TOEFL is an internet based Test and it
measures what colleges and universities need to know: a prospective student's
ability to use English in an academic setting.
Use of
Internet-based testing (iBT)?
Internet-based testing makes it possible to capture and
score test-taker speech in the most efficient, standardized, and objective
manner. Internet-based testing will also make it possible to greatly increase
the number of test centers, which is good for test takers. Lectures and
conversations in the Listening section are longer, but note-taking is allowed.
In fact, note-taking is allowed throughout the entire test. The speech in the
listening material sounds more natural, and one lecture may use a British or
Australian accent. Also, there are new questions that measure understanding of
a speaker's attitude, degree of certainty, and purpose.
TOEFL Test Benefits
The new TOEFL®differs is important ways from previous
versions of the test, for example...
· It tests all four
language skills that are important for effective communication: Speaking,
Listening, Reading andWriting.
·It will be
delivered via the Internet in secure test centers around the world.
·Some tasks require
test takers to combine more than one skill
Integrated questions or “tasks” in the new test help
learners build confidence needed to communicate in the academic environments
they plan to enter the new integrated tasks ask test takers to
·read, listen and
then speak in response to a question.
·listen and then
speak in response to a question.
· read, listen and
then write in response to a question