- TOEFL
- What does it stand for?
- Test of English as a Foreign Language
- What is it for?
- to measure English language proficiency
- Who is required to take the TOEFL test?
- If your first or native language is NOT English, it is likely that you will be required by the college or university to take this test
- Who creates the TOEFL test?
- ETS (Educational Testing Service)
- Another Purpose of the TOEFL
- Since 1963, the TOEFL has been used by scholarship committees of governments, universities, and agencies such as Fulbright, the Agency for International Development, AMIDEAST, and Latin American Scholarship Programs as a standard measure of the English proficiency of their candidates. Some professional licensing and certification agencies also use TOEFL scores to evaluate English proficiency. The admissions committees of more than 4500 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and many other countries worldwide require foreign applicants to submit TOEFL scores along with transcripts and recommendations in order to be considered for admission.
- IELTS
- What does it stand for?
- International English Language Testing System
- What is it for?
- Assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is the language of communication
- Who creates the IELTS?
- It is jointly managed by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL), British Council and IDP: IELTS Australia.
- Another Fact about IELTS
- IELTS is recognized by universities and employers in many countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. It is also recognized by professional bodies, immigration authorities, and other government agencies.
- Score Equivalency 8.5 – 9 111-120 273-300 640-677 7.5 – 8 96-110 243-270 590-637 6.5 – 7 79-95 213-240 550-587 5.5 – 6 65-78 183-210 513-547 4.5 – 5 53-64 153-180 477-510 4 41-52 123-150 437-473 3 – 3.5 30-40 93-120 397-433 2 – 2.5 19-29 63-90 347-393 1 – 1.5 9-18 33-60 310-343 0 – 0.1 0-8 0-30 0-310 IELTS TOEFL IBT TOEFL CBT TOEFL PBT
- Format of TOEFL PBT, CBT & IBT
- Skills tested
- Test time
- Integrated tasks
- Note taking
- Computer tutorials
- Computer adaptiveListening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing
- Structure (grammar)
- Total Score
- Competency Descriptors
- 1. Skills Tested
- Listening
- Structure (Grammar)
- Reading
- Writing
- Listening
- Structure (Grammar)
- Reading
- Writing
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing
- 2. Test Time 3 hours 3.5 hours 4 hours PBT CBT IBT
- 3. Integrated Tasks No No Yes PBT CBT IBT
- 4. Note Taking No No Yes PBT CBT IBT
- 5. Computer Tutorials Not applicable A computer tutorial and instructions for answering questions are provided before the test Instructions for answering questions are given within each section; there is no computer tutorial PBT CBT IBT
- 6. Computer Adaptive Not applicable Listening and Structure are computer adaptive. Reading and Writing are not. Not computer adaptive. Each test taker receives the same range of questions in any given form of the test. PBT CBT IBT
- 7. Listening 3-4 mini talks (each 60-90 secs long, 3-5 questions each) 2-3 extended conversations (each 60-90 secs long, 3-5 questions each) 30-40 dialogs (each 5-15 secs long, 1 question each) Time: 30 – 4 minutes
- 11-17 dialogs (1 question each)
- 2-3 short conversations (each up to 1 minute long, 2-3 questions each)
- 4-6 mini lectures & discussions (each up to 2 mins long, 3-6 questions each)
- Time: 40 – 60 minutes
- 4-6 lectures, some with classroom discussion (each 3-5 mins long, 6 questions each)
- 2-3 conversations (each 3 mins long, 5 questions each)
- Introduction of additional native English accents
- Time: 60 – 90 minutes
- 8. Speaking None None
- 2 independent tasks—express an opinion on a familiar topic
- 4 integrated tasks– speak based on what is read and heard
- Up to 30 secs to prepare the response
- Up to 1 minute to respond
- Time: 20 minutes
- 9. Reading
- 5 passages from academic texts
- 250-350 words long
- 10 questions per passage
- Time: 55 minutes
- 4-5 passages from academic texts
- 250-350 words long
- 11 questions per passage
- Time: 70 – 90 minutes
- 3-5 passages from academic texts
- Approximately 700 words long
- Includes multiple-focus passages (compare/contrast, cause/effect)
- 12-14 questions for each passage
- Time: 60 – 100 minutes
- Glossary to define key-words
- Categorize information & fill in chart/complete summary
- 10. Writing
- 1 independent task (Test of Written English)
- Time: 30 minutes
- Handwriting only
- 1 independent task-support an opinion on a topic
- Time: 30 minutes
- Typing optional
- Score combined with Structure section
- 1 integrated task-write based on what is read and heard
- 1 independent task-support an opinion on a topic
- Time: 50 minutes (20 mins for integrated, 30 mins for independent)
- Typing required
