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| Getting Ready for TOEFL iBT |
| by Tracy Yun |
The TOEFL test has gone through some major overhauls. Since September 2005, the TOEFL can be taken as an Internet-Based Test (iBT) at certified test centers in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy. This new form of the exam has been gradually disseminated to testing centers throughout the world.
According to the ETS (Educational Testing Services), the creator of the TOEFL, the new version is designed to allow universities and colleges to better evaluate the performance and academic readiness of non-native English-speaking students in English-speaking classroom and campus settings. The new version includes oral, listening, reading and writing.
The main changes in the TOEFL include the addition of an oral section to test your pronunciation and conversational skills by asking you to read a short passage, listen to a response, and then make an oral response. Furthermore, it eliminates the Grammar section and incorporates the four traditional and basic areas of English skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) across all sections. Throughout the new TOEFL, students' integrated academic skills, such as analysis and synthesis and the ability to organize an argument, will be tested as well.
Please note:
The OEFL iBT is not computer adaptive. Each test taker receives the same range of questions.
Test takers can take notes throughout the entire test. At the end of testing, all notes are collected anddestroyed at the test center.
For the Speaking section, test takers speak into a microphone, and their responses are digitally recorded and sent to the ETS Online Scoring Network.
For the Writing section, test takers must type their responses, and their responses are sent to the ETSOnline Scoring Network.
Human raters, trained and certified by ETS, rate the Speaking and Writing responses.
Addition of speaking section and expansion of writing section will require students to communicate in original English.
For further information, visit www.ManhattanReview.com.
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