How do they score TOEFL, listening part?

Question

I tried yesterday the first two parts of the test from the official guide, reading and listening, without preparation, got 1 wrong answer in each section. Then compared my points with the score and found out, that for reading I would get 30, but for listening I would get from 28 to 30. Actually even if you get all the answers in the listening part right, your score is still 28-30. It just sounds so unfair that in the listening part you can get 28 out of 30 even if you answer correctly all the questions.

Does anyone know more about it?

Does anyone know more about it?

rafi · Answer

Hi, Cielo
I did the TOEFL about two weeks ago (13th of august) and I got 27/30 and I'm absolutely sure that I was mistaken more than once. you can read my post (My TOEFL Experience - 109 , from a few days ago) and see that I got really interrupted by the noise and some questions in the listening part were very detail specific, so I totally guessed a few. Unless I were very lucky, it doesn't seem that one wrong answer will reduce 2 points off your mark. Any how , I did the listening part from the ETS sampler and it seemed very easy to me, but take into account the noise in the class and the fact that some of the listening parts use a lot of details and some complex words (not like in the sampler) , so I recommend you study with some complex listening material.

Good Luck!

iamgrunt · Answer

Hmm that doesn't sound right... I'm more inclined to believe that it's the prep software's scaling system that's a bit off. Don't worry, a 30 in the listening section is perfectly possible

oldguru82 · Answer

Hola Cielo,

I took the TOEFL some weeks ago and I also guessed at least 2-3 questions in the listening section and I got a 29/30.

I'm sure if you get all the questions right in the real exam, you will get a 30.

To avoid distractions during the exam, I suggest you to use earplugs all the time, even during the Listening section. Then turn volume up to the limit and then you will only hear the conversations. In my exam I brought my own silicone earplugs and they saved my exam.

Good luck

rabiyajabbar7 · Answer

I am preparing for TOEFL ibt through TOEFL Practice Online software. I doubt the calculation of their scores for example i gave the listening section test of 34 questions and I got 9 wrong how much score will i get?
They scored me 17

mvictor · Answer

It is given the range because you might get the experimental questions.
You can have either long Reading Section or long Listening Section.
If you make a mistake during the listening section, and it is a short one, most likely, you will not get the maximum score.
If you make a mistake during the listening section, and it is a long one, and a question that is experimental and doesn't count, then you are likely to get the maximum score.

How do they score TOEFL, listening part?

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