Kaplan TOEFL CBT W/CD-ROM, 2nd Edition [With CDROM]

I got my TOELF scores today and I was happy to see that I ACED it. +290 on the CBT. I prepared myself with the Kaplan book and the Powerprep ETS software.All I needed was to become acquainted with the types of questions that were in the test. Since I've been in American International Schools K-12 I knew for a fact that American Idiomatic English was not something that would challenge me.My point is, it doesnt matter what book you use, you MUST MASTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IDIOMS. There is NO WAY you will LEARN english in a coupple of months with books. All these books do is help you become familiar with the TYPES of questions. Certainly, Kaplan did a good job with that. They dont pretend to teach you english, and they clearly state that at the begginig of the book.

Very good book. I was very satisfied with the content and the exercises.With the aid of the CDROM you will not be surprised on test day.Do not forget to practice writing essays. I got a 290 and I am happy. (Their GMAT books is great as well.)

When I had to take the TOEFL test I was in a hurry so I didn't have time to prepare seriously.... but although I never studied English formaly, this book helped me to get a 290 in less than two weeks. On the negative side: It is true that the reading section is weak and some of the sample exercises are questionable, but I think that there is very little you can do about paragraph analysis anyways. It is also true that the sample tests in the CD are flawed (I guess they try to simulate an adaptative test) so you can't get more than 250/260 even with a perfect test. But on the positive side this book concentrates in what is important for the test. In my case they were a lot of grammatical constructs (including some custom uses and phrases) I never used before and they appeared in my actual test. If you have some previous background or need to refresh your grammar for the TOEFL this book may be a good investment.

The simulated test is very good. You can do as much as three different test, including a good listening part. The most important part of this book is the Essay Redaction, with simple steps, allowing you to write several of them in a few minutes. Not by chance I got 5.5/6 in the essay. I studied this book and the CD room just a month before test, although I have been studying English for a long while. It was my first time at TOEFL and I got 257! That tells a lot of this book.