تدریس خصوصی تافل استاد آرین
دوره فشرده تافل iBT
کلاس خصوصی حضوری و آنلاین از راه دور تافل آی بی تی
ورود به بخش کلاس های آنلاین و اطلاعات بیشتر
استاد آرین
BY MASTER ARIAN
انواع آزمون تافل و فرمت تست های تافل
Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL /ˈtoʊfəl/ TOH-fəl,
is a standardised test of English language proficiency for non-native
English language speakers wishing to enroll in U.S. universities. The
test is accepted by many English-speaking academic and professional
institutions. TOEFL is one of the two major English-language tests in
the world, the other being the IELTS.
TOEFL is a trademark of ETS
(Educational Testing Service), a private non-profit organisation, which
designs and administers the tests. The scores are valid for two years;
then they are no longer reported.
History
In
1962, a national council made up of representatives of thirty
government and private organizations was formed to address the problem
of ensuring English language proficiency for non-native speakers wishing
to study at U.S. universities. This council recommended the development
and administration of the TOEFL exam for the 1963-1964 time frame.
The
test was originally developed at the Center for Applied Linguistics
under the direction of Stanford University applied linguistics professor
Dr. Charles A. Ferguson.
The TOEFL test was first administered
in 1964 by the Modern Language Association financed by grants from the
Ford Foundation and Danforth Foundation.
In 1965, The College Board and ETS jointly assumed responsibility for the continuation of the TOEFL testing program.
In
1973, a cooperative arrangement was made between ETS, The College
Board, and the Graduate Record Examinations board of advisers to oversee
and run the program. ETS was to administer the exam with the guidance
of the TOEFL board.
To the present day, college admission
criteria for international students who are Commonwealth of Nations
nationals are exempted from taking the TOEFL exam - nations which are
part of the Anglosphere (from Commonwealth realms or former
protectorates of the United States) where English is the de facto
official language automatically grants a TOEFL exemption with some
restrictions (e.g. residents of Quebec are required to take TOEFL while
the rest of Canada is exempt).
Formats and content
Internet-based test
Since
its introduction in late 2005, the TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT)
format has progressively replaced the computer-based tests (CBT) and
paper-based tests (PBT), although paper-based testing is still used in
select areas. The TOEFL iBT test has been introduced in phases, with the
United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy in 2005 and the rest
of the world in 2006, with test centers added regularly. The CBT was
discontinued in September 2006 and these scores are no longer valid.
Initially,
the demand for test seats was higher than availability, and candidates
had to wait for months. It is now possible to take the test within one
to four weeks in most countries.The four-hour test consists of four
sections, each measuring one of the basic language skills (while some
tasks require integrating multiple skills), and all tasks focus on
language used in an academic, higher-education environment. Note-taking
is allowed during the TOEFL iBT test. The test cannot be taken more than
once every 12 days.
Reading
The Reading section consists of questions on 4–6 passages, each
approximately 700 words in length. The passages are on academic topics;
they are the kind of material that might be found in an undergraduate
university textbook. Passages require understanding of rhetorical
functions such as cause-effect, compare-contrast and argumentation.
Students answer questions about main ideas, details, inferences,
essential information, sentence insertion, vocabulary, rhetorical
purpose and overall ideas. New types of questions in the TOEFL iBT test
require filling out tables or completing summaries. Prior knowledge of
the subject under discussion is not necessary to come to the correct
answer.
Listening
The Listening section consists of questions on six passages, each 3–5
minutes in length. These passages include two student conversations and
four academic lectures or discussions. The conversations involve a
student and either a professor or a campus service provider. The
lectures are a self-contained portion of an academic lecture, which may
involve student participation and does not assume specialized background
knowledge in the subject area. Each conversation and lecture passage is
heard only once. Test-takers may take notes while they listen and they
may refer to their notes when they answer the questions. Each
conversation is associated with five questions and each lecture with
six. The questions are meant to measure the ability to understand main
ideas, important details, implications, relationships between ideas,
organization of information, speaker purpose and speaker attitude.
Speaking
The Speaking section consists of six tasks: two independent and four
integrated. In the two independent tasks, test-takers answer opinion
questions on familiar topics. They are evaluated on their ability to
speak spontaneously and convey their ideas clearly and coherently. In
two of the integrated tasks, test-takers read a short passage, listen to
an academic course lecture or a conversation about campus life and
answer a question by combining appropriate information from the text and
the talk. In the two remaining integrated tasks, test-takers listen to
an academic course lecture or a conversation about campus life and then
respond to a question about what they heard. In the integrated tasks,
test-takers are evaluated on their ability to appropriately synthesize
and effectively convey information from the reading and listening
material. Test-takers may take notes as they read and listen and may use
their notes to help prepare their responses. Test-takers are given a
short preparation time before they have to begin speaking. The responses
are digitally recorded, sent to ETS’s Online Scoring Network (OSN), and
evaluated by three to six raters.
Writing
The Writing section measures a test taker's ability to write in an
academic setting and consists of two tasks: one integrated and one
independent. In the integrated task, test-takers read a passage on an
academic topic and then listen to a speaker discuss it. The test-taker
then writes a summary about the important points in the listening
passage and explains how these relate to the key points of the reading
passage. In the independent task, the test-taker must write an essay
that states their opinion or choice, and then explain it, rather than
simply listing personal preferences or choices. Responses are sent to
the ETS OSN and evaluated by at least 3 different raters.
