TOEFL Speaking is Weird (4) - BIG Words will Hurt You

Check out the full lesson here: The TOEFL speaking section is weird. It’s weird for a lot of reasons. However, one reason why it’s weird is that you if you try to sound smart, it will only hurt your score. That’s weird. And confusing. In this fourth lesson of the TOEFL speaking section is weird series, founder of Vocabulary Ninja and head teacher at TOEFL Speaking Teacher, Josh MacPherson, discusses why academic vocabulary is problematic to use d