ETS Launches Three-Phase Introduction of Next Generation TOEFL
Princeton, N.J. (April 10, 2002)
--Educational Testing Service (ETS) has begun a three-phase introduction of the next generation of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to English language instructors, students, and score users around the world.
The next generation of TOEFL will premier in 2004, TOEFL's 40th anniversary year. It will reflect a decade of research designed to identify the best way to build and assess the communicative English skills test takers need at the university level and in their professional careers. The exam will more closely reflect the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills needed for lifelong success.
Each year the TOEFL test is administered to approximately 800,000 candidates in more than 210 countries. More than 4,200 academic institutions, government agencies, scholarship programs, and licensing/certification agencies in more than 80 countries use TOEFL scores.
The first of the three-phase rollout begins September 2002, when the TOEFL program unveils LanguEdgeTM Courseware, a CD-ROM instructional tool that will give students a glimpse of the next generation of TOEFL. Instructors in English language classes can use LanguEdgeTM Courseware to help their students build and assess communicative English skills. TOEFL representatives are taking orders now for the new product at worldwide conferences for English teachers. (See the TOEFL Web site at www.toefl.org for a list of these conferences.
"LanguEdge Courseware will help teachers of English understand what the next generation of TOEFL will be assessing," explains Marilyn Rymniak, executive director of the TOEFL program. "It is also a professional development tool for teachers so they can develop their own skills, such as rating English assessments holistically and using new scales to rate performance on the speaking and writing activities in their classrooms. We want everyone - teachers, students, and score users to be familiar with the next generation of TOEFL."
The second phase will begin in 2003, when officials will introduce a new TOEFL speaking test. Then, in 2004, the next generation of TOEFL, TOEFL CBT2 with integrated skills, will be unveiled.
"The current style of English language tests served non-English speakers well for many years, but times have changed and communication needs dictate that we move to the next generation of TOEFL," Rymniak says. "Colleges and universities are demanding English language tests that match the dynamic and interactive nature of their campuses. They want tests that utilize real-life communication scenarios, not just vocabulary, reading, and speaking tests."
The new version of the TOEFL test will simulate real language experience at a university. “We want to have students perform tasks they typically would have to do in a classroom such as engaging in a conversation that an academic advisor might have with fellow students in order to test how they can actually communicate in an academic setting,” Rymniak says.
For the new test, ETS is using language, content and contexts from a spoken and written corpus of 1.65 million words gathered from various educational institutions in different regions of the United States. Language samples were collected at both undergraduate and graduate levels, through excerpts from textbooks as well as recorded lectures and labs, office hours, service encounters, and student interactions. The corpus has six major categories: business, education, humanities, engineering, natural sciences, and social studies typically the disciplines that international students typically choose when they study in the United States.
ETS has published framework papers (TOEFL Monographs 16-20) that explain the underlying theory and research behind the new communicative TOEFL test. The monographs can be downloaded for free at www.toefl.org/research/rmonogph.html.
Educational Testing Service is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, annually administering more than 11 million tests worldwide. ETS is dedicated to serving the needs of individuals, educational institutions, and government bodies in 181 countries. For more information, access the ETS Web site at www.ets.org.
(특종) 2003년 실시되는 새로운 토플
중국과 동시에 실시
예정:2003년 4월로 예정
듣기:2시간 솟컨버 없어짐. 롱 컨버와 렉처 그리고 학술발표로 4명이상의 진행자 나옴, 뉴스등도 포함. 주제?기는 롱컨버만 적용, 렉처 순서 배열 오류 맞추기 , 맞는것 고르기 문제 50~80문항
말하기, 쓰기:각각 1간씩 해서 2시간 약 10분정도쯤 예상 듣기후 듣고 말하기 문항 3문항쯤이라고 함. 쓰기 실제 논문을 일고 결론 쓰기. 또는 서론 쓰기, 또는 그외 글 읽고 요약 또는 듣기를 듣고 분석해서 쓰거나 논술 중 어떤게 나올지 모름. 시간 1시간이며 현재 cbt의 3배 분량의 글을 요구.
현재 문법: 사람짐
독해: gre의 단어 다 포함되고 그 보가 범위가 넓고 박사과정에 나오는 단어나 그외 학문 용어 다 포함 신생어도 포함시킴. 지문 길이 현재 300~400단어가 아니라 600~1000단어 현재의 2~4배 길이 시간 2시간 소요. 문항수 50~80문항. 문제는 문단 재배열(문장이 아님) 분석, 화자의 내면 분석과 인터사실들 문단으로 ?기. 또는 신생어 개념 ?기등. 현재 cbt도 그렇게 변경시켜 gre단어도 지문에 넣고 있고 더 어려운 단어로 나온다고 함.
이거 ets소식에 사이트 들어가 보면 나와있구요. 미국에 있는 랭귀지 스쿨을 대상으로 약 5천명에게 지금 계속 테스트 중에 있답니다. 중국은 이번 여름에 모두 컴퓨터 셋팅 들어가서 시험 가동한데요. 현재 cbt가 전보다 어려운데 성적이 안떨어지고 실력이 향상되었다구 하네요. 그리고 효과가 좋아서 이렇게 하기로 했다구 하네요. 미국각 대학에서도 합의 를 했데요. 아예 영어 되는 애들 제대로 뽑겠다고. ---> 여러분 ~ 어짜피 공부하는거 ~ 우리 모두 영어 제대루 되는 학생 되자구요 ~~
현재 cbt250점이 미국에서 중학교 3학년 학생들이 치르면 나오는 성적이라고 합니다. 그런데 바뀌는 토플은 미국에서 고등학교 3학년이 치르면 나오는 성적이 현재의 cbt250점 기준으로 해놨다고 합니다. 미국 대학수학능력시험의 난이도보다 조금더 어렵다도 합니다. 물론 성적에 따라 학부인지 석사인지 박사인지 결정된답니다.