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A Brief Overview of the TOEFL iBT

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TOEFL iBT Overview

The term TOEFL is an acronym, which means that each letter stands for something. In this case, TOEFL stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language. It is created by an organization called ETS (Educational Testing Service), a professional test development organization, based in the USA.

The TOEFL is an English proficiency test for non-native speakers of English. It measures a person’s ability to read, write, speak and understand English used in college or university. This means it concentrates on the formal academic English used in lectures as well as the informal English used in normal campus life by students, professors and other college or university employees.

Most people take the TOEFL to get admission into colleges and universities where English is used or required. Some people take the TOEFL to fulfill the requirements of a government department, licensing board, certification agency, or scholarship program. In fact, today more than 6000 colleges, universities, and licensing agencies in 110 countries accept TOEFL scores.

Some career-minded students take the exam to improve their professional prospects by demonstrating their English language proficiency to future employers in their home countries.

Although the TOEFL may seem like a difficult exam, preparing for it actually helps you to improve your English in very powerful ways. That's because studying at an English university is challenging – you have to do lots of reading, complete many written assignments, papers, and projects, and also deliver oral presentations. So all of the skills tested on the TOEFL iBT are real skills which you will need.

If you keep that perspective in mind, it will help you feel more positive about the whole experience and appreciate that these very skills will be essential for you in university and later, on the job.

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A Brief Overview of TOEFL iBT : http://toeflhaifa.blogspot.com/ A Brief Overview of TOEFL iBT Howard Burns

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Why is the TOEFL Test Changing? : Why is the TOEFL Test Changing? To measure the ability to communicate successfully in an academic setting; To reflect how language is really used; To keep up with the best practices in language learning and teaching (integrated skills).

TOEFL Reading Question Types : TOEFL Reading Question Types Basic Information and Inferencing Questions: Factual information questions Negative factual information questions Inference question questions Rhetorical purpose questions Vocabulary questions Reference questions Sentence simplification questions Insert text questions Reading to Learn questions: 9. Prose summary 10. Fill in a table

Slide 5 : Vocabulary Question (iBT) Growth, reproduction, and daily metabolism all require an organism to expend energy. The expenditure of energy is essentially a process of budgeting, just as finances are budgeted. If all of one's money is spent on clothes, there may be none left to buy food or go to the movies. Similarly, a plant or animal cannot squander all its energy on growing a big body if none would be left over for reproduction, for this is the surest way to extinction. The word squander in the passage is closest in meaning to: a. extend b. transform c. activate d. waste Taken from ETS Website

TOEFL iBT Listening Materials : TOEFL iBT Listening Materials Conversations: Office Hours Service Encounters Lectures: Arts Life Science Physical Science Social Science These conversations and talks are typical of those that occur on North American university campuses

Speaking Question Types : Speaking Question Types Independent: Question about a person, place, object, or event. Question about preference from two possible actions, situations, or opinions Integrated Listening/Reading/Speaking (questions #3 & #4) Integrated Listening/Speaking (questions #5 & #6)

Examples of speaking questions : Examples of speaking questions Choose a teacher you admire and explain why you admire him or her. Please include specific examples and details in your explanation. Some students study for classes individually. Others study in groups. Which method of studying do you think is better for students and why?

Writing Section of the TOEFL iBT : Writing Section of the TOEFL iBT The Integrated Writing Task Read a passage about an academic topic Listen to a lecture related to the topic Write a summary of the main points The Independent Writing Task Write an essay about your opinion on an issue

Example of Writing Question : Example of Writing Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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