• Speaking Tasks

    Speaking Tasks

    Grading Scale
    Advanced (25–30)
    high-intermediate (20–24)
    Low-Intermediate (16–19)
    Basic (10–15)
    Below Basic (0–9)

    Below are the after-August 1, 2019 (NEW VERSION) TOEFL iBT Speaking Tasks. Follow the instructions and record your responses to the prompts. Your teacher will give you feedback on the responses. The grading scale for the TOEFL speaking section is on the right, and the rubric for each section is in a pdf at the bottom of the page. 

    NEW TOEFL

    Speaking Task 1

    The independent question is very straightforward. You will see a question, then you will provide reasons for the choice you make. The new version has more words and some possibilities for this type of question:

       Preparation time:

      15 seconds

      Response time:

      45 seconds

       Description/ Explanation

    ·          Personal preference

    ·          Paired Choice

    ·          Agree/Disagree

    ·          If/Imagine

         

    Speaking Task 2 

     Campus Announcement

    Preparation time:

    30 seconds

    Response time:

     60 seconds

    Task 2 questions are integrated speaking tasks with reading & listening material. You will read a short text, usually a campus announcement. Listen to two people discussing it, then you will be asked to restate what you have read and heard.

    Speaking Task 3

    Explain a lecture

    Preparation time:

    30 seconds

    Response time:

    60 seconds

    Task 3 questions are integrated with reading and listening materials. You will read a short text, usually about a term or a concept. Listen to a recording of a professor giving a lecture, with a student asking and/or answering questions. Then you will explain it.

    Speaking Task 4

    Academic lecture - Summary

    Preparation time:

    20 seconds

    Response time:

    60 seconds

    You will listen to a lecture and summarize it

    Task 4 is the last question task of the TOEFL Speaking section. It is integrated with listening material (Academic lecture). You will listen to a lecture and summarize it.

     

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