fussy
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 Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: A small wonder about TOEFL iBT speaking test scroring |
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I am new to both TOEFL stuff and TOEFL iBT.
Recently, I have decided to take the test and so, start training by myself. I am using a learning CD from Longman. It's almost great. I am not going to complain or comment about the CD, but try to understand the TOEFL scoring for speaking part through study meterials in the Longman CD.
There is a speaking test like this:
Given meterials:
-a reading paragraph: a univ president announcement about classes re-scheduled due to bad weather
-a listening tape: a talking between 2 students, which shows their opinions about the announcement and the impact of it on them
And here is the question (I quote the text here, 'cause I want to be clear about what the question asks and what to answer):
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| The student discuss the announcement from the university president. State their opinions of the announcement and the effect the decicion in the announcement will have on each of them. |
The given time to answer the above question is 60s.
The sample answer makes me a little bit confusing: in the beginning of the sample answer, they summarize the content of the announcement and the content of the discussion between 2 students, which aren't asked by the question, but makes the answer long (3 paragraph # 7 long sentences for this only) and eventhough its duration is within the allowable time the speaker speaks quite fast. Moreover, after each test, the learning program plays a self-assessment checklist where "I began with an overall topic statement" is one among other checked items. In my opinion, this item implies that test takers should always begin with an overvall topic statement, which is, again, in my opinion, the sumarization of the topic.
And it is the same with other speaking tests in the learning CD (I didn't try all yet).
I wonder if it is necessary to include the topic sumarization when the question ins't asked? It it isn't, and I do it, will my scrore be degraded by the fact that I didn't understand the question well?
I hope teachers and students around here help me to clear this point. |
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