Hi, I'm in a different situation when having 100 out of 120 is an good point enough for an amazing "wow" (even with myself) and of course, would help in the next year when I'm applying for Master degree and UC Berkeley would be my choice. Some studies states that you can even learn while sleeping. Therefore, I've been listening to English at night and I can't say that it didn't help (you can even find yourself amazingly improved after a 2-3 months). Perhaps this habit would help you too. Sometimes in speaking section I share the same feeling with you (about kind of topic I don't even care in my native language), but most of the time I'm the man of ideas/imagination so brainstorming and self-recording works well with me. Hope you find the techniques that suit you and help you get over the plateau soon. Love to hear about your process.

Hi Hiep Luong! I prepare myself for the TOEFL test with lots of books I either bought or borrowed from local libraries. Depending on the difficulty of the book I have between 23 to 28 of 30 possible points in the reading and listening section. In the listening section the most difficult part is the one with questions about why the lecturer says "Woow, these are great numbers..." etc. I also already trained the speaking section, but in my opinion this one is really difficult, especially if you can't even answer the question in your native language :-) I would be very glad, if I can reach a higher score than 100/120, because most Canadian universities require this score for the admission to a PhD study. How many points do you have to reach and where do you want to apply? Which section do you think is the most difficult one in the TOEFL test?

Glad to hear that you're going to take TOEFL. I also have a plan taking TOEFL in the next year. I've just take a course named TestMasters at a local English centre which from some points of view can be call a TOEFL warm-ups. This course tells you which skill/technique you need, but it's too short (2 months, 40 hours) to get you these skills. That's your job to practice. How do you prepare for TOEFL.The score what do you use it for? And how many points is good enough for you?