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Keep a mistake journal: the 15-minute habit that raises your score
The series finale: how to turn every practice test into new points with a four-column mistake journal and a weekly 15-minute review ritual.
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TOEIC Part 7: A timing plan for the reading marathon
Fifty-four questions, and most students run out of clock. A minute-by-minute plan for single, double, and triple passages, and when to skim versus read.
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TOEIC Part 6: The sentence-insertion trap (and how to beat it)
Part 6 looks like Part 5 inside a letter, until the sentence-insertion question. The fix: read the passage as a story, not four separate blanks.
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TOEIC Part 5: Answer grammar questions in 20 seconds
Part 5 is a speed test disguised as a grammar test. A three-step routine (blank, answers, sentence) keeps you on 20 seconds per question.
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TOEIC Part 3 & 4: Read ahead, don't chase the audio
The conversations and talks are won before the audio starts. Learn the read-ahead rhythm that keeps you one question in front of the speakers.
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TOEIC Part 1 & 2: Stop losing the easy listening points
Part 1 and Part 2 are the highest-percentage questions on the whole test. Here is how to protect those points instead of giving them away.
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Study tips, TOEIC strategy, and class announcements from Cô Trâm, starting with the three habits every 900+ scorer shares.
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