What is the TOEFL
Test of English as a Foreign Language for nonnative speakers at 11th-grade level or above Required for college and university admission May be required for licensing, certification, exchange and scholarship programs Administered in 180 countries
History of the TOEFL
Introduced in 1964 as paper-based test (PBT) measuring three areas of proficiency:
Listening comprehension Structure and written expression Reading comprehension
Scored on a scale of 310-677
History of the TOEFL
Computer-based test introduced in 1998 to measure four areas of proficiency:
Listening Structure Reading Writing
Scored on a scale of 0-300
TOEFL iBT
TOEFL iBT (Internet-based test) introduced in September, 2005 The first standardized test to integrate all four skills Scored on a scale of 0-120 CBT and PBT versions of TOEFL will be phased out gradually
TOEFL iBT
What else is new?
Note taking allowed in all four sections Test content derived from corpus of authentic academic language Writing and speaking tasks based on reading and listening material