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An Introduction to TOEFL-iBT

2. measures your ability to use and understand English at the
university level
OVERVIEW
Test of English as a Foreign Language –
Internet-Based Test
evaluates how well you combine your listening, reading,
speaking and writing skills to perform academic tasks
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3. OVERVIEW
Educational Testing System (ETS)
world's largest private nonprofit educational
testing and assessment organization
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4. OVERVIEW
READING
Length of each passage:
Number of passages and
questions:
Timing:
• approximately 700-800 words
• From 3 to 5 passages
• From 12 to 14 questions per passage
• from 60 – 100 minutes
Score: 30
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5. OVERVIEW
LISTENING
Content:
Timing:
• from 60 – 100 minutes
• 35 seconds to answer each question
• 4-6 lectures (5 minutes)
• 6 questions each
• 2-3 conversations (3 minutes)
• 5 questions each
Score: 30
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6. OVERVIEW
SPEAKING
TASK 1
Timing:
• Personal Experience
• you are being evaluated by your ability to state or
explain an opinion in a clear/coherent manner
• you are given 15 seconds to prepare and 45
seconds to speak
Score: 30
• support it logically with two reasons
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7. OVERVIEW
SPEAKING
TASK 2
Timing:
• Personal Preference
• you will be asked to express your preference from a given
pair of choices
• you are given 15 seconds to prepare and 45 seconds to
speak
• There is no right or wrong answer to the question.
• test of how well you can express your point of view and how
convincing your powers of persuasions are.
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8. OVERVIEW
SPEAKING
TASK 3
Timing:
• Campus Situation (Reading & Conversation)
• you will read a short passage of campus-related interest, and you
will be asked to listen to a conversation between two speakers
• 45 seconds to read the announcement.
• restate the opinion of one of the speakers without giving your
own opinion to the topic.
• 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak
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9. OVERVIEW
SPEAKING
Timing:
• you will read and listen to a lecture
• explain or summarize the points given in the lecture
• 45 seconds to read the topic
TASK 4 • Academic Topic (Reading & Lecture)
• you need to convey that information in a clear, concise, coherent
and sustained speech.
• your ability to correlate the information that you have read and
heard from the source will be tested
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10. OVERVIEW
SPEAKING
Timing:
• you will hear two people discussing a campus-related problem
and two possible solutions
• 20 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak.
TASK 5 • Campus Situation (Conversation & Problem)
• you have to identify exactly what the problem is, identify the two
solutions, then you have to give your opinion and support it with
reasons from the listening material
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11. OVERVIEW
SPEAKING
Timing:
• you will listen to a lecture
• you are asked to explain or summarize the points given in the
lecture
• 20 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak.
TASK 6 • Academic Topic (Lecture)
• this will test your ability to correlate the information that you have
heard from the source
• you need to convey that information in a clear, concise, coherent
and sustained speech
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12. OVERVIEW
WRITING
• 3 minutes to read the passage
• listen to a lecture (relate / contrast)
• 20 minutes to plan, write and revise your essay
Score: 30
TASK 1 • Integrated Task (Reading and Lecture)
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13. OVERVIEW
WRITING
• something like TASK 2 Preference Question in the speaking section
• you will be asked about a familiar topic
• 30 minutes to plan, write and revise your answer
TASK 2 • Independent Task
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