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 a) **Publisher: **  ETS stands for Educational Testing Service  b) **Provider: **  **The provider of the TOEFL is **ETS which is a private non profit organisation devoted to educational measurement and research, primarily through testing.     <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">c) **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Subject area: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The TOEFL test covers only the area of English. However, ETS provides other tests which cover other areas such as TOEFL, TOEIC, SAT, GRE, AP. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
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1. ETS (Educational Testing Service): [] 2.ETS-TOEFL: ( **//<span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Test of English as a Foreign Language) //**<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> [] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">5. Butler-Pascoe, M.E. & Wiburg, K.M (2003). Technology and Teaching English Language Learners. Pearson Education, Inc.Chapter 8: Assessment and Second Language Teaching, pages 211 to 243.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It is a test which measures the ability of a foreigner speaker to communicate in English in the colleges or universities. TOEFL is the only English- language test which is accepted by more than 6,000 institutions in more than 130 countries. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There are two types of tests: the TOEFL iBT, which is the internet-based test, as well as the TOEFL PBT, the paper-based test
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 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3. What is it? **

<span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; color: green; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4. Why take it? **
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">First of all, **<span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> it gives students the chance to access more than 6 000 institutions in more than 130 countries; yet is accepted by the top colleges and universities all over the world.

Secondly, the whole test can be taken in one day, the participant has the options to choose among 4,000 test centres world wide and he/she can retake the test if he/she wants to improve his/her scores but only in just 7 days.

Thirdly, the TOEFL test offers to an individual the necessary skills to communicate in real-life situations within the academic environment. For instance she/he will be able to listen to lectures, view films, attend seminars, read textbooks, perform online research, speak with professors and other students, write academic papers, reports, e-mails and more.

And last but not least, the TOEFL test is reasonable and accurate. The most important thing that I must mention is that the tests are scored anonymously by ETS-certified experts. In other words the results of the test are objective and above all fair. Moreover, the test-taking experience is similar for all the participants.


 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5. What does it assess / measure? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

<span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The TOEFL test measures your ability to communicate in English in colleges and universities. <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> The test should be taken by someone who has the intention to register in an English speaking college or university around the world as it is accepted <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">in almost every university in the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6. Who should take it? **
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">7. Where can one take it? **

<span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The candidate has the choice to take the test in one of the 4.300 test centres worldwide. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">8. Who accepts it? **<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

<span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The test is accepted by more than 6 000 colleges and universities in more than 130 countries.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The TOEFL IBT consists of 4 sections on reading, listening, writing and speaking. On the other hand, the TOEFL PBT doesn’t not have a speaking section but it has a structure section. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> The test takes roughly 140-150 minutes. The Listening Comprehension section takes 40-50 minutes. The Structure and Written expression section takes 25 minutes. The Reading Comprehension takes 55 minutes and the Writing takes 30 minutes. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">9. Test content: **<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">10. Duration: **
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">11. Types of questions: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

The whole test consists of 140 questions in the three sections of Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written expression and Reading Comprehension. The Writing section consists of only 1 topic. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">iBT: ** <span style="font-weight: normal; color: #99cc00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The reading part consists of 3-5 passages, each of 700 words length, with 12-14 questions per passage. The listening part consists of 4-6 lectures, each one containing 6 questions as well as of 2-3 conversations, which contain 5 questions each. The speaking consists of 6 tasks including 2 tasks to express your opinion on a familiar topic and 4 tasks based on what is read and heard. The writing part consists of 2 tasks: 1 task based on what is read and heard and one task to support an opinion on a topic. <span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PBT: ** <span style="font-weight: normal; color: #99cc00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The reading comprehension consists of 5 passages, of 250 to 350 words each and 10 questions per passage. The listening part consists of 3-4 mini-talks, each on containing 3-5 questions. The writing part has one task (test of written English) and the structure consists of 40 questions.. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">12. Sample activities: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

In the TOEFL website there are <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">sample activities for both types of TOEFL tests. Someone who is interested in taking the TOEFL test can review each type of question and its content in order to become familiar with the test formation. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Here, are some useful links for test takers: Sample 1: __ []  __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> This test focuses on ** Reading Comprehension ** and it contains reading passages and questions about the passages. The questions are about information that is stated or implied in the passage and about some of the specific words in the passages. Because many English words have more than one meaning, it is important to remember that these questions concern the meaning of a word or phrase within the context of the passage. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The instructions concerning the activity are very clear and simple to follow. The test taker must read the some passages which are included in the reading comprehension section. Each one is followed by a number of questions about it. You are to choose the ** one ** best answer, A, B, C, or D, to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. This section measures your ability to read and understand short passages similar in topic and style to those that students are likely to encounter in North American universities and colleges. Sample 2: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> [] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> This test focuses on ** Listening Comprehension section. This ** section tests your ability to understand both short and long conversations in English. The section contains recorded material that is similar to what you might hear if you were with a group of North American students at a college or university. The language includes vocabulary and idiomatic expressions common to spoken English and special grammatical constructions used in speech. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The instructions concerning the activity are very clear and simple to follow. There are three parts to this section, with special directions for each part and you must answer all questions based on what is stated or implied by the speakers you hear.In Part A, you will hear short conversations between two people. After each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. The conversations and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. In part B of the test you will hear longer conversations. After each conversation you will hear several questions. The conversations and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. In the last part of the test you will hear several talks. After each talk, you will hear some questions. The talks and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Sample 3: __ []  __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> This test focuses on the ** Structure and Written Expression ** and it contains sentences that test your knowledge of important structural and grammatical elements of standard written English. These sentences include a variety of topics and give no particular advantage to individuals in any specific field of study. When topics have a national context, they refer to the United States or Canadian history, culture, art, or literature. However, the test taker does not need to have a prior knowledge of these contexts to answer the structural or grammatical points being tested. This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate to use in standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type.

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 * <span style="font-weight: normal; color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">14. Opinion **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:

<span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Taking these points into consideration, this task has given me the opportunity to review a worldwide and in my opinion an excellent type of test. The test has an effectively structure and form. This test is designed in order to evaluate the four skills of each test taker. The positive aspect of the TOEFL test is that it is offered in two types; the PBT and the IBT. <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> The IBT type is offered to candidates who have disabilities. In my opinion, TOEFL is an excellent tool which **<span style="font-weight: normal; color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">verifies the abilities of each test taker in the English language.

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