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For Listening Skills

• Listen to the radio
  
• Watch TV
  
• Go to the movies
  
• Use the telephone (in English)
  
• Buy books on tape
  
• Go to bars or restaurants and eavesdrop
  
• Look in the Boston Globe Calendar for lectures, readings or free classes
  
• Visit the courthouse
  
• Start conversations with strangers
  
• Get a job or volunteer

For Structure Skills

• Study the list of most frequently tested grammar points, and then...
  
• Look for grammar exercises in your favorite grammar book on those points
  
• When you read, identify sentence components
  
• Practice writing TOEFL grammar questions
  
• Study lists of regularities, such as make/do, infinitive/gerund, etc.

Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension

• Read for pleasure, EVERY day or night
  
• Read the newspaper and look up 5 new words each day
  
• Own an English language dictionary and thesaurus and USE them
  
• Study the list of reading passage topics, and...
  
• Read popular science articles whenever possible
  
• Read encyclopedia articles on science and history
  
• Read introductory-level college textbooks
  
• Become familiar with English roots, prefixes and suffixes
  
• Buy a television with close-captioning
  
• Get on-line and read electronically on the Internet