Youtube channel specializing in TOEFL exams Test resources Important information has been revealed recently. The TOEFL test will be significantly revised on April 11, 2023, and will be fully launched on July 26!

✍The main changes are listed below:
1. The reading test articles are changed from 3 to 2 (30 questions in total), and the additional test is cancelled.

2. Listening test and additional test canceled

3. The writing test cancels independent writing and adds a question type from the "Discussion Board Question" of the TOEFL Essentials test.

(Discussion Board Question question type example)

4. Cancel the intermission

Due to the above changes in the number and type of questions, the total time of the TOEFL test will be approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes!

In fact, during the changes to the TOEFL test in 2019, the overall test time has been reduced by reducing the number of questions. This change further optimizes the examination format, which will presumably reduce the stress and physical and mental exertion of candidates. But at the same time, the reduction of test questions and the unchanged total score also means that the proportion of scores for each question is enlarged, and the impact of lost points is also amplified. I am afraid that the fault tolerance rate of the overall examination will not decrease but increase, and the grade gap will also be wider. !

The biggest change this time is the writing test, which canceled the Independent writing task and introduced Discussion board question type. In the currently known examples, candidates must respond to the professor's questions and individual students' responses. The part that explains personal opinions is similar to the original independent writing question type, but adds elements of analysis and response to individual publications.

Looking at this innovation, writing discussion board questions will test the ability to understand the academic viewpoints of the article, as well as the ability to analyze and argue individual opinions, and most importantly,academic writing skills, the model will only become more flexible and changeable. Generally speaking, daily accumulation and practice are still the constant truth. With the new SAT format also adding poetry this year, training in academic English and multi-oriented reading materials for the college entrance examination will become the key.

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