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TOEFL® Junior™ - test for a younger generation
2/25/2019
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The TOEFL® Junior™ Test
a natural extension of the TOEFL brand, but specifically geared to the language learning needs of middle grade type students tests English language abilities of teenagers measures language skills at A2-B2 levels (the scores are mapped onto CEFR) informed by research and relevant standards meets ETS Standards for Quality and Fairness
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The TOEFL® Junior™ Test is designed to provide useful information
2/25/2019 The TOEFL® Junior™ Test is designed to provide useful information Purpose is to assess the degree to which students have attained language proficiency representative of middle school English-medium instruction. Section Questions Time Listening Comprehension 42 35-40 Language Form & Meaning 25 Reading Comprehension 50 Total 126 110
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Listening Comprehension Section
2/25/2019 Listening Comprehension Section Listening Comprehension 42 questions 35-40 minutes scaled score Question Types Classroom instruction Short conversations Academic listening This section tests how well students understand spoken English Students are asked to answer questions based on a variety of statements, conversations and talks recorded in English Main idea: To understand the main idea of a listening passage 6~9 Detail To identify important details that are explicitly stated 6~20 Rhetorical device To understand the reason why a speaker presents specific information in a specific part of the passage 4~6 Speaker’s Purpose To identify the purpose or reason why a speaker makes an announcement or instruction, or gives a lecture 2~5 Inference To make inferences based on what is implied but not explicitly stated 0~9 Prediction To predict what is likely going to happen based on what is stated 1~6 Prosody To understand a speaker’s tone of voice 1~3
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Listening - Classroom Instruction
2/25/2019 Listening - Classroom Instruction Classroom Instruction items provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to understand information disseminated as instructions and announcements by teachers and other school staff. Listening abilities tested include: Main idea Speaker’s purpose Inference Prediction
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Classroom instruction
2/25/2019 Sample Listening Item Classroom instruction
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Sample Listening Item Classroom instruction
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Sample Listening Item Classroom instruction
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Listening - Short Conversations
Short Conversations provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to listen to and understand short conversations in English about student life. Listening abilities tested include: Main idea Detail Inference Prediction Rhetorical device Rhetorical device questions ask why a speaker mentions something in particular. For example, a student may talk about a basketball when making an analogy about planetary movement. The question would ask “Why does the girl talk about a basketball?” Prosody items test understanding of intonation and stress. A line from the talk of conversation is included in the item. For example, a question might ask “How does the boy probably feel when he says, ‘You didn’t leave it in your desk, did you?’”
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Sample Listening Item Short conversation Short conversation
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Sample Listening Item Short conversation
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Listening - Academic Talks
Academic Listening sets provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to learn new information in English in an academic context. Listening abilities tested include: Main idea Detail Inference Prediction Rhetorical device
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Listening - Academic Talks
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Language Form and Meaning section
2/25/2019 Language Form and Meaning section Language Form and Meaning 42 questions 25 minutes grammar and vocabulary in context Question Types Language Meaning Language Form Language Form and Meaning Question Type Overview Number Questions Language Form Sentence Structure 1. Choose the proper subject and verb for the sentence 2. Choose the proper noun phrase or clause 3. Choose the proper subjective or objective complement Verb Form Choose the proper verb based on its tense and voice Modifier Choose the proper modifier that modifies a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, or the entire sentence Relative Clause Choose the proper relative or relative clause based on its function and Meaning Comparative or Superlative Choose the proper positives, comparatives, or superlatives using an adjective or adverb Word Form Choose the proper word form Language Meaning Vocabulary Choose the proper noun, verb, modifier, conjunction, or preposition that Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2009 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
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Language Form and Meaning Section
This section is designed to assess students’ understanding of the structure of English and the depth of their vocabulary knowledge. The items are exercises embedded within a single paragraph. Text Types: Expository Biographical Correspondence Announcement Advertisement Fiction Language Meaning Question Types: Noun Verb Modifier Determiner Preposition Conjunction
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Language Form and Meaning Section
Language Form Question Types: Subject Object Subject and verb Verb form Passive voice Adjective or adjective phrase Adverb or adverb phrase Object complement Relative clause Noun phrase or noun clause Expletive Comparative or superlative Predicate nominative Word order Word form
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Questions - refer to the following e-mail.
2/25/2019 Sample Language Form and Meaning Item Questions - refer to the following .
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Reading Comprehension section
2/25/2019 Reading Comprehension section Reading Comprehension 42 questions 50 minutes words in each text variety of materials Question Types Non-academic Academic Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2009 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
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Reading Comprehension Section
This section is designed to assess the degree to which students have the reading skills representative of English-medium instructional environments. This includes two general types of reading: The ability to read and comprehend academic texts The ability to read and comprehend non-academic texts
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Reading Comprehension Genres
Text types are representative of genres that middle school type students might encounter in a classroom: Non-linear texts Correspondence Journalism Fiction Expository Biographical Persuasive
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Reading Comprehension Questions
Main idea Factual information Negative Fact Inference Author’s purpose/Rhetorical structure Vocabulary in context Idiomatic language Figurative language Pronoun referent Students are not expected to have prior knowledge of the vocabulary words tested as the words are surrounded by context to define them. The difference between the three vocabulary items types is: Vocabulary is usually a single word or phrasal verb Idiomatic language is usually phrase that has a commonly understood meaning (e.g., “to make a mountain out of a molehill”) Figurative langauge would usually appear in a fictional passage and would be a metaphor that is particular to that piece of writing
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Sample reading item Reading Comprehension
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Sample reading item Reading Comprehension
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Questions are about the following announcement.
2/25/2019 Sample Reading item Questions are about the following announcement. Language Form and Meaning Question Type Overview Number Questions Language Form Sentence Structure 1. Choose the proper subject and verb for the sentence 2. Choose the proper noun phrase or clause 3. Choose the proper subjective or objective complement Verb Form Choose the proper verb based on its tense and voice Modifier Choose the proper modifier that modifies a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, or the entire sentence Relative Clause Choose the proper relative or relative clause based on its function and Meaning Comparative or Superlative Choose the proper positives, comparatives, or superlatives using an adjective or adverb Word Form Choose the proper word form Language Meaning Vocabulary Choose the proper noun, verb, modifier, conjunction, or preposition that What time will the festival begin? (A) 10 a.m. (B) 11 a.m. (C) 1 p.m. (D) 2 p.m. Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2009 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
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Certificates of Achievement
2/25/2019 Certificates of Achievement below 630 points + 630 points + 750 points + 840 points Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2009 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
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Certificates of Achievement
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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
2/25/2019 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) A B B
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2/25/2019 Score Report Section scores for Listening, Language Form and Meaning, and Reading Section Scale Scores Listening Comprehension Language Form and Meaning Reading Comprehension Total Score Provides a description of the English language abilities typical of test takers scoring around a particular scaled score level. There are four possible descriptions for each section of the test. Linked to the Common European Framework of Reference Includes Lexile® reading measure (Lexile is a registered trademark of MetaMetrics, Inc.) Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2009 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
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The TOEFL Junior Score Report
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Sample score descriptions
2/25/2019 Sample score descriptions Language Form and Meaning section Test takers who score below 210 may need to develop the following skills: Broadening their general vocabulary Improving their skill in using basic grammatical structures such as subject-verb agreement, simple prepositions and simple relative clauses Understanding how sentences are combined together to create effective paragraphs Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2009 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
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About Lexile Measures ETS and MetaMetrics jointly conducted a study to link the TOEFL Junior test & Lexile scales MetaMetrics hosts a web-based Lexile service to help students find books at their level TODAY TOMORROW
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Optimal range for practice is 100L below to 50L above reader
Lexile® Measures Reading Ability 850L Text Complexity 850L reader text Optimal range for practice is 100L below to 50L above reader Reader measures are determined by a test Text measures are determined by software When reader and text measures match, reading and learning improves
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Lexile Service for the TOEFL Junior® Test
All customers can go online to… Learn more about Lexile measures, what they mean, and how to use them effectively Find books at the “right” English reading level Practice over time
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Lexile Library Browse & search the Lexile book database (50,000 titles) Store favorites to create a custom reading list Jump to online booksellers for purchase and more info Online preview for some books (immediate practice)
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Enables immediate practice for some titles (often several chapters)
Online Book Preview Enables immediate practice for some titles (often several chapters)
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Landing Page lexile.com/toefljunior
Lexile service for TOEFL Junior customers lexile.com/toefljunior Step 1: Enter Lexile measure
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Select reading interests
Landing Page Step 2 Select reading interests
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User Home Page Create an account User’s Lexile information Saved books
Sample book recommendations Pre-made reading lists
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Benefits of the TOEFL® Junior® test
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Benefits of the TOEFL® Junior® test
Designed for students for whom English is a foreign language. The TOEFL Junior ® test: Accurate, convenient and reliable Based on the rich heritage of the TOEFL® test New forms available each year Practical information to inform learning Lexile® Reading measure, from MetaMetrics CEFR levels and corresponding certificates “Can-do” statements for instructors 2/25/2019
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Ways to use TOEFL® Junior™ Scores
2/25/2019 Ways to use TOEFL® Junior™ Scores A general academic proficiency standard Information supporting placement decisions Information about student progress in developing English language proficiency over time Advise students on appropriate book selections to improve their reading proficiency based on Lexile® Measures Better prepare the students for academic, workplace and personal life success. Institutions who use TOEFL Junior are English-language programs International schools where the language of instruction is English Schools in non-English speaking countries that focus on teaching content through English Bullet 1 – With TOEFL Junior, students around the world have an objective measure they can use to rate their proficiency in academic English—the English needed to succeed in the classroom. Bullet 2 – TOEFL Junior scores can be used to help institutions making placement decisions. TOEFL Junior scores can help answer the question—is this student ready to receive classroom instruction in English, or does the student need more English support? Bullet 3 – TOEFL Junior can be used to help language schools monitor students’ progress over time. It can be given at different points throughout a program to measure students’ gains in English proficiency. Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2009 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
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CH Jupiter, wejście E, II piętro
Questions? Contact: Educational Testing Service (ETS) Global BV Sp. z o.o., oddział w Polsce CH Jupiter, wejście E, II piętro ul. Towarowa 22 Warszawa Tel: Anna Gutkowska-Zając
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