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Details of the Merit TOEFL Prep Bundle

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Covers the key problem areas on the TOEFL exam

The TOEFL Prep Bundle helps students complete the requirements for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam. The programs contain a wide variety of interactive learning activities that have been effective in advancing students reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills relevant to TOEFL success. The bundle will familiarize students with the type of content they will see on the exam. Lessons are self-paced and self-correcting. Voice support is available with most of the programs. Student scores are tracked in a record management system that allows instructors and students to view results and print reports.

    The TOEFL Prep Bundle consists of the following areas and packages:

  • Reading
  • Concepts covered:
    Determine main idea of passages
    Identify sequence of details in reading passages
    Draw inferences from text
    Draw conclusions by choosing salient information from text
    Understand vocabulary from context by choosing contextual clues
    Increase vocabulary recognition
    Differentiate between fact and opinion
    Recall facts and details
    Understand, analyze, and interpret written materials based on work-related topics
    Packages included:
    • Accu-Reading, Set 2
      Helps students master specific reading skills.
    • Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4
      Helps students improve reading comprehension.
    • Vocabulary Super Stretch, Sets 1 and 2
      Helps students with word recognition, meanings, and origins.
    • Science Reading for College Prep
      Sharpens students ability to interpret science texts.
    • Social Studies Reading for College Prep
      Sharpens students ability to interpret social studies texts.

  • Structure / Writing
  • Concepts covered:
    Build knowledge of English language grammar
    Recognize common errors in word usage
    Understand parts of speech
    Practice proper use of verb tenses
    Recognize problems in sentence structure
    Practice grammar in conversational form
    Work on grammar in a single-concept or mixed-practice format
    Write clear and descriptive sentences
    Express ideas coherently and fluently in paragraph form
    Improve writing style and sentence structure
    Improve word choice
    Proofread for punctuation and spelling
    Save and publish finished work
    Packages included:
    • Essay Punch
      Takes students through the steps of writing an essay.
    • Grammar Fitness for Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4
      Helps students master troublesome points of grammar.
    • Write It Right, Sets 1 and 2
      Helps students view and correct problem problems in writing.

  • Listening
  • Concepts covered:
    Learn proper pronunciation and intonation of North American English
    Listen to words, sentences, passages, questions, and help messages
    Learn the correct pronunciation of vocabulary words
    Packages included:
    • The 2008 TOEFL Prep Bundle includes the Merit Text Talker to help students understand English as it is spoken in college and university settings.