The TOEFL Speaking section explained in
just five minutes.
So, we have a lot to talk about, let's go
over our goals together
really quickly. You're going to be able to
see the TOEFL Speaking section, how it'll
look on the computer,
you're going to identify the structure of
each of the four questions,
you're going to learn how this section
is graded, and you're going to find out
about the possible topics for each
question type.
My name is Josh MacPherson. I'm the head
instructor of TST Prep,
an online TOEFL school where our mission
is simple, to help you get the TOEFL
score you need as
quickly and easily as possible. And let's
do it right now, let's talk about the
TOEFL Speaking section.
So, about the TOEFL test. This is a quote
from our Quick Guide here.
It's designed to determine whether or
not you're prepared to enter an American college classroom.
The passages and questions in each
section are a reflection of the type of
material
you would encounter in the first year of
university. So, even for these speaking
questions,
except for speaking question one, two, three, and four
are either academic topics or something
to do
with campus life. So, this is what the
test will look like on test day. This is
the structure.
Basically, you'll have a simple question.
They'll tell you the amount of time you
have to prepare,
the amount of time you have to speak, and
there will be a timer
checking how long you have until you
finish speaking.
Quick overview. There are four questions
and each question has a different amount
of time to prepare and to speak,
and we'll talk about that more in a
minute. Here's the question's one structure.
It's going to ask you about a general
opinion to a wide range of possible
possible issues. You have 15 seconds to
prepare and 45 seconds to speak.
Here are a couple of examples from our
Complete Test, you can pause the video
and read those if you like, but basically,
all of them are about your opinion on a
topic.
And, the most popular types of questions
are about your preference,
which one do you prefer, and if you agree
or disagree.
There are four different types of
questions for question one, those are the
two
most popular. Four things you must know
about question one is that you want to
sound natural and conversational,
you have 15 seconds to prepare, 45
seconds to speak.
There are a couple different question
types which we just talked about and you
need to form a one-sided opinion as
quickly as possible.
Let's move on to question two. Question
two is a campus conversation.
You have 50 seconds to read, about 90
seconds to listen to a conversation
about the reading, 30 seconds to prepare,
60 seconds to speak.
This is an example of a reading passage
from TST Prep’s Complete Test,
and this is what the question and the
link to the listening will look like.
Four things you have to know about
question two is again, you have to sound
natural and conversational, you have to
read a passage,
listen to a conversation, and then speak
about both of them.
You have to speak for 60 seconds first
about the reading and then about the
listening, and you want to think like a
reporter.
You're reporting information from the
reading and from the listening.
Question three. This is an academic
reading and lecture.
you have 50 seconds to read the passage,
about 90 seconds to listen to a lecture
about the passage,
30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to
speak.
about it. This is an example from one of
our Complete Tests.
This is a business passage about
compassionate consumerism,
and then they will have a lecture about
the passage,
and then you'll have a question about
both. Four things you have to know about
question three is that again,
natural and conversational, you have to
read an academic passage,
listen to a lecture speak about both. You
have no idea what the topic is about,
it could be about anything.
You will speak for 60 seconds, first
about the reading and then the listening,
and think like a teacher when you're
speaking.
Imagine you're teaching the listener
about what you read
and heard about. Question four is very
similar to question three,
except there is no reading passage. You
only listen to a
lecture, which is a little bit longer,
20 seconds to prepare
and 60 seconds to speak. This is an
example from one of our Complete Tests
here,
and an example of a question that asks
you about the topic
from the listening. Four things you have
to know
about question number four is that again,
your goal is to send out your own
conversational,
you have to listen to a lecture and take
notes about this lecture,
you have 60 seconds to speak, and you can
hold up your notes
while you're speaking so you can read
your notes and speak at the same time.
And of course, you should think like a
teacher teaching a lesson
to the listener. So, that's the TOEFL
Speaking in five
minutes. Hopefully by now you see this
the structure of the speaking and how
it'll feel on the computer,
you're able to identify the structure,
learn how the section is graded, and you
know about the possible topics.
Thank you for listening. For more TOEFL
stuff you can visit our website,
tstprep.com and
look forward to seeing you in the next video.
Thank you guys for watching and take care.