recorded actual interviews representing
the four levels of the rating scale-novice, intermediate, advanced and superior;
book includes: overview of interviews, description of rating scale, explanation
of how interviews are conducted and the types of questions commonly used at
each level, an application section with simple oral activities and guidelines
for writing role plays at each level, commentaries for the interviews with detailed
analysis of the students' speech samples and the interviewers' techniques.