The 4 sections :-
- Reading 60 - 100 minutes
- Listening 60 - 90 minutes
- 10 minute Break
- Speaking 20 minutes
- Writing 60 minutes
Reading
- 3-5 passages
- 700 words
- 20 minutes per passage
- not separated
- 12 -14 questions per passage
- Similar to university textbooks
- Science, history, humanities, etc.
- 6 or 9 recordings
- Group of 3
- 4 or 6 lectures
- 5 minutes each with 6 questions
- Similar topics to reading
- 2 or 3 conversations
- 3 minutes each with 5 questions
- About living on campus
- 6 tasks
- Always the same order
- Task 1 : Independent
- Task 2 : Independent
- Task 3 : Integrated - reading and listening
- Task 4 : Integrated - reading and listening
- Integrated - Reading, Listening and Write
- 3 minutes to read, 3 minutes lecture
- Write for 20 minutes
- Compare and contrast lecture with reading
- Independent
- Just write
Some Important Points :-
- iBT TOEFL scores are valid for 2 years only
- Each of the 4 sections receive a scaled score from 0 to 30
- iBT TOEFL is scored on a scale of 0-120 speaking is initially of score of 0 to 4 and writing is initially given a score of 0 to 5. These scores are converted to scaled scored of 0 to 30
- There is no negative marking.
