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WHAT IS THE IBT TOEFL WHAT IS THE IBT TOEFL TESTTEST??

The The IIBT TOEFL TEST is a test to BT TOEFL TEST is a test to measure the English academic skills measure the English academic skills of non-native speakers of Englishof non-native speakers of English..

HOW TO PREPARE FOR HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE IBT VERSION OF THE THE IBT VERSION OF THE

TESTTEST 1-You must work to improve your knowledge of 1-You must work to improve your knowledge of

academic skills that are covered on the academic skills that are covered on the IIBT TOEFL testBT TOEFL test

2-You must work to improve your knowledge of the 2-You must work to improve your knowledge of the academic skills that are covered on theacademic skills that are covered on the IBT IBT test test

3-You must understand the 3-You must understand the test taking strategiestest taking strategies that are appropriate for the that are appropriate for the IIBT TOEFL testBT TOEFL test

4- You must take practice tests with the focus of 4- You must take practice tests with the focus of applying your knowledge of the appropriate applying your knowledge of the appropriate language language skills and test taking strategiesskills and test taking strategies

DESCRIPTION OF THE IBT DESCRIPTION OF THE IBT TOEFL TESTTOEFL TEST

The The IIBT version of the TOEFL test BT version of the TOEFL test currently has four sections;currently has four sections;

1-Reading1-Reading2-Listening2-Listening3-Speaking3-Speaking4-Writing4-Writing

READING:READING:

This section consists of three long This section consists of three long passages and questions about these passages and questions about these passages.passages.

The passages are on academic topics The passages are on academic topics which might be found in an which might be found in an undergraduate university textbooksundergraduate university textbooks

QUESTION TYPESQUESTION TYPES

1-Main idea 1-Main idea 2-Details2-Details3-Inferences3-Inferences4-Sentence restatements4-Sentence restatements5-Sentence Insertion5-Sentence Insertion6-Vocabulary6-Vocabulary7-Function7-Function8-Overall ideas8-Overall ideas

LISTENINGLISTENING

The listening section consists of six The listening section consists of six long passages and questions about long passages and questions about these passages.these passages.

The passeges consists of two student The passeges consists of two student conversations and four academic conversations and four academic lectures or discussions. lectures or discussions.

QUESTION TYPESQUESTION TYPES

1-Main idea questions1-Main idea questions 2-Details2-Details 3-Function3-Function 4-Inferences4-Inferences 5-Stance5-Stance

SPEAKINGSPEAKING

The Speakins section consists of six The Speakins section consists of six tasks;tasks;

1-Two independent tasks1-Two independent tasks 2-Four integrated tasks2-Four integrated tasks

TWO INDEPENDENT TWO INDEPENDENT TASKSTASKS

In the two independent tasks,In the two independent tasks, students students must answer opinion questions about must answer opinion questions about some aspects of academic lifesome aspects of academic life

FOUR INTEGRATED FOUR INTEGRATED TASKSTASKS

In the first two integrated reading,In the first two integrated reading, listening,listening, and speaking tasks,and speaking tasks, students students must read a passage,must read a passage, listen to a passage,listen to a passage, and speak about how the ideas in the two and speak about how the ideas in the two passages are relatedpassages are related

In the two integrated listening and In the two integrated listening and speaking tasks,speaking tasks, students must listen to students must listen to long passages and then summarize and long passages and then summarize and offer opinions on the information in the offer opinions on the information in the passages.passages.

WRITINGWRITING The writing section consists of two tasks:The writing section consists of two tasks:

A)One integrated taskA)One integrated task

B)One independent taskB)One independent task

In the integrated task, students must read an In the integrated task, students must read an academic passage, listen to an academic passage, academic passage, listen to an academic passage, and write about how the ideas in the two passages and write about how the ideas in the two passages are related.are related.

In the independent task ,students must write a In the independent task ,students must write a personal essay.personal essay.

FORMAT of an IBT TOEFL FORMAT of an IBT TOEFL TESTTEST

The probable format of an The probable format of an IIBT TOEFL Test is BT TOEFL Test is outlined in the followingoutlined in the following

1-READING:3 passages and 39 questions=60 1-READING:3 passages and 39 questions=60 minutesminutes

2-LISTENING:6 passages 34 questions=50 minutes2-LISTENING:6 passages 34 questions=50 minutes

3-SPEAKING:6 tasks and 6 questions=20 minutes3-SPEAKING:6 tasks and 6 questions=20 minutes

4-WRITING :2 tasks and two questions=55 minutes4-WRITING :2 tasks and two questions=55 minutes