Task | Description | Approximate time |
Reading | 3–5 passages, each containing 12–14 questions | 60–100 minutes |
Listening | 6–9 passages, each containing 5–6 questions | 60–90 minutes |
Break | Mandatory break | 10 minutes |
Speaking | 6 tasks | 20 minutes |
Writing | 2 tasks | 50 minutes |
One
of the sections of the test will include extra, uncounted material.
Educational Testing Service includes extra material to pilot test
questions for future test forms. When test-takers are given a longer
section, they should give equal effort to all of the questions because
they do not know which question will count and which will be considered
extra. For example, if there are four reading passages instead of three,
then one of the passages will not be counted. Any of the four could be
the uncounted one.
Paper-based Test
The TOEFL® paper-based
Test (PBT) is available in limited areas. Scores are valid for two years
after the test date, and test takers can have their scores sent to
institutions or agencies during that time.[11]
Listening (30 – 40 minutes)
The Listening section consists of 3 parts. The first one contains 30
questions about short conversations. The second part has 8 questions
about longer conversations. The last part asks 12 questions about
lectures or talks.
Structure and Written Expression (25 minutes)
The Structure and Written Expression section has 15 exercises of
completing sentences correctly and 25 exercises of identifying errors.
Reading Comprehension (55 minutes)
The Reading Comprehension sections has 50 questions about reading passages.
Writing (30 minutes)
The TOEFL PBT administrations include a writing test called the Test of
Written English (TWE). This is one essay question with 250–300 words in
average.[12]
Test scores
TOEFL iBT Test
The TOEFL iBT test is scored on a scale of 0 to 120 points.
Each of the four sections (Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing) receives a scaled score from 0 to 30. The scaled scores from the four sections are added together to determine the total score.
Each speaking question is initially given a score of 0 to 4, and each
writing question is initially given a score of 0 to 5. These scores are
converted to scaled scores of 0 to 30.
Paper-based Test
The final PBT score ranges between 310 and 677 and is based on three
subscores: Listening (31–68), Structure (31–68), and Reading (31–67).
Unlike the CBT, the score of the Writing component (referred to as the
Test of Written English, TWE) is not part of the final score; instead,
it is reported separately on a scale of 0–6.
The score test takers receive on the Listening, Structure and Reading parts of the TOEFL test is not the percentage of correct answers. The score is converted to take into account the fact that some tests are more difficult than others. The converted scores correct these differences. Therefore, the converted score is a more accurate reflection of the ability than the raw score is.
Accepted TOEFL Scores
Most
colleges use TOEFL scores as only one factor in their admission
process, with a college or program within a college often setting a
minimum TOEFL score required. The minimum TOEFL iBT scores range from 61
(Bowling Green State University) to 100 (MIT, Columbia,
Harvard).[citation needed] A sampling of required TOEFL admissions
scores shows that a total TOEFL iBT score of 74.2 for undergraduate
admissions and 82.6 for graduate admissions may be required.
ETS has released tables to convert between iBT, CBT and PBT scores.
TOEFL ITP Tests
TOEFL
ITP tests are paper-based and use academic content to evaluate the
English-language proficiency of non-native English speakers. The tests
use new and previously administered TOEFL test questions and are used
for placement, progress, evaluation, exit testing and other situations.
The test scores, format and content of the test matches the "TOEFL
PBT",with the exception of not including the TWE (Test of Written
Expression).
Unlike the TOEFL iBT and PBT tests, TOEFL ITP tests
are administered by the institution and for internal use. It should not
replace the need for the TOEFL iBT test, which is administered securely
and includes Speaking and Writing components. There are two levels of
TOEFL ITP: Level 1 (intermediate to advanced) and Level 2 (high
beginning to intermediate).TOEFL ITP scores are mapped to the CEFR and
test takers are provided with a certificate of achievement.
TOEFL Junior Tests
ETS
also offers the TOEFL Junior tests, a general assessment of middle
school-level English-language proficiency, and a distinct product within
the TOEFL family. The TOEFL Junior is intended for students aged 11–14.
The tests are administered in two formats — TOEFL Junior Standard
(paper-based) and TOEFL Junior Comprehensive (administered via
computer). The TOEFL Junior Standard test has three sections: Reading
Comprehension, Listening Comprehension and Language Form and Meaning.
The TOEFL Junior Comprehensive test has four sections: Reading
Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Speaking and Writing. TOEFL
Junior scores are mapped to the CEFR and test takers are provided with a
certificate of achievement. TOEFL Junior is a trademark of ETS.
جدول معادل نمرات تافل در آیلتس
Linking TOEFL iBT Scores to IELTS Scores
IELTS Score | TOEFL Score |
9 | 118-120 |
8.5 | 115-117 |
8 | 110-114 |
7.5 | 102-109 |
7 | 94-101 |
6.5 | 79-93 |
6 | 60-78 |
5.5 | 46-59 |
5 | 35-45 |
4.5 | 32-34 |
0-4 | 0-31 |