How to Improve TOEFL Listening Skills & Scores?

TOEFL listening test is one of the four parts of TOEFL Ibt. Due to its lengthy lectures and complicated parts, it creates a complex structure for students who are used to short and clear listening activities. In this post I will try to suggest some possible ways of studying and some points to consider in order to improve Toefl listening skills and scores.

First of all, you have to remember that Toefl has a unique way of assessing listening when compared to the listening tasks in most coursebooks. There are 6 tasks (4 integrated tasks and 2 independent tasks). The integrated tasks are mostly combined with short reading passages before listening and they are rather short when compared to independent academic lectures which are quite long. You have to remember one important thing; there is never a second chance in Toefl listening test except some meaning-related phrase questions.