the new TOEFL test for 2020 explained in
just five minutes
so I don't have a lot of time let's get
into it right now and talk about the new
structure of the test so this is what
you're going to know by the end of this
little lecture you're gonna know what
the TOEFL test measures the TOEFL test
structure changes on August 1st 2019 how
each section will look on test day and
the differences in the TOEFL IBT special
home edition which came out in response
to the Cova 19 crisis lots of things if
you go to TST prep comm on our homepage
you will find a free and complete TOEFL
test that is designed like the 2000 2020
version so you can see an updated
version of the test there about the
TOEFL really quickly the test is
designed whether or not you are prepared
to enter an American college classroom
so all the lectures all the
conversations everything is designed to
see if you're ready for about a freshman
year of university courses and life
style and the test structure itself
changed on August 1st 2019 a couple of
small changes nothing too big but a
couple of small things the content is
the same the structure a little bit
different about the reading passage
there are less questions there used to
be 12 to 14 questions per passage but
now there are just ten questions per
passage so it'll look something like
this the reading passage is on the
right-hand side the question is on the
Left you'll see a timer counting down
the time but you'll just have ten
questions after each passage instead of
twelve or thirteen or fourteen that's
about it for the listening passage there
are fewer passages fewer lectures so
there used to be four lectures and two
conversations usually now there are
three lectures and two conversations so
one less lecture so just like the
reading the listening just got a little
bit shorter but the content has remained
the same the structure has remained the
same you'll see a image and there will
be a listening passage you cannot see
the questions until after the listening
finishes after the listening finishes
questions come and they come one at a
time you cannot skip questions you
cannot go back to questions
unlike the reading where the reading you
can skip questions and can go back to
questions and you'll see a timer on the
top as well the speaking is where the
biggest changes happen they basically
cut two questions there used to be six
questions now there are four one
independent and three integrated
questions this is an example from ETS s
site of what the speaking independent
question will look like it's a simple
question and they'll have a bar with the
audio time going and you'll have 15
seconds to prepare and 45 seconds to
speak for the first question which is
about your basic opinion question number
two is an integrated question where you
will read and listen to a campus
conversation and then you will have to
prepare for 30 seconds and speak for 60
seconds question 3 is an academic
reading and listening passage you'll
have 30 seconds to prepare in 60 seconds
to speak after that and finally question
for you listen to an academic passage 20
seconds to prepare 60 seconds to speak
and that's the speaking section the
writing section hasn't changed at all
really in terms of structure basically
you have two questions one independent
one integrated question the independent
question will look something like this
you will see on the right-hand side
there is space for you to write down or
a-type your essay keep in mind there's
no spellcheck so make sure you spell
things carefully and there will be a
timer on the top question one is the
integrated question you have a reading
and listening passage that's something
about an academic topic and then you
have 20 minutes to write about it and
you have to write about 250 words 220 is
written here and question 2 for the
independent you have a simple question
about your opinion and you should write
we recommend about 350 words but TOEFL
recommends about 300 and that's the
writing section so just a quick summary
of the changes these are the changes
2019 2020 to the test structure
about 30 minutes shorter you receive
instant reading and listening scores so
after you finish the test you'll see
unofficial reading and listening scores
you get your official scores for all the
sections six days later and you'll also
get a my best test score that looks
something like this if you've taken the
TOEFL before they will take your highest
grades from each section and combine
them to make a my best test score some
schools some licensing boards accept my
best test score some don't check to see
if they do but that's a new feature a my
best test score and you get your regular
score as well and the last thing I'm
running ahead of time but in response to
the Cova dean crisis in 2020 the TOEFL
introduced ETS introduced the TOEFL IBT
special home edition where you can
actually take the test at home it looks
exactly like the regular TOEFL test as
of recording this they've extended the
offer that the home Edition will be
available until September 30th 2020 and
might end after this they might extend
it it depends on the pandemic and how
things go
hopefully things get better but that's
available right now also available TST
prep calm our TOEFL emergency course
prepare for the test in just five hours
that's it I hope that was five minutes
thank you guys for staying to the end
and yeah
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