For this tutoring session with Abdullah, we wanted to get a good grasp on what the TOEFL exam was going to entail. We went over the different sections of the TOEFL, how much time he would have for each and the structure of the test. I wanted to make sure that he was very familiar with the format of the test so he would feel comfortable when he was taking the test for real. We found out that his Reading and Speaking were his weakest links, so we decided that during our sessions we would focus more heavily on those. I found a great website that has practice READING TOEFL tests.
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/TOEFL_reading1.htm
First we practiced with smaller paragraphs, but fairly tough material. Very science heavy passages. I think that Abdullah really enjoyed reading about science because that is his area of study back in Saudi Arabia. We did timed readings at first, trying to retain as much of the information as possible, then trying to answer questions about the passage. After the first tutoring session that we had a definitely had a better grasp of what we needed to work on.
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