On pages 35, 51, 66 and 94 students are given articles that are generally longer than the real test, and with fewer paragraphs. It should also be mentioned that beyond the problems with question designs, most of the sample articles are somewhat weak overall. This is replicated on page 54 where students have to look through four long paragraphs to properly answer an inference question that would be specific to only a single paragraph on the real test. That means the student is actually required to use all three paragraphs to answer the question, rather than using just a single paragraph as on the real test. This becomes a major problem on page 32 when a NOT/EXCEPT style question refers to details that are actually spread out over three paragraphs. Instead of matching a question with a specific paragraph, students are required to read through the whole article looking for the paragraph that matches the given question. The book starts out okay with a few decent samples of articles used in the reading section (pages 19, 25), but then pairs these with inaccurate sample questions. As always, that’s the aspect I want to focus on most of all in this review. Thirdly, and most importantly, the questions in the book are inaccurate. I counted another 69 numbered strategies for the writing section (not to mention the fact that number 16 is broken down into 16A through 16E). The book includes 69 strategies for mastering the reading section. Secondly, the book is way too complicated. The samples were bad even when the book was first published, but now that a decade has passed, the errors are much less forgivable. The contents badly need to be replaced with new material, especially the samples which don’t reflect what students get on the actual test. The publisher has deleted the stuff that was dropped from the test this year, but everything else (the strategies and the samples) is almost entirely the same. The online content seems even older, and looks to be the same stuff that was on the CD-ROM of the 2007-2008 edition. The online resources are not as promisedįirst of all, though this is the “2020-20201” edition of the book, it is pretty much the same as the 2008-2009 edition from 11 years ago. The practice questions and sample are terribly inaccurate.Ĥ. There are four problems with this book every year.
The online content seems Another year and another bad edition of TOEFL Prep Plus by Kaplan. First of all, though this is the “2020-20201” edition of the book, it is pretty much the same as the 2008-2009 edition from 11 years ago. The online resources are not as promised 5.
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