A quite interesting article surfaced today on
Vietnam.vn about the radical changes for the TOEFL iBT exam provided by ETS.
Reading the article, we are going to see during the exam completely new elements that will resemble the GRE test, such as sentences with fill-in-the-blank.
- The exam, at least in the reading and listening section, will be similar to the mentioned GRE: the sections will MCAT or, in other words, section-adaptive.
Quote:
First of all, TOEFL iBT applies Multistage Adaptive Testing for the Reading and Listening sections.Specifically, each candidate will have a separate question roadmap, adjusted based on previous answers. The number of questions can help accurately assess real ability, instead of being equated according to a fixed score scale. - A new scoring scale from 1 to 6 but I have posted this news already while ago on the forum. The new scale will be in addition to the actual scale 0-120.
- The total test duration has been significantly shortened, from 116 minutes to about 67-85 minutes, thanks to the restructuring and streamlining of each skill. Specifically:
- Reading section: includes three new types of exercises such as fill in the blanks, reading non-academic texts, reading short academic texts. Time from 18-27 minutes depending on the test taker.
- Listening section: includes conversations, announcements, lectures - combines both multiple choice and multiple choice formats.
- Writing section: no longer just writing academic essays but expanding to writing emails, constructing sentences, and responding to discussions.
- Speaking section: includes 11 tasks in just 8 minutes, focusing on short communication situations, quick reflexes such as simulated interviews or sentence repetition.
A new era has just begun.