The document discusses the TOEFL iBT speaking section. It has 6 tasks that take 20 minutes total - 2 independent tasks asking for personal responses and 4 integrated tasks relating a reading and listening passage. Independent tasks are either free or paired choice questions. Integrated tasks relate reading and listening passages or summarize a listening passage. Test takers have 15-30 seconds to prepare and 45-60 seconds to answer. Scoring considers delivery, language use, and topic development. Note-taking of key ideas is important for answering questions within time limits.

1. TOEFL iBT
Speaking Tasks
Introduction
By Renata Mendes Simões

2. Overview
 Examination Method
 Grading
 Examples of questions:
 Independent
 Integrated
 Scoring
 Online resources

3. Time Limits
 Total of 20 minutes
 Independent Questions: the questions will be read
and shown to you.
 You have 15~30 seconds to prepare
 You have 45~60 seconds to answer
 Integrated Questions: you must read the questions
 You have 15~30 seconds to prepare
 You have 45~ 60 seconds to answer

4. 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

5. Independent Speaking 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?

6. Planning
Steps:
1. Subject Clause: Start with a topic statement
that states the main point of the response
2. Supporting Sentences: Support the topic
statement with details and/examples
3. Language Use: Use transitions to show how
the ideas are related

7. Integrated Speaking 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

8. Planning
Steps
1. Note-taking: Make sure you understand (and
take notes on) the topic
2. Key points: Then focus on (and take notes on)
the main points that are used to support the topic
3. Responding: Determine what is being asked

9. Basic Scoring

10. Pay attention to:
 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

11. Important Points to Remember
 Note-taking! 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
 Speak Clearly! It’s better to speak slowly and
clearly than quickly and mumbling

12. Reference + Internet Resources
Philips, Deborah. Longman Preparation Course for the
TOEFL Test: iBT. New York: Longman, 2006.
http://www.toeflgoanywhere.org/
Internet Resources:
http://strictlyenglishusa.com/paid-toefl-exercises/free-toefl-
exercises/speaking-materials
http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=57