TOEF
L
®

iBT

At

A

Glance
fr
om

ETS
®
What

is
ever
ybody
speaking
listening
r
eading
writing
about?
Communicate

with


in
beginning
September

2005.

It

will

be

introduced

in

the

United

Sta
tes

in

September
,

followed



in

the
rest

of

the

world

in

2006.

T
o

find

out

when

the

test

will

tha
t

are

important

for

effective

communica
tion:

speaking,
listening
,

r
eading,

and

writing
.
•
Some

questions



colleges

and

universities,

students

need

to

be

able

to
combine

their

langua
ge

skills

in

the

skills

and

confidence

needed

to

communicate

effectively

in
the

academic

environments

they

plan

to

enter
.


in

response

to

a

question
-

listen

and

then

speak

in

response

to

a

question
-



a

Speaking

section.

This

section

inc
ludes

six

tasks,
and

test

takers

wear

headphones

and

speak

s

Online

Scoring

Network

where
human

scorers

ra
te

them.

The

scorers

are

carefully

monitored

for



Sp
eaking

scores.
•
The

Writing

section

has

been

expanded.

The

new

test

requires

test

takers



essay

in

support

of
an

opinion.

Human

scorers

also

ra
te

the

responses

to

the

Writing


will

be

completed

in

one

day
,

so

there

is
no

need

to

tra
vel

to


test.
•
The

new

scor
es

help

to

explain

the

test
taker’
s

English

language

ability
.
ETS

provides


Competency

descriptors

for

each

skill

and

level

are

a
vailable

a
t

www
.ets.org/toefl
and

in

our


will

receive

helpful

performance

feedback

on

their

score

reports.
•
The

new

scor
es

will

be



business

days

after

the

test,

as

well

as

receive

a

copy

of

their
score

report


but

they

will

continue

to

receive

scores

via

their

curren
t

method

of

deliver
y
.
Copyright



ETS

logo,

and

TOEFL

are

registered

trademarks

of

Educa
tional

T
esting

Ser
vice.
How

does

the

-BASED
NEXT

GENERA
TION

T
OEFL
COMPUTER-BASED

T
OEFL
P
APER-BASED

T
OEFL
SKILLS

TESTED
•
Listening
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing
•
Listening

INTEGRATED

T
ASKS
Y
es
No No
NO
TE

T
AKING
Y
es
No No
COMPUTER

TUT
ORIALS
Instructions

for

ans
wering

questions

are


-
ing

questions

are

provided

before

the

test.
Not

a
pplicable
COMPUTER

ADAPTIVE
Not

computer

ada
ptive.

Each



Structure

are

computer
ada
ptive.

Reading

and

Writing

are

not.
Not

a
pplicable
LISTENING
4

–

6

lectur

–

3

conversations
•

each

3

minutes

long,

5

questions

each
Introduction

of

additional

native
English

accents

Longer
,

more

authentic
conversa
tions

and

lectures
•

Note

taking

allo
wed
•

New

questions

tha
t

measure

dialogues
•

1

question

each
2

–

3

short

conversations
•

each

up

to

1

minute

long,


minutes

long,

3

–

6
questions

each
T
ime:

40

–

60

minutes
Scor
e

scale:

0



each
2

–

3

e
xtended

conversations
•

each

60

–

90

seconds

long,
3

–

5

ime:

30

–

40

minutes
Scor
e

scale:

31

–

68
SPEAKING
6

tasks
•

2

independent

tasks

on
wha
t

is

read

and

heard
Up

to

30

seconds

to

pr
epar
e

the

r
esponse
Up

total

of

r
atings
converted

to

0

–

30

scor
e

scale
What’
s

differ
ent?

Ever
ything

–

w
or
ds

long
Includes

multiple-focus

passages

(compar
e/
contr
ast,

cause/effect)
12

–

14

questions

for

eac
h



to

define

key

words;

easy-to-use
review

fea
ture
•

New

task

–

categorize

informa
tion

and

fill

11

questions

per

passage
T
ime:

70

–

90

minutes
Scor
e

scale:

0

–

30
5

passages

Scor
e

scale:

31

–

67
WRITING
2

tasks
•

1

integra
ted

task

–

write

based

on

T
ime:

50

minutes

(20

minutes

for

integ
r
ated
task

and

30

minutes

for

independent

task)
Scor


scale
What’
s

differ
ent?
•

Integra
ted

task
•

0

–

5

points
•

T
yping

required
1


6

points;

combined

with
Structur
e

and

converted

to

scor
e

scale

of
0

–

30
T
yping



on
scor
e

r
eport
T
ime:

30

minutes
Handwriting

only
STRUCTURE

(GRAMMAR)
No

g
r
ammar

section,

although

g


20

minutes
Scor
e

scale:

scor
e

combined

with

Writing
section

scor
e

(see

abo
ve)
40

questions
T


–

677
COMPETENCY

DESCRIPT
ORS
Y
es.

They

describe

performance

a
t
major

score

points.
No No
Fr
equently
Asked
Questions
Why


to

kno
w:

a

prospective
student’
s

ability

to

use

English

in

an

academic

setting.

The


ted

Writing

and

Speaking

tasks

measure
the
ability

to

combine

informa
tion

from

more

than

one

source


seen

free

of

charge

a
t

www
.ets.org/toefl.
Is

it

possible

to

take

a

practice

test


a
t

www
.ets.org/toeflpractice.

Join

the online
community

for

free

and

get

access

to

Speaking

samples,

discussion

boards,

and

receive

instant

scores

for

the
Reading,

Listening,

and

Writing

sections

of

the

test.

Additional

Listening

can

take

the

TOEFL

Academic

Speaking

T
est
(TAST)

for

an

additional

US$30.

Visit

www
.ets.org/tast

for

will

be

rated

from

0

to

4,

and

the

sum

of

these

scores

will

be



will

the

Writing

section

be

scored?
The

two

tasks

will

be

rated

from

0

to



to

30.

Human

scorers

will

ra
te

the

responses.
Scoring

guides

and

sample

responses

for

both

administered?
The

new

test

will

be

administered

on

fixed

da
tes

in

a

network

of

Internet-based


in

wha
t

is
alread
y

the

world’
s

largest

testing

network.

Most

areas

where

the

new



var
y

based

on

the

number

of

test

takers

and
test

center

ca
pacity
.
T
est

center

ted
regularly
.

Registra
tion

bulletins

will

be

a
vailable

a
t

man
y

educa
tional

advising

centers,

colleges,

can

register

online,

by

phone,

or

by

mail.
Which

colleges,

universities,

and

licensing

agencies

accept

TOEFL

TOEFL

scores,

making

TOEFL

the

most

accepted

English-proficienc
y

test

in

the

world.

F
or

a


test

be?
The

fee

in

2005

will

be

US$140.
Communicate

with

Confidence
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the

latest

information

about


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.S
.

territories,

and

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