How to Improve TOEFL Speaking Skills & Scores?

Speaking is generally accepted as the hardest skill among the four skills of English language. Whether this statement is true or not is discussed by a lot of experts. But one thing is clear. TOEFL Speaking is the nightmare of many students. However, through regular practice and planned studying, it is not too hard to overcome the so-called hardest part of the exam. In this post, we are going to take a look at some materials and methods that can be or should be used to practice for TOEFL Speaking test.

You are going to respond to 2 independent (personal preference and choice) and 4 dependent questions (campus situation explain, academic course general, campus situation problem/solution and academic course summary) during Toefl speaking test. It means that in some questions you will just speak for 40-45 seconds, in some others you will read a passage or listen to an audio file and then explain these situations or find some solutions to some problems and talk about them for 45-60 seconds. You will have 15-30 seconds of preparation time before you answer the questions. Your responds will be evaluated in terms of delivery, language use and topic development.

Some important things to do before starting to prepare for the speaking test:

There will be four main activities that you are going to do in order to improve Toefl speaking test scores: