TOEFL is an English proficiency test that is recognised around the world. Students who apply for foreign institutes often need to have passed this English proficiency test. TOEFL is considered one of the toughest exams in the world and students prepare for this exam for up to a year.
TOEFL is an English proficiency
test that is recognised around the world. Students who apply to foreign
institutes often need to have passed this English proficiency test. Considered
one of the toughest exams in the world, TOEFL students prepare for this exam
for up to a year.
From speaking & listening
exercises and grammatical skills to comprehension tasks, the syllabus comprises
all four aspects of studying English: Speaking, Listening, Reading and
Writing. All four aspects are assessed individually and, from these, an
overall grade is reached.
Objectives:
By the end
of the course students will:
·
be familiar with the format and directions of the TOEFL test;
·
be familiar with the types of questions that are asked in each section;
·
figure out their weak and strong areas
·
develop the English language skills that are necessary to be successful on the
test.
Reading
purposes
·
To practise necessary skills with short reading passages, such as understanding
details, identifying topics and paraphrasing.
·
To develop skills with longer reading passages, such as such as understanding
details, identifying topics and paraphrasing, recognising coherence.
·
To improve on summarising skills, such as completing tables and charts,
creating tables and charts.
Writing
purposes
·
To practice necessary writing skills of brainstorming, organising, and
paraphrasing.
·
To develop writing skills by connecting and supporting ideas.
·
To improve sentence structure and word choice.
Listening
Purposes
·
To demonstrate basic comprehension, such as understanding the main idea, key
points, structure, purpose, conclusion, important facts and relevant details.
·
To learn from listening, such as understanding various relationships between
ideas (e.g., compare-and-contrast, cause-and-effect, agree-disagree, or steps
in a process) and tracing the development of ideas or events throughout the
recordings.
·
To make inferences about an author’s opinion and what is implied in a
recording.
Speaking
Purposes
·
Information Processing – The ability to synthesise and summarise what you have
read in your textbooks and heard in and outside of the class.
·
Viewpoint Formation – In some of the speaking tasks, students need to form your
own opinion in response to the information you have processed.
·
Delivery - Speech should be clear and have a well-paced flow with only minor
lapses in pronunciation or intonation patterns.
·
Language Use - Responses should demonstrate effective use of grammar and
vocabulary.
·
Topic Development - Responses should be sustained and sufficient for the task.
They should be coherent and well developed with details and examples. A clear
progression of ideas is also necessary for a high score.
In this section, you will be
required to read 3-5 passages and answer 12-14 questions on each passage. The
section is scored based on the number of correct reading comprehension
responses.
Question type: 3–4 passages, 10 questions each
Total no. of questions: 40
Total time: 54-72 minutes
In
this section, you will hear both short and long conversations. After the short
conversation, you will be asked one multiple choice question. You have to
choose one answer. In the long conversations, you will be asked multiple
questions based on the conversation.
Question type:
a) 3–4 lectures (3-5 minutes long, about 500-800 words), 6
questions each.
Total 30 questions in total
b) 2–3 conversations (about 3 minutes long, about 12-25 exchanges), 5 questions
each; About 12 questions in total
Total no. of questions: 40+
Total time: 41–57 minutes
For you to earn the highest scores in the speaking section, your
responses must fulfill the demands of the task given with only minor mistakes
or lapses. The test graders are looking for a highly intelligible and sustained
conversation. There are three main factors that comprise scoring for the
section.
Speaking questions covered in TOEFL syllabus:
a) 1 independent task (prep time: 15 sec; response time: 45 sec)
b) 3 integrated tasks – Read/Listen/Speak (prep time: 30 sec; response
time: 60 sec)
Total
no. of questions: 4
Total time: 17 minutes
The
essay should effectively address a topic. The response should be well-organised
and well-developed using relevant explanations and detailed support.
Furthermore, it should also display unity, progression, and coherence. If you
want to achieve a high writing score, make sure that you demonstrate the
syntactic variety and appropriate word choice with minor grammatical errors.
Writing questions covered in TOEFL syllabus:
a) 1
integrated task – Read/Listen/Write (20 minutes) (reading time: 3 min; listening
time: 2 min; writing: 15 min)
b) 1 independent task (30 minutes)
Total no. of questions: 2
Total time: 50 minutes
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