The top tactic for speaking from The top tactic for speaking from notes on TOEFLnotes on TOEFL®® iBT Speaking iBT Speaking

Dr. Pamela J. SharpeDr. Pamela J. SharpeAuthor of the bestseller Author of the bestseller Barron’s TOEFLBarron’s TOEFL® ® iBTiBT

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Learn how to Learn how to speakspeak

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How much should I write?How much should I write?

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Practice makes perfect!Practice makes perfect!

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ScriptScriptI think it’s important to set I think it’s important to set goals and work hard to goals and work hard to achieve them. For one achieve them. For one thing, goals help you think thing, goals help you think clearly about what you’re clearly about what you’re doing. By identifying goals, doing. By identifying goals, you get organized. Another you get organized. Another thing is the advantage of thing is the advantage of sharing goals with people sharing goals with people who can help you. If others who can help you. If others know what you’re trying to know what you’re trying to do, sometimes they give do, sometimes they give you advice or assistance. you advice or assistance. As for good luck, I agree As for good luck, I agree that a lucky opportunity or that a lucky opportunity or aa

ScriptScript chance meeting with a chance meeting with a

person who can help you is person who can help you is sometimes a key to sometimes a key to success…. but unless you success…. but unless you know where you’re going and know where you’re going and what you want to achieve, what you want to achieve, you might not even recognize you might not even recognize a lucky opportunity. So, in my a lucky opportunity. So, in my opinion, the best way to opinion, the best way to succeed is to know what you succeed is to know what you want and work to create your want and work to create your own good fortune. Then, if own good fortune. Then, if luck shines on you, you’ll just luck shines on you, you’ll just reach your goal sooner.reach your goal sooner.

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important to set goals important to set goals work hard to work hard to

achieve goals achieve goals help you think help you think

clearly clearly you get organized you get organized

advantage of advantage of sharing goals sharing goals

people give you people give you advice or assistanceadvice or assistancelucky opportunity or lucky opportunity or chance meeting chance meeting a key to success a key to success

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unless know where unless know where you’re going what you you’re going what you want want might not might not recognize a lucky recognize a lucky opportunityopportunitybest way to succeed best way to succeed

know what you know what you want want

work to create work to create good fortunegood fortune if luck shines reach if luck shines reach your goal sooneryour goal sooner

WordsWordsset goals set goals

work hardwork hardthink clearly think clearly

get organized get organized advantage sharing advantage sharing advice or assistanceadvice or assistance

lucky opportunity/chance lucky opportunity/chance meeting meeting key to success key to success

where you’re going where you’re going what you want what you want might not recognizemight not recognize

to succeed to succeed know what/whereknow what/wherework to creatework to create

if luck --if luck -- goal soonergoal sooner

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