TOEFL ITP Exam, Dialogs Part

TOEFL ITP Exam, Dialogs Part

1. The TOEFL Exam is a standardized test designed to measure the English Language ability of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in English-speaking universities.

   • Every year more than 2,5000 institutions in over 50 countries administer over 700,000 Toefl ITP tests to help place their students in the right English language programs

2. Format: All the questions in this test are multiple-choice questions with four answer choices. Everything is done under timed conditions, and the test is divided into three sections: √Listening Comprehension section which contains 50 items. √ Reading Comprehension section which contains 140 items. √ Structure and Written expressions section which contains 40 items.

3. The first part of the listening comprehension section consists of dialogs (conversations) between two speakers. A third speaker asks a question about what was said or implied in the conversation. You must decide which of the four answer choices printed in your textbook is the best is the best answer for the question you hear and then mark that choice on your answer sheet. This part is made up by 30 dialogs.

4. Many dialongs ( about 25%) facets of life at American Universities: attending classes, talking to professors, writing research paper, taking test, etc. Other dialongs are about more general activities suuch as shopping in grocery stores, looking for housing, taking vacations, going to meetings and parties, etc. The tone of the dialogs is informal, contractions are often hear so you must be able to distinguish agreeing or disagreeing with the other speaker.

5. About the questions:

   • Most of the questions focus on what the second speaker says. However, it is usually necessary to understand the entire dialog in order to choose the correct answer.
   • Common questions type
     • Meaning questions: These are the most common questions ( about 50%). They ask for a restatement of what the second speaker or both speakers say.
     • Inference questions: These are the second most common questions ( about 20%) The answers for these questions are not directly stated.
     • Questions about suggestions : Usually the first speaker talks about a problem or asks for advise.
     • Questions about future actions: These ask what one speaker or both will do next in the future or near.
     • Topic questions: They ask about tge subject of the dialog.
     • Questions about opinions: They ask about how one or both speakers feel about some topics.
     • Questions about assumptions: They ask about what the second speaker thought( assumed) before he or she spoke to the first speaker
     • Question about time: related to when one or both speakers do something.
     • Questions about reasons: Why one or both speakers did something.

6. Tips

   • Be familiar with the directions of part A
   • Remember that the answer to the question is generally contained in what the second speaker says
   • If you are not sure about the answer, eliminate as many answer choices as you can
   • After you have chosen an item, use the remaining time to preview the choices for the next item
   • If you don't understand all or part of a conversation, guess and go on

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