The TOEFL is used to evaluate the
ability to speak English. Your TOEFL score will help admissions staff determine
if your skills in English are sufficient for the program you have chosen. It is
widely accepted all over the world and is administered in more than 180
countries. Students can use the test to study in the United Kingdom and other
European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Ireland, Germany, and Malaysia,
in addition to the United States and Canada.
The TOEFL is a computer-based test and takes up to
four hours to complete, it analyses four skills- Reading, Listening, Speaking
and Writing. The TOEFL is scored out of 120, with each section graded on a
scale of 0-30. Each score corresponds to a percentile ranking.
Reading
The Reading section includes 3 to 5 passages with
12 to 14 questions for each passage. You will have about 60 to 100 minutes to
answer and complete this section. The Reading questions cover basic information
skills, inferencing skills and reading to learn skills. There are 10 question
types.
Factual information questions
Negative factual information questions
Inference questions
Rhetorical purpose questions
Vocabulary questions
Reference questions
Sentence simplification questions
Insert text question
Prose summary
Fill in a table
Listening
The Listening section will have 4 to 6 lectures and
2 to 3 conversations. Six questions will be answered per lesson and five
questions per discussion. You will have a total of 60 to 90 minutes to answer
the questions. The question types on the listening section are
Multiple-
choice questions with more than one answer
Questions
you need to put occurrences or steps in the order in a system
Questions
requiring you to match items or text in a table with classifications
One of the questions that follow lectures and
conversations will be a replay question. In replay questions, a portion of the
lecture or conversation will be played again, you will then be asked a
multiple-choice question about what you have just heard
Speaking
The Speaking section evaluates the English speaking
proficiency of students whose native language is not English. Like all the
other sections, the speaking section is computer-based. You will be asked to
speak on a variety of topics ranging from personal experience, campus-based
situations and academic type of content material. This section takes approximately
20 minutes, response time for each question ranges from 45 to 60 seconds. There
are 6 types of questions for this section
The
first two questions are Independent tasks- These tasks require you to draw upon
your own ideas, suggestions, and experiences while you respond
The
other four questions are Integrated tasks- These tasks will require you to pay
careful attention to a conversation or to an excerpt from a lecture, or read a
passage and then listen to a brief discussion or lecture before you are
presented with the question
Writing
The Writing section has two writing tasks: an
Integrated Writing Task and an Independent Writing Task that lasts for a total
duration of 50 minutes. You will be marked on your essays on how well you
address the task at hand, how well organized your tasks are coupled with
appropriate and detailed explanations
Integrated
Writing- This task requires you to read a passage on a given topic for 3
minutes and then listen to a lecture on the same. You will then be asked to summarize
the points in the listening passage and explain how it relates to specific
points in the reading passage or how it casts doubt on points made in the
reading passage. You will have 20 minutes to plan and write a response, with a
word count of 150- 225 words.
Integrated
Writing- This task requires you to read a passage on a given topic for 3
minutes and then listen to a lecture on the same. You will then be asked to
summarize the points in the listening passage and explain how it relates to
specific points in the reading passage or how it casts doubt on points made in
the reading passage. You will have 20 minutes to plan and write a response,
with a word count of 150- 225 words.
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