By on January 2, 2014 in, Barron’s is one of the largest names in test preparation, and they make some of the better books for many tests. Their TOEFL book is one of the most popular on the market, which is surprising, to me: it’s only mediocre, really. There may be another reason for its popularity, though. It’s cheap and complete.

If you buy the book plus CD-rom, you don’t need to buy anything else to make full use. You don’t need to buy any other audio CDs or supplementary books. The price is maybe the most attractive feature. TOEFL Practice Material The first thing you should notice about this book if you see it is that it’s mostly practice tests. Altogether, over 500 of the 800 pages are tests or answers to those test questions.

Feb 28, 2016. A supporting skills section is provided to improve grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and study skills. The CD-ROM includes the tests from the book plus three additional practice tests in an electronic format that simulates the online TOEFL® iBT. The audio program, available on Audio CDs or Audio. F1 2002 Mod 1995 Download Chrome.

That’s not a bad thing, necessarily—that leaves a full 300 pages for lessons and exercises, too. But it’s also worth noting that all of those practice tests and examples are on the included CD-rom, so they’re not very important to include in the book. It’s better to take full practice tests on the computer, similar to the real TOEFL. That’s a great number of practice tests for full-length practice, especially because the software on the CD is very good, but it’s dangerous to rely too much on practice tests. A practice test gives very little guidance, teaches very few lessons. You need strong self-analysis to learn from a practice test.