iBT Writing Overview
iBT Writing Overview
This iBT training is designed to help students prepare for the writing component of the TOEFL iBT test. The training provides an opportunity for students to submit their writing responses and receive feedback from their teacher.
TOEFL iBT Test Writing Section
The TOEFL iBT test Writing section measures your ability to write in English in an academic setting and to present your ideas in a clear, well-organized way.
There are two writing tasks.
- Integrated writing task (20 minutes) — read a short passage and listen to a short lecture, then write in response to what you read and listened to.
- Writing for an Academic Discussion task (10 minutes) — state and support an opinion in an online classroom discussion.
You'll type your responses on a computer keyboard.
Test time: It should take about 29 minutes to complete the Writing section.
Scoring: Writing tasks are scored based on the Writing Scoring Guides (Rubrics) (PDF) by a combination of AI scoring and certified human raters. Raw scores are converted to a scaled section score of 0–30.