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 ABOUT
THE NEXT GENERATION iBT VERSION OF THE
TOEFL TEST...
OVERVIEW OF THE NEXT GENERATION
iBT TOEFL TEST
The Next Generation iBT TOEFL test is
a test to measure the English proficiency
and academic skills of nonnative speakers
of English. It is required primarily
by English-language colleges and universities.
Additionally, institutions such as government
agencies, businesses, or scholarship
programs may require this test.
To qualify for this course, all students
must either take ACEC's TELP test or
show an official TOEFL score result.
Students will receive a TOEFL equivalent
score.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEXT GENERATION
iBT TOEFL TEST
The Next Generation iBT version
of the TOEFL test currently has the
following four sections:
 The Reading section consists of three
long passages and questions about the
passages. The passages are on academic
topics; they are the kind of material
that might be found in an undergraduate
university textbook. Students answer
questions about main ideas, details,
inferences, sentence restatements, sentence
insertion, vocabulary, function, and
overall ideas.
The Listening section consists of six
long passages and questions about the
passages. The passages consist of two
student conversations and four academic
lectures or discussions. The questions
ask the students to determine main ideas,
details, function, stance, inferences,
and overall organization.
The Speaking section consists of six
tasks, two independent tasks and four
integrated tasks. In the two independent
tasks, students must answer opinion
questions about some aspect of academic
life. In 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 two integrated
listening and speaking tasks, students
must listen to long passages and then
summarize and offer opinions on the
information in the passages.
The Writing section consists of two
tasks, one integrated task and 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 a Next
Generation iBT TOEFL test is outlined
in the following chart:
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iBT
APPROXIMATE TIME |
APPROXIMATE
TIME |
| READING |
3
passages and 39 questions |
60 minutes |
| LISTENING |
6
passages and 34 questions |
50
minutes |
| SPEAKING |
6
tasks and 6 questions |
20
minutes |
| WRITING |
2
tasks and 2 questions |
55
minutes |
It should be noted
that at least one of the sections of
the test will include extra, uncounted
material. Educational Testing Service
(ETS) includes extra material to try
out material for future tests. If you
are given a longer section, you must
work hard on all of the materials
because you do not know which material
counts and which material is extra.
(If there are four reading passages
instead of three, three of the passages
will count and one of the passages will
not be counted. It is possible that
the uncounted passage could be any of
the four passages.)
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