| | INTERNET-BASED TOEFL | COMPUTER-BASED TOEFL | PAPER-BASED TOEFL |
| SKILLS TESTED | • Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing | • Listening
• Structure (Grammar)
• Reading
• Writing | • Listening
• Structure (Grammmar)
• Reading
• Writing |
| TEST TIME | 4 hours | 3.5 hours | |
| INTEGRATED TASKS | Yes | No | No |
LISTENING | 4 – 6 lectures, some with classroom discussion
• each 3 – 5 minutes long
• 6 questions each
2 – 3 conversations
• each 3 minutes long
• 5 questions each
Introduction of additional native
English accents
Time: 60 – 90 minutes
Score scale: 0 – 30 | 11 – 17 dialogues
• 1 question each
2 – 3 short conversations
• each up to 1 minute long
• 2 – 3 questions each
4 – 6 mini-lectures and discussions
• each up to 2 minutes long
• 3 – 6 questions each
Time: 40 – 60 minutes
Score scale: 0 – 30 | 3 – 4 mini-talks
• each 60 – 90 seconds long,
• 3 – 5 questions each
2 – 3 extended conversations
• each 60 – 90 seconds long
• 3 – 5 questions each
30 – 40 dialogues
• each 5 – 15 seconds long
• 1 question each
Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Score scale: 31 – 68 |
| SPEAKING | 6 tasks
• 2 independent tasks – express an opinion on a familiar topic
• 4 integrated tasks – speak based on what is read and heard
Up to 30 seconds to prepare the response
Up to 1 minute to respond
Time: 20 minutes
Score scale: 0 – 4 points; total of ratings converted to 0 – 30 score scale | None | None |
| READING | 3 – 5 passages from academic texts
• Approximately 700 words long
• Includes multiple-focus passages (compare/contrast, cause/effect)
• 12 – 14 questions for each passage
Time: 60 – 100 minutes
Score scale: 0 – 30 | 4 – 5 passages from academic texts
• 250 – 350 words long
• 11 questions per passage
Time: 70 – 90 minutes
Score scale: 0 – 30 | 5 passages from academic texts
• 250 – 350 words long
• 10 questions per passage
Time: 55 minutes
Score scale: 31 – 67 |
| WRITING | 2 tasks
• 1 integrated task – write based on what is read and heard
• 1 independent task – support an opinion on a topic
Time: 50 minutes (20 minutes for integrated task and 30 minutes for independent task)
Score scale: 0 – 5 points; total of ratings
converted to 0 – 30 score scale | 1 independent task – support an opinion on a
topic
Time: 30 minutes
Score scale: 0 – 6 points; combined with Structure and converted to score scale of
0 – 30
Typing optional | 1 independent task (Test of Written English)
Rating: 0 – 6 points, reported separately on score report
Time: 30 minutes
Handwriting only |
| STRUCTURE (GRAMMAR) | No grammar section, although grammar is evaluated in Speaking and Writing responses. | 20 – 25 questions
Time: 15 – 20 minutes
Score scale: score combined with Writing section score (see above) | 40 questions
Time: 25 minutes
Score scale: 31 – 68 |
| TOTAL SCORE | 0 – 120 | 0 – 300 | 310 – 677 |
