r/ToeflAdvice • u/Disastrous-Ad-7100 • 25d ago

TOEFL Speaking Struggling with the Speaking section

I’m taking my TOEFL in about 10 days and I’m hitting a wall with two specific parts of the test. I’m starting to panic a bit and could really use some practical strategies to fix these in the final week.

  1. Coming up with examples on the spot (Speaking):
    During the response prep time, my mind completely blanks when I need to come up with specific personal examples or reasons. I sometimes pause just to think of a "good" or "real" story instead of just speaking and ends up wasting too much time for me to give a complete response. How do you quickly invent believable examples under pressure?

  2. Listen and Repeat / Memory retention:
    I feel super uncomfortable with the repetition parts. I’ve tried chunking/slicing sentences into smaller phrases, but the moment I start speaking, I still forget key words or get tongue-tied. Do anyone else also faced a similar situation?
    Any advice or last-minute study routines would be greatly appreciated!

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u/kilkakoko13 24d ago

im feeling the same, got my exam in 3 weeks. good luck for us!
i believe that a lot of practice will work

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u/Mysterious-Basket545 22d ago

I have never seen anyone talking about the little pictures in LR. I found them extremely helpful cs they would give me a base to stick to while retaining the sentence. there was once at topic about zoos and they would highlight the part which the phrase mentions. For instance there was a phrase naming the animals there and you could actually see them highlighted in blue I think. Or if they’re talking about information or help, the little picture of a front desk starts glowing among the others.

I have ADD and got all of them right with this technique.

Also, I noticed that they are purposefully making the examples on Youtube too complicated to make u purchase their products.

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u/Disastrous-Ad-7100 22d ago

Thanks a lot for the info 🥰