- 11. Structure (Grammar) 40 questions Time: 25 minutes 20-25 questions Time: 15-20 minutes Score combined with Writing section No grammar section, although grammar is evaluated in Speaking and Writing responses. PBT CBT IBT
- 12. Total Score 310 - 677 0 - 300 0 - 120 PBT CBT IBT
- 13. Competency Descriptors No. No. Yes. They describe performance at major score points. PBT CBT IBT
- General Benefits of Learning the TOEFL
- Express information in an organized manner
- Use a wide range of vocabulary for effective expression
- - use grammar & vocabulary accurately
- - use idiomatic expressions appropriately
- - follow the convention of spelling & punctuation
- - use effective linking words (transitional phrases)
- Sources
- ETS: The Official Guide to the New TOEFL iBT
- Pamela J. Sharpe: Pass Key to the TOEFL iBT
- ETS: Test Preparation Kit Workbook
- Patricia Nobel Sullivan: TOEFL Super Course
- Carol King & Nancy Stanley: Building Skills for the TOEFL
- Deborah Philips: Introductory Course to the TOEFL
- Deborah Philips: Complete Course for the TOEFL
- Milada Broukal: In a Flash; TOEFL Grammar & Vocabulary
- ETS: Understanding the TOEFL
- Jolene Gear: Preparation for the TOEFL test
- Michael A. Pyle: TOEFL Preparation Guide
- www.ets.org : TOEFL at a Glance
- www.ets.org : TOEFL Tips
- www.ets.org : TOEFL Bulletin
- www.dave’seslcafe.com
- www.eleaston.com
- www.onestopenglish.com
- www.english4good.com
- www.TEFLProfessionalNetwork.com
- www.TOEFLinternational.com
- www.lessontutor.com
- www.english-to-go.com
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Friday, September 5, 2014
An Insight into TOEFL & IELTS
TOEFL Presentation
TOEFL Presentation
- The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is a standardized test designed to measure the ability to understand and to use English. ALL ABOUT TOEFL TEST The TOEFL test is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and is administered worldwide.
- WHY TOEFL? Additionally, institutions such as government agencies, licensing bodies, businesses, or scholarship programs may require this test.
- WHAT COMPRISES THE TOEFL EXAM? The four-hour test consists of the following four sections, each measuring one of the basic language skills (while some tasks require integrating multiple skills) and all tasks focus on language used in an academic, higher-education environment.
- Reading
- Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- The TOEFL Reading section consists of 3–5 passages, each approximately 700 words in length and questions about the passages. The passages are on academic topics Students answer questions about main ideas, details, inferences, essential information, sentence insertion, vocabulary, rhetorical purpose and overall ideas.
- The Listening section consists of 6 passages, 3–5 minutes in length and questions about the passages. These passages include 2 student conversations and 4 academic lectures or discussions. A conversation involves 2 speakers, a student and either a professor or a campus service provider. A lecture is a self-contained portion of an academic lecture, which may involve student participation and does not assume specialized background knowledge in the subject area.
- The Speaking section consists of 6 tasks, 2 independent tasks and 4 integrated tasks. In the 2 independent tasks, test takers answer opinion questions on familiar topics. In 2 of the integrated tasks: test takers read a short passage, listen to an academic course lecture or a conversation about campus life and answer a question by combining appropriate information from the text and the talk. In the 2 remaining integrated tasks: test takers listen to an academic course lecture or a conversation about campus life and then respond to a question about what they heard.
- The Writing section measures a test taker's ability to write in an academic setting and consists of 2 tasks, 1 integrated task and 1 independent task. In the integrated task , test takers read a passage on an academic topic and then listen to a speaker discuss the same topic. In the independent task, test takers must write an essay that states, explains and supports their opinion on an issue, supporting their opinions or choices, rather than simply listing personal preferences or choices
- READING 3–5 passages, each containing 12–14 questions 60–100 minutes LISTENING 6–9 passages, each containing 5–6 questions 60–90 minutes BREAK - 10 minutes SPEAKING 6 tasks and 6 questions 20 minutes WRITING 2 tasks and 2 questions 55 minutes
- TOEFL provides five scores: four sections scores for Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking and a total score. Each section is on a 0-30 scale. The total score is the sum of the four section scores. The range of total scores could be anywhere from 0-120. VALIDITY: It is valid for two years.Each section of the TOEFL differs slightly in its scoring method. Speaking and writing sections are done by individual graders not computers.
