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iBT
At
A
Glance
fr
om
ETS
®
What
is
ever
ybody
speaking
listening
r
eading
writing
about?
Communicate
with
Confidence
Listening.
Learning.
Leading.
•
A
new
,
Internet-based
...
minutes
Scor
e
scale:
31
–
68
SPEAKING
6
tasks
•
2
independent
tasks
–
express
an
opinion
on
a
familiar
topic
•
4
integra
ted
tasks
–
speak
based
on...
... uent. You are
able to use appropriate vocabulary and gram-
mar to explain concepts and ideas from reading
or lecture material. You are able to talk about
key information and relevant details with ... as:
■
an important idea or ideas may be missing,
unclear or inaccurate; and/or
■
it may not be clear how the lecture and the
reading passage are related; and/or
■
grammatical mistakes or...
... understand their point of view and
plan an appropriate response.
All Speaking Tasks
Increase vocabulary and learn to use idiomatic speech appropriately.
Learn grammatical structures and use them naturally ... in appropriate categories.
Create an oral or written summary of the passage using the charts and
outlines.
Paraphrase individual sentences in a passage. Then, paraphrase entire
pa...
... organization and purpose of a passage
understanding relationships between ideas
organizing information into a category chart or a summary in order to recall major
points and important details
inferring ... provides an explanation of a topic
4
Argumentation—Material that presents a point of view about a topic and provides evidence to support it
TOEFL iBT Tips About the TOEF...
... Network. Each task is rated by
two human raters on a score scale of 0 to 5 according to the standards (rubrics). If the two ratings
differ by more than one point, a third rater evaluates the ... response for overall intelligibility.
Lastly, raters evaluate the range and accuracy of the test taker’s vocabulary and grammar.
Writing
The responses to all Writing tasks are sent to ETS’s .....
... the passage categorizes information, create a chart and place the information in appro-
priate categories. (See page 39 for an example.) Note: In the TOEFL iBT test, test takers do
not have to ... use grammar and vocabulary accurately; use idiomatic expressions appropriately
• follow the conventions of spelling, punctuation, and layout
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