iBT-TOEFL新托福考试考试简介

iBT-TOEFL新托福考试简介

　　iBT-TOEFL(Internet Based Test of English as Foreign Language) 新托福考试是施行最广的英语检定考试，全世界有180多个国家的4500多个机构在使用这个考试。过去四十年来，托福考试的主办单位ETS大约每十年会进行一次改革，但都只是小修小改。而鉴于目前的托福考试无法反映出考生的真正实力，测验本身的结构无法正确测量考生应用听、说、读、写的综合能力，ETS乃于2000年正式公布了托福2000的一系列研究报告，初步勾勒出新托福考试的架构，经过酝酿，推出了四十年来托福考试最大的一波改革，2005年9月24日率先于美国本土施行，我国大陆地区将于2006年9月起正式实施新托福考试。

　　新旧托付有很大的区别。新托福考试是一种综合英语能力的测试，他要求考生要具备整合听、说、读、写的能力，学习以英文作全方位的沟通，不再以记忆难深的字词或钻牛角尖的文法结构为出发点，而缺乏日常生活、职场及学术沟通的应用能力。目前为止，各种英语考试，听、说、读、写都是分开来考，只有新托福是综合在一起的。也因为如此，新托福在准备的过程中只能凭实力，没有投机取巧可言。换言之，以前旧托福一两个月就能够准备完成，而新托福至少需要五六个月才能真正准备充分。我们认为，经过这么长时间的准备，更能打好语言基础，更能快速的是应美国校园生活、适应客场授课的节奏。尽管准备的周期长了，所花的每一分功夫都将获得实质的回报。

　　许多美国大学对新托福的考试方式，给予极高的评价。例如：伊利诺大学香槟分校〈UIUC〉英语系教授认为新托福考试的分数将反映学生真正的英语能力，同时，在新托福获得高分的考生，对自己在英语听、说、读、写的能力上，会更加具有信心。新托福考试除了美国之外，加拿大以及欧洲各国于2005年10月间实施，全球其他国家和地区将于2006年起实施。

新托福考试内容

一	阅读	3篇/5篇文章 600-700 words/passage	60min或100min	1. 大多数每题1分，每段最后一题大于1分 2. 可返回 3. 2个或3个独立计时部分。Part 1为20分钟，14问。Part 2为40分钟，2个段子26问。Part 3为40分钟，2个段子， 26问。
二	听力	6个/9个段子	50 min 75min	1. 2 个或3个长对话和4个或6个长段子 2. 可记笔记 3. 不可返回 4. 2个或3个独立计时部分
三	口语	6个问题	20min	1. 问题1&2考熟悉问题 2. 问题3&4根据所读到的和所听到的回答 3. 问题5&6根据所听到的回答 4. 可作笔记 5. 规定时间准备和回答
四	写作	2篇作文	50min	1. 作文1:写出所听到的和所读到的材料的关系 2. 作文2：针对一个题目写一篇文章

新托福评分标准
　　为了使考生考新托福有明确的目标，我们只给出较高标准的评分，望考生能把此定为自己的考试目标。

Reading Skills	Level	Your Performance
Reading	High(20-30)	Test takers who receive a score at the HIGH level, as you did, typically understand academic texts in English that require a wide range of reading abilities regardless of the difficulty of the texts. Test takers who score at the HIGH level, typically ·　have a very good command of academic vocabulary and grammatical structure; ·　can understand and connect information, make appropriate inferences, and synthesize ideas, even when the text is conceptually dense and the language is complex; ·　can recogniaze the expository organization of a text and the role that specific information serves within the larger text, even when the text is conceptually dense; and ·　can abstract major ideas from a text, even when the text is conceptually dense and contains complex language.
Listening Skills	Level	Your Performance
Listening	High(20-30)	Test takers who receive a score at the HIGH level, as you did, typically understand conversations and lectures in English that present a wide range of listening demand. These demands can include difficult vocabulary (uncommon terms, or colloquial or figurative language), complex grammatical structures, abstract or complex ideas, and/or making sense of unexpected or seemingly conradictory information. When listening to lectures and conversations like these, test takers at the HIGH level typically can ·　understand main ideas and important details, whether they are stated or implied; ·　distinguish more important ideas from less important ones ·　understand how information is being used (for example, to provide evidence for a claim or describe a step in a complex process); ·　recognize how pieces of information are connected (for example, in a cause -and-effect relationship); ·　understand many different ways that speakers use language for purposes other than to give information(for example, to emphasize? a point, express agreement or disagreement, or convey intentions indirectly); and ·　synthesize information, even when it is not presented in sequence, and make correct inferences on the basis of that information.
Speaking Skills	Level	Your Performance
Speaking about Familiar Topics	Good(3.5-4.0)	Your responses indicate you are able to speak in English about your personal experiences and opinions in a mostly clear and coherent manner. Your speech is clear with only occasional errors. Grammar and vocabulary are strong and include only a few errors. You can elaborate fully on your ideas and have a strong overall communication.
Speaking about Campus Situations	Good(3.5-4.0)	Your responses indicate an ability to speak effectively in English about reading material and conversations typically encountered by university students. Overall, your responses are clear and coherent, with only occasional errors of pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
Speaking about Academic Course content	Good(3.5-4.0)	Your response demonstrate that you are able to speak in English about academic reading and lecture material, with only minor communication problems. For the most part, your speech is clear and easy to understand. However, a few problems with pronunciation and intonation may occasionally cause difficulty for the listener. Your use of grammar and vocabulary is adequate to talk about the topics, but a few ideas are not fully developed or are inaccurate.
Writing Skills	Level	Your Performance
Writing based on Reading and Listening	Good(4.0-5.0)	You responded well to the task, relating the lecture ?to the reading. Weaknesses, if you have any, might have to do with ·　slight impreciasion in your summary of some of the main points and/or ·　Use of English that is occasionally ungrammatical or unclear.
Writing based on Knowledge and Experience	Good(4.0-5.0)	You responded with a well-oganized and developed essay. Weaknesses, if you have any, might have to do with ·　use of English that is occasionally ungrammatical, unclear, or unidiomatic and/or ·　elaboration of ideas or connection of ideas that could have been stronger.