- Each response on speaking section is given a score of 0 to 4, with 4 being the highest score, and scored according to how well you addressed the question, used the language, clearly and intelligibly expressed your answer, and how well you developed your response. That cumulative score is scaled from 0 to 30.
- Each writing response is graded by two individuals and given a score of 0 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. If those graders offer scores that differ by 2 or more points a third grader then decides the score. That cumulative score is also scaled from 0 to 30.
- The end score report should be available online 15 days after the test. It will provide not only our overall score, but the scores you received on each section.
- KI COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN TOEFL PREPARATION!! The KI Comprehensive TOEFL course is aimed at competent preparation of the course. In this course, a properly designed Learning Management System prepares you for the complete exam modules. It details on the best strategies to answer various parts of the exam like reading tips, listening tips, preconstruction for Writing etc. Also, this program includes lectures on Grammar and Vocabulary as well.
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Presentasi Toefl
- TOEFL PBT 310 - 677 - TOEFL ITP - TOEFL Internasional TOEFL CBT 0 - 300 TOEFL IBT 0 - 120
- TOEFL Institusional Testing ProgramSection 1 : Listening Comprehension• Part A consists of thirty short conversations, each followed by a question, You must choose the best answer to each question from the four choices from your test book.• Part B consist of two long conversations, each followed by a number of questions. You must choose the best answer to each question from the four choices in your test book.• PART C consist of three talks, each followed by a number of questions. You must choose the best answer to each question from the four choices in your test book.
- TOEFL Institusional Testing ProgramSection 2 : Structure And Written Expression• Structure ( question 1 – 15 ) consists of fifteen sentences in which part of the sentences has been replaced with a blank. Each sentence is followed by four answer choices. You must choose the answer that completes the sentence in a grammatically correct way.• Written Expression ( question 16 – 40 ) consists of twenty-five sentences in which four words or groups of words have been underlined. You must choose the underline word or group of words that is not correct.
- TOEFL Institusional Testing ProgramSection 3 : Reading Comprehension• Reading Comprehension questions ask you to answer questions about the information given in the reading passages, There will be a variety of questions about each reading passage, including main idea questions, directly answered detail questions and implied detail questions.• Vocabulary questions ask you to identify the meanings of vocabulary words in the reading passages. To answer these questions. You may have to know the meanings of the words. You can also identify the meanings of some of the words by understanding the context surrounding the words by using structural clues to identify the meanings of the words, or by breaking down the unknown words into known words parts in order to identify them.
- SCORING TOEFL SECTION SECTION SECTION 1 2 3NUMBERCORRECT 30 28 43CONVERTEDSCORE 51 52 58
- Next you should determine your overallscore in the following way :•Add the three converted scores together 51 + 52 + 58 = 161•Devide the sum by 3 161 / 3 = 53.7•Then multiply by 10 53.7 x 10 = 537 The Overall TOEFL score in this example is 537
- ETS : Educational Testing ServicePrinceton, New Jersey, USA
TOEFL READING
TOEFL
READING
What?
3 Academic
Passages
12 to 15
Questions each
1 Hour to
Complete
A Passage?
The Sentence
Know What
and
Know Why
“Academic Reading requires a lot of practice.”
What is the
topic of the sentence?
Academic
Reading
Why are we
talking about the topic?
It requires a lot of practice.
How
Do
Not Read!
Reading
is Sleeping!
Skim
the passage
Find
the What and Why
In all the first sentences
And
the last sentences
Of
the first and last paragraphs
The Topic
and Main Idea
All the “Whats” put together
Give you the Topic of the Passage
And all the “Whys” put together
Give you the Main Idea
Answering the Questions
What to
throw out
Same
word Answers
Extreme
Answers
Tempting Answers
Silly
Answers
Answers
to other questions
Answers
not in the passage
What to go
for
Answers
you don’t understand
Longer
answers
Words
that have been rearranged and changed
Answers
on Topic
Answers
following the Main Idea
“Eliminate all other
factors, and what you have left must be the truth.”
Thursday, September 4, 2014
TestMagic TOEFL Sentences
These sentences will help you remember grammar rules. Try it!
