TOEFL iBT

Speaking
Introduction
By Cathy Chang
大綱
 考試方法
 評分標準
 問題範例： Independent, Integrated
 拿分訣竅
 線上資源
Time Limits
 Total of 20 minutes
 獨立題型 Independent Questions: the questions
will be read to you.
 You have 15~30 seconds to prepare
 You have 45~60 seconds to answer
 整合題型 Integrated Questions – please read the
questions.
 You have 15~30 seconds to prepare
 You have 45~ 60 seconds to answer
Types
 Total of 6 tasks/questions
 2 Independent Tasks:
 The questions in this section ask you to respond from
your personal experience
 4 Integrated Tasks:
 2 reading, listening, and speaking – consist of a reading
passage, a listening passage, and a question that asks
how the ideas in the two passages are related
 2 listening and speaking integrated – consist of a longer
listening passage and a question that asks you to
summarize key points of the passage
Independent Tasks
Independent Tasks
2 types:
 Free-choice response
 You have to express and defend a personal choice from a
given category
 For example, which city in the world would you like to visit,
why?
 Paired-choice response
 You have to make and defend a personal choice between
two contrasting behaviors or courses of action
 For example, do you like to travel alone or with company?
Planning
Steps:
1. 主題句 Start with a topic statement that
states the main point of the response
2. 支持例證 Support the topic statement
with details
3. 使用轉折語辭 Use transitions to show
how the ideas are related
Integrated Tasks
Integrated Tasks
2 Types:
 Reading/Listening/Speaking: the relationship
between the ideas in the reading passage and the
listening passage
 A campus topic – about school
 An academic topic – about classes/subjects
 Listening/Speaking: the main points of the
listening passage
 A campus topic
 An academic topic
Planning
Steps
1. 了解、作筆記 Make sure you understand (and
take notes on)
the topic
2. 掌握重點 Then focus on (and take notes on)
the main
points that are used to support the topic
3. Responding – determine what is being asked
Basic Scoring
Things they look for
 Delivery
 Speaking smoothly and clearly
 Language Use
 Effective use of vocabulary, grammar, and sentence
structures
 Topic Development
 Response answers the question
 Response is well developed and clear
 Relationships between ideas are clear
Important Points to Remember
 作筆記！ Take notes while reading and
listening to the conversations and lectures
 Directions for each questions will not be written
on the screen
 Only jot down main ideas (not word for word)
Remember to answer the question asked
 清晰最重要！ It’s better to speak slowly
and clearly than quickly and mumbling
Reference + 利用網路資源練習
Philips, Deborah. Longman Preparation Course
for the TOEFL Test: iBT. New York: Longman,
2006.
網路資源
-- Free TOEFL Test Preparation Exercises
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/spec_english_toefl.htm
-- Daily TOEFL Quiz http://esl.about.com/gi/o.htm?
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bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.gettoefl.com/cgi-bin/daily/daily.pl

-- 線上英語自學中心
http://ce.etweb.fju.edu.tw/self_learning.html