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TOEFL IBT. Prepared by M.Selcuk AFACAN. WHAT IS THE IBT TOEFL TEST ?. The I BT TOEFL TEST is a test to measure the English academic skills of non-native speakers of English . HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE IBT VERSION OF THE TEST.
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TOEFL IBT Prepared by M.Selcuk AFACAN
WHAT IS THE IBT TOEFL TEST? • The IBT TOEFL TEST is a test to measure the English academic skills of non-native speakers of English.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE IBT VERSION OF THE TEST • 1-You must work to improve your knowledge of academic skills that are covered on the IBT TOEFL test • 2-You must work to improve your knowledge of the academic skills that are covered on the IBT test • 3-You must understand the test taking strategies that are appropriate for the IBT TOEFL test • 4- You must take practice tests with the focus of applying your knowledge of the appropriate language skills and test taking strategies
DESCRIPTION OF THE IBT TOEFL TEST • The IBT version of the TOEFL test currently has four sections; • 1-Reading • 2-Listening • 3-Speaking • 4-Writing
READING: • This section consists of three long passages and questions about these passages. • The passages are on academic topics which might be found in an undergraduate university textbooks
QUESTION TYPES • 1-Main idea • 2-Details • 3-Inferences • 4-Sentence restatements • 5-Sentence Insertion • 6-Vocabulary • 7-Function • 8-Overall ideas
LISTENING • The listening section consists of six long passages and questions about these passages. • The passeges consists of two student conversations and four academic lectures or discussions.
QUESTION TYPES • 1-Main idea questions • 2-Details • 3-Function • 4-Inferences • 5-Stance
SPEAKING • The Speakins section consists of six tasks; • 1-Two independent tasks • 2-Four integrated tasks
TWO INDEPENDENT TASKS • In the two independent tasks,students must answer opinion questions about some aspects of academic life
FOUR INTEGRATED TASKS • In the first two integrated reading,listening,and speaking tasks,students must read a passage,listen to a passage,and speak about how the ideas in the two passages are related • In the two integrated listening and speaking tasks,students must listen to long passages and then summarize and offer opinions on the information in the passages.
WRITING • The writing section consists of two tasks: • A)One integrated task • B)One independent task • In the integrated task, students must read an academic passage, listen to an academic passage, and write about how the ideas in the two passages are related. • In the independent task ,students must write a personal essay.
The probable format of an IBT TOEFL Test is outlined in the following 1-READING:3 passages and 39 questions=60 minutes 2-LISTENING:6 passages 34 questions=50 minutes 3-SPEAKING:6 tasks and 6 questions=20 minutes 4-WRITING :2 tasks and two questions=55 minutes FORMAT of an IBT TOEFL TEST