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1、雅思托福异同之口语篇朗阁考试研究中心我们都知道,每考生根据留学、工作或者移民目的地的不同,会选择不同的英语水平测试。比如到英国或者英联邦的国家,我们会选择雅思考试(IELTS),而到美国以及大部分北美的国家,则会选择新托福考试(TOEFL)。雅思与新托福考试一直以来是众多在中国怀揣出国留学或工作梦想的学生和工作人士所面临的最大的一道障碍。作为两大语言能力测试,二者在考核侧重点、得分和困难度上都有所不同。下面,朗阁名师就雅思托福口语方面的不同进行讲解:TheIELTS(InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSyst
2、em)andtheTOEFL(TestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage)aretwomainteststhatcheckforeignlanguagespeakers'Englishproficiencyglobally.Althoughbothtestsaretargetedatexaminingstudents'comprehensionandunderstandingoftheEnglishlanguageusage,thetwoarebynomeanidentityanddifferbothinthedeliver
3、y,scoringanddifficulty.Speakingsectionisalwaystheonepartwhichbothersthemajorityoftheprospectivetest-takers.Duringalltheseteachingyears,therearealwaysstudentswhoareconfusingwhichtesttheyshouldtakesincetherearehugedifferencesbetweentheIELTSandtheTOEFLspeakingsections.Letusseew
4、herethesimilaritiesanddifferenceslieinthesetwotests.1.Whichonetakesmoretime?TheIELTSspeakingtestisonecandidateandoneexaminer,whomanagesthetestandevaluatesthecandidateatthesametime.Thetestisseparatedintothreeparts.Bothpart1andpart3takeabout4minutes,part2takesabout3minutes.InP
5、art1,theexaminerasksthecandidatesomesimplepersonalquestionsoneverydaycommontopics.Theexaminerreadsthesequestionsfromascript.Somefrequentlyaskedtopicsarework,study,hometown,cities,food,holidays,friends,goingout,festivals,sports,schoolsandpublictransport.InPart2,theexaminergiv
6、esthecandidateatopiconacard(cuecard)andthecandidateneedstogiveaspeechaboutitformoreorless2minutes.Beforespeaking,thecandidatehasoneminutetomakenotes.Thetaskistotalkaboutapersonalexperiencesuchasamemorabledayorasignificantperson.Thisisfollowedbyaquickquestion,whichthecandidat
7、egivesashortanswerto.Thisprovidessomecontinuityforthetransitiontopart3.InPart3,candidateandexaminerwillhaveadiscussionrelatingtothesubjectareainPart2.Thecandidatewillbeaskedtodomorecomplicatedthings,suchasevaluate,justifypositionsandopinions,makepredictions,andexpressprefere
8、nces.Theexaminerhasalistofquestionsbutisnotrestrictedtothese.Heorshecanresp