This new program targets 10 key academic skills
for TOEFL
®
iBT success.
Practice and mastery of these skills can help learners build confidence to communicate successfully in an academic environment.
Reading:
Making inferences from information in the passage
Making inferences about the author’s purpose
Understanding how new information fits into the passage
Listening:
Making inferences from information in a talk or conversation
Making inferences about a speaker’s purpose and attitude
Reading:
Basic understanding questions
Summary and fill in the table questions
Listening:
Basic comprehension questions
Connecting content questions
Reading:
Basic information questions
Listening:
Reading/Listening/Speaking questions
Reading/Listening/Writing questions
Reading:
Adding new information to a passage
Understanding the author’s purpose
Listening:
Understanding a speaker’s purpose and attitude
Reading:
Summary and fill in the table questions
Listening:
Integrated Reading/Listening/Speaking
Integrated Listening/Speaking
Reading:
Paraphrasing questions
Integrated Listening/Speaking
Integrated Reading/Listening/Speaking
Integrated Reading/Listening/Writing
Independent Speaking
Independent Writing
Reading:
Rhetorical purpose questions
Listening:
Understanding organization questions
Connecting content questions
All Speaking questions
All Writing questions
Reading/Listening/Speaking questions
Reading /Listening/Writing questions
All Speaking questions
All Writing questions
Making inferences
Identifying and using
main ideas and details
Skimming and scanning
Using context clues
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Using detailed examples
Identifying and using
rhetorical structures
Comparing and contrasting
Identifying and using
cohesive devices
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Building Skills for the TOEFL
®
iBT
10 TARGET SKILLS
TOEFL
®
iBT
TASKS
