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TOEFL iBT Reading Overview

TOEFL iBT Reading Overview. 2. Reading Passages. Reading passages are from first-year college and university textbooks. academic content information dense 12 th grade r eading level Readings contain low-frequency vocabulary. 36–73 very difficult words per reading. 3. Reading Screen.

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TOEFL iBT Reading Overview

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  1. TOEFL iBT Reading Overview

  2. 2. Reading Passages • Reading passages are from first-year college and university textbooks. • academic content • information dense • 12th grade reading level • Readings contain low-frequency vocabulary. • 36–73 very difficult words per reading

  3. 3. Reading Screen 3. Reading Screen

  4. 4. Answers in Reading Passages • The order of the questions follows the order of the information in the passage. • The answer for question one is before the answer for question two.

  5. 5. Reading Toolbar Buttons • NEXT • see the next question • BACK • see the previous question • REVIEW • see a list of answered and unanswered questions • VIEW TEXT • view the entire passage

  6. 6. Review Screen • Click on REVIEW button in the Reading section to see the review screen. • Review screen has a list of answered and unanswered questions • GO TO QUESTION: see the question highlighted in the list • RETURN: go back to before you clicked REVIEW button GO TO QUESTION RETURN

  7. 7. Multiple Choice Questions • Multiple Choice Questions have four answers. • Vocabulary Questions • identify meaning of words and phrases in context • Reference Questions • identify subject nouns • All Multiple Choice Questions are worth one point.

  8. 8. Multiple Choice Questions • Paraphrase Questions • recognize simplified and rephrased sentences with same meaning as sentences from the passage • Factual Information Questions • identify true information • Inference Questions • draw a conclusion from stated facts • Negative Factual Information Questions • identify a fact that is not true or not mentioned in passage • Purpose Questions • identify why author included a highlighted word or phrase

  9. 9. Insert Text Questions • Click on one of four squares to indicate best placement for new sentence. • worth one point

  10. 10. Prose Summary Questions • Drag and drop answers to one of three summary positions. • You don’t have to put answers in order. • worth two points • ____________________ • ____________________ • ____________________

  11. 11. Schematic Framework Questions • Drag and drop answer choices into the correct category. • more answers than slots—some answers do not fit under either category • worth three or four points

  12. 12. Common Distractors • Distractors are incorrect answers. • Several types of distractors: • repeat words from the reading but incorrectly answer the question • are not mentioned in the reading • contradict information in the reading passage • do not answer the question • are incomplete

  13. 13. Helpful Tips • Correct answers • are usually restatements from the reading passage. • If you don’t know the answer, • use process of elimination. • select the most logical answer. • If time is running out, • answer the easy questions first. • guess for remaining questions. • You don’t lose points for guessing.

  14. 14. More Helpful Tips • If you finish early, • continue checking your answers. • Your first choice is usually correct. • Answer all the questions in one passage before you move on to the next. • focus will change when you read the second passage.

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