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Coming Soon: TOEFL Listening Self-Study Course

Want to score 100+ on the TOEFL?

Start by aiming for 27+ in Reading and Listening — the fastest and most reliable way to boost your total score, even if your Speaking and Writing are around 23.

Raising Speaking and Writing scores to 26+ often takes years, because it requires:

  • Strong delivery techniques (pronunciation, rhythm, intonation)

  • Solid grammar control

  • The ability to present ideas logically — a skill even most native speakers find challenging to master

In contrast, improving your Reading and Listening can take just months with the right strategies.

The key? Solving all the TPOs (TOEFL Practice Online), which are retired official ETS questions. Through consistent practice, you'll begin to see answer patterns emerge naturally.

Dr. Byrne’s TOEFL Reading and Listening courses teach you how to recognize these patterns — and how traps are designed to break them — so you can identify correct answers with confidence and precision.

The TOEFL Listening course includes 67 full sets of materials, carefully designed to match the difficulty and structure of official TPOs, giving you the most realistic practice possible.

Smart strategy. Faster results. Higher scores.

Stay tuned.


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TOEFL Vocab questions: meaning inerrable from roots and prefixes
TOEFL inference questions needing contrapositive
Summary questions
Summery questions based on clues
Easiest clue: absolute vs qualified
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Integrated: Power companies

Vocabulary

A-Z Vocabulary

Ab- words Ab- words
Ac- wordsAc- words
Ad- words:Ad- words
Ae-, Af, Ag- wordsAe-, Af, Ag- words
Al-, Am- words:Al-, Am- words


Roots and affixes


Roots Greek and Latin roots with the same meanings

Prefix from DE to EX
Prefix from FOR to ISO
prefix from MACRO-OVER

Suffixes for nouns from AC to ER
Suffixes for nouns from ESS to URE

Pronunciation

Prosody


Grammar

1 minute grammar

  1. Use the definite article correctly

  2. Five noun types for noun countability: https://youtube.com/shorts/Y0lcoVS17sk?feature=share

  3. Use countable nouns correctly: https://youtube.com/shorts/s6XVICbNFwg?feature=share

  4. Three types of countable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/EENBQxEJTZs?feature=share

  5. Three types of uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/UuCDCRmMDM4?feature=share

  6. How to talk about quantity with uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/WpsqHMATes0?feature=share

Long grammar lectures

  1. Rule 1: Noun-determiner agreement: https://youtu.be/vlJtsxBUbVc 

  2. Distinction of countable and uncountable nouns: https://youtu.be/SesnD3ymTAQ 

  3. Use “the” for specific things: https://youtu.be/3yLJssZHb9o 

  4. Singular countable indefinite quantifiers:https://youtu.be/GJXgto8e3Do

  5. Plural countable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/VCchH-W1yiM

  6. Nationality of a person and people: https://youtu.be/dhVGpGIJS6A

  7. Uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/ripAqfYlK_Y

  8. Plural and uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/x6a9vsf5gQg

  9. Types of Determiners: https://youtu.be/86wM27qxxnM

  10. Determiner order (pre-main-post):https://youtu.be/D-9oF2MBwzw