What TOEFL is all About? (Introduction))

This slides are intended to introduce the Civil Students about the TOEFL

1. INTRODUCTION TO TOEFL

2. toefl TEST OF ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE The  purpose  of the  TOEFL   test is to evaluate the English proficiency of people whose native language is not English. The  TOEFL   scores are primarily used as a measure of the ability of international students to use English in an academic environment.

3. TOEFL TEST SECTIONS: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MINUTES) 50 QUESTIONS : SHORT CONVERSATION (20 QUESTIONS) LONG CONVERSATION (15 QUESTIONS) TALK (15 QUESTIONS) 2. STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION (25 MINUTES) 40 QUESTIONS: SENTENCE COMPLETION (15 QUESTIONS) ERROR IDENTIFICATION (25 QUESTIONS) 3. READING COMPREHENSION (55 MINUTES) 50 QUESTIONS TOTAL TIME ALOCATION : 110 MINUTES

4. LISTENING - SHORT CONVERSATION- FOCUS ON SECOND LINE AVOID SIMILIAR SOUND CONSIDER THE SYNONIM CONCLUDE : WHAT/ WHO/WHERE/ WHEN FOCUS ON ACTIVE/ PASSIVE SENTENCE BE CAREFUL WITH DOUBLE NEGATIVE BE CAREFUL WITH UNCERTAINTY OR SUGGESTION EXPRESSION BE CAREFUL WITH SURPRISE EXPRESSION

5. LISTENING –LONG COVERSATION AND TALK- SINCE YOU CANNOT TAKE NOTES, YOU SHOULD ANTICIPATE THE QUESTION! ANTICIPATE THE QUESTION BY : LOOKING THE ANSWER THEN GUESS OR SPECULATE THE QUESTION THAT WILL COME UP MARKING THE ANSWER THAT CORRESPOND TO THE RECORDING

6. STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN YOU ANSWER THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TEST. THEY ARE: CHECK FOR FAULTY GRAMMAR A. SENTENCE B. SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT C. SEQUENCE OF TENSES D. LOGICAL PRONOUN REFERENCE E. PARALLEL STRUCTURE BE CAREFUL WITH ANSWERS THAT ARE VERBOSE BE CAREFUL WITH ANSWERS THAT CONTAINS IMPROPER VOCABULARY INCLUDING SLANG WORDS OR COLLOQUIAL WORDS

7. READING COMPREHENSION TO SAVE TIME YOU SHOULD : READ THE QUESTION FIRST THEN MOVE TO THE PASSAGE TRY TO FIND THE EASIEST QUESTION FIRST INSTEAD OF TRANSLATING, FIND THE KEY WORDS THAT CORRESPOND TO THE ANSWER INSTEAD OF READING THE PASSAGE EXTENSIVELY, DO THE QUICK SCANNING

8. THAT’S ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION