Vinnytsia Information Center ‘Window on America’ is hosting a group of the TOEFL workshops participants who have a chance to try themselves in this examination. 16 June, 2012 became an Introduction on ETS and TOEFL.
A leader of this activity
Maryna Lysun, a Fulbright alumnus had her own experience of passing this exam
successfully. This time she presented the TOEFL iBT™ test’s design as the
result of years of research and development that involved experts in the fields
of measurement and language teaching and testing. Maryna L. told about TOEFL
types taking into consideration the TOEFL history, the evolution of the TOEFL
Test constructs and contents over three stages of development. It could be
interesting for you to know that 1964 TOEFL launched based on: teaching
practices of the time and theories language abilities.
Before starting this activity
the participants told about their intentions to take this test answering the
following questions: What do you want to know about TOEFL? Why do you need this
information?
It should be said that the
purpose of the TOEFL iBT test is to evaluate the English proficiency of people
whose native language is not English. Maryna L. admitted the TOEFL iBT scores
are primarily used as a measure of the ability of international students to use
English in an academic environment. The
TOEFL iBT test includes many technological and assessment innovations. It was ended with Q&A.
If you are interested in these
workshops, you are welcome. The next one is 23 June, 2012. A venue is the Information Center
There were 17 attendees of
this activity at the Center.
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