The Internet is one of the best resources for this, but any books, magazines, or journals are very helpful as well. It is best to progress to reading texts that are more academic in style, the kind that would be found in university courses. | This page intentionally left blank TOEFL iBT i Writing Read t chaptc rrrm Introduction to the Writing Section There are two tasks in the Writing section of the TOEFL iBT test an Integrated Writing Task and an Independent Writing Task. The Integrated Writing Task comes first because it requires some listening and when you are taking the real TOEFL iBT you will be wearing headphones. When you finish the Integrated Writing Task which takes about 20 minutes you may take the headphones off to work on the Independent Writing Task. You will then have 30 minutes to complete the Independent Writing Task. This chapter discusses each of the writing tasks in detail and the scoring criteria that raters will use to evaluate your writing. It includes samples of each task sample responses to each task and specific advice on how to approach writing your own response. For both the writing tasks on the TOEFL iBT the people evaluating your writing recognize that your response is a first draft. You are not expected to produce a well-researched comprehensive essay about a highly specific specialized topic. You can receive a high score with an essay that contains some errors. The Integrated Writing Task You will read a passage about an academic topic for three minutes and then you will hear a short lecture related to the topic. Then you will be asked to summarize the points in the listening passage and explain how they relate to specific points in the reading passage. This task gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to show that you can communicate in writing about academic information you have read and listened to. 195 TOEFL iBT Writing Example A reading passage like the following will appear on your computer screen. You will have 3 minutes to read the passage. In many organizations perhaps the best way to approach certain new projects is to assemble a group of people into a team. Having a team of people attack a project offers several advantages. First of all a group of
