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1、雅思托福考试异同IELTSVsTOEFL雅思PK托福：考官谈两大王牌考试的异同　　Whichtestismoredifficult?　　Formostpeoplethisquestionisirrelevant,asmostpeopleknowmanyUniversitiesorcollegeswillspecifywhichtestyoumusttake.Mostinstitutionswillacceptonebutnottheother,althoughthenumberofschoolswhichacceptbothseemstobeincr

2、easinggradually.　　Ifyouareoneofthepeoplefacedwiththechoice,thereareafewdifferenceswhichyoumightconsiderbeforemakingyourdecision.　　Overallthetwotestsareactuallyquitesimilar.Theybothinvolvealongandexhaustingtestsession.Formanypeoplethesetwotestswillbethelongest“examsitting”theyha

3、veexperienced.　　Obviouslybothtestsnowincludethesame4modules（Speaking,Writing,ListeningandReading）althoughthesearebrokendownintosub-testsquitedifferently,TOEFLpreferringalargernumberofsmallertestmodules（e.g.6separatespeakingsub-tests）.　　Anotherclearsimilarityisthatforboththespea

4、kingandwritingteststhesetwotestingsystemsuseverydetailedandprecisemarkingsystems.Thisiswheretherealdifferencesexist,intheactualwaythatthescoresaregiven.　　TheSpeakingTest　　Whenyouanalyzethemarkingcriteriaforthetwotestsitstartstobecomeclearthatthesetestsarequitedifferent.　　Ifyouc

5、onsiderthescoringsystemoverall,thekeydifferenceisthebandscores.TOEFLSpeakingawardsscoresonascaleof1to4whereasasIELTSuses1to9.　　Theimportantthingtorealizehereisthatthedifferencesbetweenthescoresorthe“scoreboundaries”willbequitedifferent.BecauseTOEFLonlyawardsscoresfrom1to4,candi

6、datesinthescoreregionof3forexamplecanactuallyhavequitedifferentlevelsofability.Incontrast,forIELTScandidates,peopleinthebandlevelof6willhaveverysimilaroverallSpeakingabilities.　　Howdothescoresrelatetoeachother?AcommonlyaskedquestioniswhetheraTOEFLSpeakingLevel4isthesameasanIELT

7、SSpeakingBand9.Theansweristhatthescoresarenotparallel.ItisnoteasytocalculatebutanintelligentestimationwouldbethataTOEFLLevel4isapproximatelythesamelevelasanIELTS6.5.　　However,asIexplainedtheTOEFLscoreiswider,soinfactanyIELTSSpeakingcandidatewithascoreof6–9wouldmostlikelybeaward

8、edLevel4inTOEFL.　　Whatdoesthismeanforthecandidate?Onew