TOEFL Listening and Speaking Section to Include Other English Accents

Hi folks

This is an important announcemet made by ETS regarding English Accents.



here is an example from ETS website greenhouse_effect

One one hand, if you are a person that lives in US for a while maybe you have not difficulties; on the other hand, if you are not a native speaker maybe you have no problem with US english \(BUT\) for instance Australian english could be a problem. I know native speakers when they listen to this example video, then they get in trouble to understand



See my Best resources to pass the TOEFL exam >>> Listening and Speaking Section >> ouliogroove_channel

Hope this helps

regards
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I think that ETS is misleading and a bit nasty

According to OG 4th edition, there is a clear statement in the Listening section that says

Of course this not necesserily implies that in the US colleges is not spoken an english from several different contries.....but basically the English and the accent is US

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An unfamiliar accent combined with an unfamiliar subject makes the concoction even more lethal.

In my entire corporate life, I can't remember any board meeting where the senior management spent time discussing the technicalities of Ferns.

Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, it's probably time to have a business-centric version of the test.
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I love this topic

Yes, its true. But, the speaker will still be a native english speaker and will definitely speak clearly. So we dont need to panic.
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Lovely topic
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