GRE General for non-native speaker

[engguy]

Question:

My wife is a non-native English speaker who has a double degree from her undergrad in her home country in English and her native literature, along with an MA in Eng. lit from an American university. She has excellent grades, and the one weakness in her application to a PhD program is her GRE scores. She took the test without much studying to fulfill the requirement for her MA school and now must retake them in the hopes of improving her scores. She has trouble (like most eng majors) dealing with the math, and the high-level vocabulary on the verbal has also been tough for her.

There are a number of classes available, but Kaplans is expensive and we were wondering if anyone has experience with any online courses that are a bit more affordable. How effective are they? Some offer "live coursework," presumably with someone on the other end of a computer tutoring a group of students, others seem to be simply online tutorials. Any recommendations / red flags on these would be most welcome.

Thanks :!:

[rising_star]

Personally, I would get a couple of the books, work through them, and maybe find someone else taking the test to study with. That way, they can ask one another questions and teach one another solutions.