Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 48. This course gives students the skills, strategies, practice and confidence they need to increase their scores on all sections of the TOEFL Test, including the Test of Written English. This edition reflects the revised TOEFL, first administered in July 1995, and skill coverage has been expanded for all sections. Volume A explains and practices key language points so that students improve their language proficiency as well as their test-taking skills. Clearly defined steps, pre- and post-tests and TOEFL exercises guide students in improving TOEFL strategies and. | SECTION FOUR WRITING WRITING Writing sometimes appears on the paper TOEFL test and always appears on the computer TOEFL test. On both forms of the test writing consists of an essay question which must be answered by the test-taker in thirty minutes. The paper and the computer writing sections are similar in the following ways the type of question the amount of time the way the writing is scored The paper and the computer writing sections are different in the following ways the frequency with which writing is tested the place where writing appears on the test the method for writing an answer the computation of the writing score in the overall score WRITING ON THE PAPERTOEFLTEST wi On the paper TOEFL test the writing section is called the Test of Written English TWE . The TWE is given at the beginning of the TOEFL test before the Listening Comprehension Structure and Written Expression and Reading Comprehension. On the TWE you are given a specific topic and you are asked to write an answer to the question. You have thirty minutes to write your answer on a lined sheet of paper. The TWE only appears on some of the paper TOEFL tests. The dates when the TWE will be given are published in the Bulletin of Information for TOEFL TWE and TSE. You should check the bulletin when you apply for the paper TOEFL test to determine whether or not the TWE will be given on the date when you will take the test. WRITING ON THE COMPUTERTOEFLTEST On the computer TOEFL test the fourth section is called the Writing section. The Writing section appears every time that the computer TOEFL test is given. In this section you are given a specific topic and you are asked to write an answer to the question. You have thirty minutes either to type your answer on the computer or to write your answer on a lined sheet of paper. You should type your answer on the computer only if you are comfortable working on a computer if you decide to write your answer by hand then be sure to write neatly. 473 474 .
