Understanding TOEFL: A Guide for Non-Native Speakers

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What TOEFL actually is? TOEFL implies Test of English as a Foreign Language. It is a uniform test to judge the English language dialect ability of a non local speaker who is willing to opt for English-speaking colleges. The following blog by LinguaSoft professionals will take you through various sections of TOEFL and how TOEFL exam can be beneficial. TOEFL is a brand name of English Testing Service (ETS), a confidential non-profit institution which blueprints and governs the test. TOEFL iBT judges your ability to know English at higher level. And it checks in what way you manage your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to perform various academic tasks. Structure and Content TOEFL test is taken on 2 bases: Internet Based (iBT) …show more content…

In independent tasks, students answer assessment questions on the topics known. They are judged on their capacity to interact immediately and deliver their ideas clearly. In integrated tasks, students are made to read a short paragraph, listen to an academic course and reply a question by gathering appropriate information from the text and the talk. In the two remaining integrated tasks, students listen to an academic lecture and then reply to a question. In the integrated tasks, students are judged on their capacity to correctly fuse and efficiently deliver information from the reading and listening. Student might take notes while reading and listening and these notes can further help to make the replies. A short preparation time is given to the students before they have to start speaking. The replies are then diagonally recorded, then sent to ETS and checked by 3-6 …show more content…

ETS involves this extra material to maintain question for further test forms. When students are offered a longer section, they must give equal importance to all the questions as there is no indication to which question will count and which will be marked extra. Paper-based Test The TOEFL paper-based Test (PBT) takes place in very constrained regions. The test score is valid for 2 years from the test date and students can sent their scores to universities or institutions. Listening (30 – 40 minutes) In listening section, there are 3 parts. The first part comprise of 30 questions about short conversations. The second one has 8 questions about longer conversations. The last part comprise of 12 questions on lectures or talks. Structure and Written Expression (25 minutes) The Structure and Written Expression section includes 15 exercises of completing sentences correctly and 25 exercises of recognizing errors. Reading Comprehension (55 minutes) The Reading Comprehension sections have 50 questions about reading

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