Source: UsingEnglish.com
Here are 21 ideas on how you can make sure that you really learn a lot in your TOEIC class.
1. Do it again carefully. Go through the paper one more time at home and make sure you know why each question you answered wrong is incorrect and why every one you just guessed and was okay is actually right. Then go through all the multiple choice answers that you didn\'t look carefully at and check you understand why all the other option are wrong. If you have any questions about why some of the questions are wrong, it should be okay to ask your teacher during class time, as other students will probably have the same question- or you can wait until after class or ask while all the students are working on something else.
2. Go through the other options. Even for the questions you got right, looking at the other (incorrect) options at home can help you learn what tricks the examiners use and show you some useful vocabulary that you just skimmed past the first time you read or listened.
3. Widen your vocabulary. If you learn a new word in your TOEIC class, by looking up the other parts of speech of the same word (friend, friendly, unfriendly, friendship etc.) in your dictionary when you get home you can not only make sure you learn the original word but also make sure you quickly understand it every time you read or hear it in the TOEIC exam. Make sure you learn the number of syllables and which syllable is stressed (pronounced more strongly) so you can understand when it is being used in the listening paper. Learning different parts of speech can also be useful for error correction in the older version of the TOEIC test.
4. Divide your notebook into sections. Language is easier to remember if it is grouped together with other similar language. Dividing your notebook (or an extra notebook) into sections for vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, reading tips and tactics etc. and copying the new things you have learnt into those sections after class can really help you learn what you have been studying and make it easier to find something you have forgotten.
5. Know yourself. Analyse your own weaknesses, difficulties and priorities and make sure the teacher knows what they are- but please be aware that the needs of other students in the class may be different to yours. It might also be useful to write your priorities in the front of your notebook to remind yourself what to focus on, e.g. "I am good at..."/ "I am not so good at ..."/ "My number one priority is to work on..."
6. Be careful what you buy. Ask your teacher\'s opinion about any extra TOEIC materials before you buy them. It is probably best to take in a print out with some details from Amazon or a similar bookshop of the materials into class, so your teacher can read about the course before they tell you if they recommend it or not. If your teacher is happy to talk about it during class time, your classmates might also be happy to give their opinions or might want to ask your opinion once you have bought and used it.
7. Write the pronunciation down. Try to write down the phonemic script of any vocabulary that you learnt in class, then check in your dictionary that you have used the right symbols.
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