Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Internet Based Toefl Test Info
Since its introduction in late 2005, the Internet-Based test (iBT) has progressively replaced both the computer-based (CBT) TOEFL and paper-based (PBT) TOEFL tests.
The iBT has been introduced in phases, with the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy in 2005 and the rest of the world in 2006, with test centers added regularly.
Initially candidates had to wait for months, although it is now possible to take the test within one to four weeks in most countries.
The four-hour iBT test consists of four sections, each section measuring mainly one of the basic language skills and focusing on the English language used in an academic, higher-education environment.
Reading
The reading section consists of 3–5 long passages and questions about the passages. The passages are on academic topics; they represent text found in an undergraduate university textbook. Students answer questions about main ideas, details, inferences, sentence restatements, sentence insertion, vocabulary, function and overall ideas. New types of questions in the iBT require paraphrasing, filling out tables, or completing summaries. Generally prior knowledge of the subject under discussion is not necessary to come to the correct answer.
Listening
The listening consists of six longer passages and questions about the passages. The passages consist of two student conversations and four academic lectures or discussions. The questions ask the students to determine main ideas, details, function, stance, inferences, and overall organization.
Speaking
The speaking section consists of six tasks, two independent tasks and four integrated tasks. In the two independent tasks, students must answer opinion questions about some aspect of academic life. In two integrated reading, listening, and speaking tasks, students must read a passage, listen to a passage, and speak about how the ideas in the two passages are related. In two integrated listening and speaking tasks, students must listen to long passages and then summarize and offer opinions on the information in the passages. Test takers are expected to convey information, explain ideas, and defend opinions clearly, coherently, and accurately.
Writing
The Writing Section consists of two tasks, one integrated task and one independent task. In the integrated task, students must read an academic passage, listen to an academic passage, and write about how the ideas in the two passages are related. In the independent task, students must write a personal essay.
Task iBT Approx. time
READING 3 passages and 39 questions 60 minutes
LISTENING 6 passages and 34 questions 50 minutes
SPEAKING 6 tasks and 6 questions 20 minutes
WRITING 2 tasks and 2 questions 55 minutes
Educational Testing Service includes extra material to try out material for future tests and at least one of the sections of the test will include extra, uncounted material. You will not know which material counts and which material is extra. For example, if there are four reading passages instead of three, three of the passages will count and one of the passages will not be counted. It is possible that the uncounted passage could be any of the four passages.
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The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) measures the ability of non-native speakers of English to use and understand English as it is spoken, written and heard in North American college and university undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Students who take the TOEFL test are planning to study at colleges and universities where the language of instruction is English.
Many education agencies, scholarship programs, licensing and certification agencies also use TOEFL scores to evaluate English language proficiency.
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