<23년 7월 23일 TOEFL TEST 변경 사항>

2023년 4월 11일 ETS는 응시자에게 최적의 경험을 제공하기 위한 지속적인 노력의 일환으로 TOEFL iBT ® 변경 사항을 발표했다.

▶ 변경 세부사항

- 시행일: 2023년 7월 26일

- 시험 소요시간: 2시간 미만

- Dummy 문항 삭제

- Reading: 2개의 Passage 각각 10문제 (총 20문제)로 감소 / 응시시간: 35분

- Listening: 변경사항 없이 기존과 동일한 28문제 / 응시시간: 36분

- Speaking: 변경사항 없이 기존과 동일한 4문제 / 응시시간: 16분

- Writing: Intergrated Writing 유지, Independent Writing은 Academic Discussion으로 문제 유형 변경 / 응시시간: 29분

위 내용을 종합적으로 정리하면 Reading, Listening, Speaking 영역의 문제유형은 동일하며, 단지 Reading 영역의 문제 수 감소와 Dummy 문항의 삭제로 시험 시간이 단축됐다고 볼 수 있다. 

다만, Writing 영역의 경우 Independent Writing이  Academic Discussion이라는 새로운 유형으로 변경 됨에 주목해야 한다.

<Academic Discussion Sample>

Writing Practice Set 2: (Academic Discussion) -- Instructions, Question, and Discussion

Your professor is teaching a class on political science. Write a post responding to the professor’s question.

In your response you should:

• express and support your opinion

• make a contribution to the discussion

An effective response will contain at least 100 words. You will have 10 minutes to write it.

Dr. Gupta

As I mentioned in class, governments make public policies to describe their responses to various problems that affect a community. Part of this process involves setting and defending priorities about which issues deserve the most attention and resources. For example, governments need to decide whether they should spend more money on education or on environmental protections. If you were a policy maker, which issue would you argue is more important—education or environmental protections? Why?

Kelly

We all live on planet Earth, and it is the only planet we have. Therefore, we must take care of it. Clearly, protecting the environment should be the government’s priority over education. I think the REAL question is, which approach to protecting the environment—restricting pollution, regulating population, promoting clean energy, or something else—should be the government’s priority.

Andrew

I disagree with Kelly that that the environment is more important than education. Education is actually the best way to protect the environment. Educated people can see how their decisions affect the world around them. Also, with better science and technology education, we can develop solutions to environmental problems. Therefore, I think the government should spend more money on education. 

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