Each of the following sentences is written to isolate a certain grammar point. In his years of teaching, Erin has noticed that each of these grammar points causes problems for both TOEFL test-takers and learners of English as another language. Erin has written some easy-to-remember sentences that will help you remember the grammar rules that are keeping your TOEFL grammar scores low.
Quiz: See how you do!
Choose the best answer for each of the following questions. There is only one correct answer choice for each. You will need to write down your answers for this quiz; it is NOT a computer test.
Have fun!
1. ______ not very healthy.
A Eaten cookies is
B Eating cookies are
C Eating cookies which are
D Eating cookies is
2. Your job is ______ your TOEFL score.
A working hard and raising
B which works hard and raising
C worked hard and raised
D to work hard and raise
3. The population of the US is ______.
A greater than Canada
B more than the population Canada
C greater than that of Canada
D greater than Canada's one
4. You make ______.
A me happily
B me happy
C happy me
D me to happy
5. Mother Theresa dedicated ______ the poor.
A her life and helped
B her life to helping
C her help and life
D to help
6. The guy ______ my brother.
A you saw was
B that saw
C who saw
D that saw you
7. You are the first person ______ I am funny.
A to tell me
B telling me that
C who telling me
D that tells me to be
8. ______ pretty funny.
A You said
B You said that
C What you said was
D The thing
9. ______ a new student.
A The room came
B The room came into
C Into the room came
D Came into the room
10. Robin Hood stole from ______ poor.
A rich and gave
B the rich and gave to the
C the rich and giving
D rich and the
Check your answers
Quiz: Answers
1. ______ not very healthy.
A Eaten cookies is
B Eating cookies are
C Eating cookies which are
D Eating cookies is
The grammar point in question is this: Is eating a PRESENT PARTICIPLE or aGERUND? In this case eating is a gerund and is the subject of the verb is. This one can be tricky to explain and to understand, so if you have any questions, please post them in our forum.
2. Your job is ______ your TOEFL score.
A working hard and raising
B which works hard and raising
C worked hard and raised
D to work hard and raise
The grammar rule you need to know is this:
job + BE-VERB + INFINITIVE
Remember that synonyms of job follow the same rule: task, function, duty, etc.
3. The population of the US is ______.
A greater than Canada
B more than the population Canada
C greater than that of Canada
D greater than Canada's one
This question tests you on COMPARISONS. We sometimes refer to this type of question as an "apple and oranges" question. In this type of question, we need to compare two populations. The that in C is a PRONOUN and refers topopulation. If you chose A, you were comparing population and Canada, which ETS considers illogical.
4. You make ______.
A me happily
B me happy
C happy me
D me to happy
For this one we need to remember this rule:
make + NOUN + COMPLEMENT (usually an adjective or noun)
The complement modifies the second noun (me), so we should use an adjective or another noun, NOT an adverb.
5. Mother Theresa dedicated ______ the poor.
A her life and helped
B her life to helping
C her help and life
D to help
People miss this one because they think that after to we need the BASE FORMof the VERB. However, to can also be a PREPOSITION, so we need to remember when to is a preposition and when it's part of the INFINITIVE.
6. The guy ______ my brother.
A you saw was
B that saw
C who saw
D that saw you
Grammar point: that is sometimes optional in ADJECTIVE CLAUSES. When is it optional, you ask? When the HEAD NOUN is the object or COMPLEMENT of theSUBORDINATE VERB. Did you get that??? Better ask Erin Billy in the forum...
7. You are the first person ______ I am funny.
A to tell me
B telling me that
C who telling me
D that tells me to be
Important grammar pattern:
first + NOUN + INFINITIVE
This is on the TOEFL a lot, and a lot of students ask TestMagic about this, so you should be familiar with this pattern.
8. ______ pretty funny.
A You said
B You said that
C What you said was
D The thing
Grammar focus: NOUN CLAUSE as SUBJECT of the verb. People tend to miss questions when the SUBJECT is a NOUN CLAUSE.
9. ______ a new student.
A The room came
B The room came into
C Into the room came
D Came into the room
Grammar point: INVERSION. People mess up on INVERSION and ELLIPSIS more than they do on any other grammar points on ETS's tests. If you're shooting for a high score, learn this!
10. Robin Hood stole from ______ poor.
A rich and gave
B the rich and gave to the
C the rich and giving
D rich and the
And last but not least, we need to remember that we can do this in English:
the + ADJECTIVE = ADJECTIVE people
So:
the rich = rich people
the poor = poor people
the gifted and talented = gifted and talented people
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