Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Best TOEFL Books of 2020

Best TOEFL Books of 2020 There are a few good TOEFL books. There are a lot of bad TOEFL books. I hope that this article helps you pick the best ones. Note that it is now February, 2020. Ill update and revise this list throughout the year as new books are released. At the end you can find my current list of non-recommended books and websites.Books Updated to Match the New TOEFLKaplans TOEFL iBT Prep Plus 2020-2021. This was the first TOEFL textbook updated to match the new version of the test. However, I dont really recommend it. The sample questions in the book are not very accurate, especially the reading and writing questions. The questions in the sample tests (provided online) are also very inaccurate. They just dont match the structure and organization of questions used on the real test. Moreover, there are only three practice tests provided online (instead of the four promised on the books cover). While the book has a ton of strategies, they are organized in such a way that many students will just be l eft confused after reading them. You can also read my complete review.Princeton Reviews TOEFL iBT Prep was the second book this year to match the new test. This one is much better than Kaplans book, but it also has a lot of accuracy problems. The most obvious are in the chapters about the reading and speaking sections. You can read about all of them in my full review of the book. I suppose the best part of this book is the collection of skill building exercises in the beginning of the book. There is only one complete sample test (which can only be done on paper there is no software included), but there are additional practice questions throughout the book. Note that this book used to be called Cracking the TOEFL. That was a stupid name.Barrons TOEFL IBT (16th Edition). This one is sort of updated to match the new test. The textbook itself is not updated. However, the eight practice tests have been updated to match the new format. Also new in this edition is the fact that the practi ce tests are now provided online, rather than on CD. Note that I have not purchased this book because Im waiting for the 17th edition which will be published in April of 2020. I will wait until then before I comment on the quality of the book. Note that this is also sold as part of a Superpack, with three other books (writing, vocabulary and strategies).

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