• Test Structure
• Reading Section
  • What you need here
  • Description
  • 8 types of Questions
  • Tips
• Listening Section
  • Description
  • 2 types of Questions
  • Tips
• Speaking Section
  • Description
  • Tips
• Writing Section
  • Description
  • Testing Flow
    • Integrated
    • Independent
  • Tips
• Tips for the Test Day
• Study Tips
• Useful Reference

(Ref: TOEFL iBT® Test Content)
Maximim score is 120. Each section has 30 score maximum.

• Vocabulary(academic)
• Concentration
• Time management

• Atleast there are three articles, each of which is 700+ words.
  • The articles are quoted from college-level texts.
• Each article comes with 13 ~ 15 qustions.
• If there are three articles, you can only use 20 minutes for each.

• Stop at the end of each paragraph, and answer the related questions.
• Get used to reading academic articles.

Ref: TOEFL iBTリスニング対策のための３つのコツと問題形式のレビュー

The listening section consist of conbination of the two types(C/L) of questions like the graph above.
Each C/L block takes 3~6 minutes.

• A conversation in a college : C
  • Easier than the other. Should get perfect score here.
• A lecture in a class room : L

• Do not take care of your note taking too much.
• Listen from the bird's-eye view.
• Get the perfect score for the questions related to type:C.

Ref: 誰でも５分で思い出せるTOEFL iBT Speaking 問題形式・採点方法のレビュー法
Ref: Speaking templates
Ref: TOEFL Speaking Question 3 Help

• Total 6 questions for the section.
• There is 2 types of the questions, independent / integrated(like the writing section).
• Your score is evaluated by three aspects: intonation/accent, vocabulary, structure.
  • Each question is evaluated within 4 grades, and they are gathered and averaged, then converted to result scale(30 score maximum).

Question#	Type	Description	Example
1	Independent	A question related to you. Prepare within 15 secs, and answer within 45 secs.	"Where is your favorite place? and why?"
2	Independent	A question asking a better option for you. Prepare within 15 secs, and answer within 45 secs.	"A family has a cat, the other family has a cat and a dog. Which is a better choice for animals' health?"
3	Integrated	A question asking a summary of a conversation about college's announcements. (Reading: ７５～１００ words)	"New facility policy during Spring breaks"
4	Integrated	Same procedures as Question#3. This is an academic content, not like #3.	"Future of Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Industries."
5	Integrated	A question asking a better option for you. Topics are related to students' daily lives.	"Which is better option for you to solve the noise around your domitory?"
6	Integrated	The procedures are like the question #5, but the contents are like #4(academic).	Similar to the question #4

• Get prepared with some template answers.
• If the question doesn't require unique ideas and asks your choice, don't hesitate to reuse the sentences in the reading/listening materials.(Question #2, #3, #4, #5, #6)

Ref: TOEFL（トーフル）スピーキングの問題形式〜まずは敵を知り、己を知ることから始めよう〜

Ref: Writing strategy

• Two types of writing tasks(Integrated / Independent).
• Each assignment has 15 score maximum.
• Multiple markers evaluate your answer, then the evaluations are gathered and averaged.

Ref: Writing strategy - Integrated Ref: Integrated - techniques Ref: Integrated - memo techniques

Ref: Writing strategy - Independent
Ref: 155 toefle independent writing topics

Relation between the words count and the score

• Get prepared with templates.
• Write as much as you can.
• Make same efforts for each question because both two questions have same score.

• The test places are noisy at the begging of the exam because of the mic test.
• ETS may offer you some dummy questions (not evaluated, only for its statistical reasoning).
  • Ref: How to treat dummy questions

• TOEFL Listening勉強法：長く聞くよりも『意識して』聴き取る
• TOEFL iBT リスニングで29点取った勉強法
• Note taking techniques
• TOEFL iBTSpeaking で絶対２０点以上取るコツ、スピーキングメモ術を探る
• Ref: TOEFL Speaking Question 3 Help
• Ref: 【TOEFL Speaking Task 1, Task 2 練習用ファイル】
• Ref: 【Speakingサンプル群】：この説明ページにtranscriptsや音源へのアクセス法有り。
• Ref: 【Free Conversationのトピック群】

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