TOEFL Listening and Speaking Section: New Accents

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

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsQ92qO2f_I[/youtube]

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

Hope this helps

regards
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Wow - that audio passage IS difficult to understand - talk about upping the ante for the TOEFL! Great info, carcass, thanks for posting.

EssaySnark
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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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Wow. I'm not sure what is up with TOEFL.

I just gave a retarded smile when this clip played, only because I wasn't expecting that.
The scary part: I'm yet to take the test!

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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''Below are examples similar to what you might hear in the Speaking and Listening sections.'' That's not easy, I should say(

I love this topic

I got my TOEFL one week ago but I did not encounter with new accents luckily. I am waiting for my score to be announced. Anyway, thanks for the post.

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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everything i listened to during the official exam and online pracitce test was an easily comprehensible american accent

Lovely topic
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