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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,althoughthenumberofschoolswhichacceptbothseemstobeincreasinggradually.
2、 Ifyouareoneofthepeoplefacedwiththechoice,thereareafewdifferenceswhichyoumightconsiderbeforemakingyourdecision. Overallthetwotestsareactuallyquitesimilar.Theybothinvolvealongandexhaustingtestsession.Formanypeoplethesetwotestswillbethelongest“examsitting”theyhaveexperienced. Obviouslybothtests
3、nowincludethesame4modules(Speaking,Writing,ListeningandReading)althoughthesearebrokendownintosub-testsquitedifferently,TOEFLpreferringalargernumberofsmallertestmodules(e.g.6separatespeakingsub-tests). Anotherclearsimilarityisthatforboththespeakingandwritingteststhesetwotestingsystemsuseverydet
4、ailedandprecisemarkingsystems.Thisiswheretherealdifferencesexist,intheactualwaythatthescoresaregiven. TheSpeakingTest Whenyouanalyzethemarkingcriteriaforthetwotestsitstartstobecomeclearthatthesetestsarequitedifferent. Ifyouconsiderthescoringsystemoverall,thekeydifferenceisthebandscores.TOEFL
5、Speakingawardsscoresonascaleof1to4whereasasIELTSuses1to9. Theimportantthingtorealizehereisthatthedifferencesbetweenthescoresorthe“scoreboundaries”willbequitedifferent.BecauseTOEFLonlyawardsscoresfrom1to4,candidatesinthescoreregionof3forexamplecanactuallyhavequitedifferentlevelsofability.Incont
6、rast,forIELTScandidates,peopleinthebandlevelof6willhaveverysimilaroverallSpeakingabilities. Howdothescoresrelatetoeachother?AcommonlyaskedquestioniswhetheraTOEFLSpeakingLevel4isthesameasanIELTSSpeakingBand9.Theansweristhatthescoresarenotparallel.Itisnoteasytocalculatebutanintelligentestimation
7、wouldbethataTOEFLLevel4isapproximatelythesamelevelasanIELTS6.5. However,asIexplainedtheTOEFLscoreiswider,soinfactanyIELTSSpeakingcandidatewithascoreof6–9wouldmostlikelybeawardedLevel4inTOEFL. Whatdoesthismeanforthecandidate?Onew
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