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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.　　Ifyo

2、uareoneofthepeoplefacedwiththechoice,thereareafewdifferenceswhichyoumightconsiderbeforemakingyourdecision.　　Overallthetwotestsareactuallyquitesimilar.Theybothinvolvealongandexhaustingtestsession.Formanypeoplethesetwotestswillbethelongest“examsitting”theyhaveexperienced.　　Obviouslybothtestsnowinclude

3、thesame4modules（Speaking,Writing,ListeningandReading）althoughthesearebrokendownintosub-testsquitedifferently,TOEFLpreferringalargernumberofsmallertestmodules（e.g.6separatespeakingsub-tests）.　　Anotherclearsimilarityisthatforboththespeakingandwritingteststhesetwotestingsystemsuseverydetailedandprecise

4、markingsystems.Thisiswheretherealdifferencesexist,intheactualwaythatthescoresaregiven.　　TheSpeakingTest　　Whenyouanalyzethemarkingcriteriaforthetwotestsitstartstobecomeclearthatthesetestsarequitedifferent.　　Ifyouconsiderthescoringsystemoverall,thekeydifferenceisthebandscores.TOEFLSpeakingawardsscores

5、onascaleof1to4whereasasIELTSuses1to9.　　Theimportantthingtorealizehereisthatthedifferencesbetweenthescoresorthe“scoreboundaries”willbequitedifferent.BecauseTOEFLonlyawardsscoresfrom1to4,candidatesinthescoreregionof3forexamplecanactuallyhavequitedifferentlevelsofability.Incontrast,forIELTScandidates,p

6、eopleinthebandlevelof6willhaveverysimilaroverallSpeakingabilities.　　Howdothescoresrelatetoeachother?AcommonlyaskedquestioniswhetheraTOEFLSpeakingLevel4isthesameasanIELTSSpeakingBand9.Theansweristhatthescoresarenotparallel.ItisnoteasytocalculatebutanintelligentestimationwouldbethataTOEFLLevel4isappro

7、ximatelythesamelevelasanIELTS6.5.　　However,asIexplainedtheTOEFLscoreiswider,soinfactanyIELTSSpeakingcandidatewithascoreof6–9wouldmostlikelybeawardedLevel4inTOEFL.　　Whatdoesthismeanforthecandidate?Onew