[ETS]关于2005年新托福考试

http://www.gter.net 2003-3-5 7:48:06 ETS 作者:ETS 以下转载自ETS官方网站
Princeton, N.J. (Feb. 27, 2003) --Educational Testing Service will introduce the next generation of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) in September 2005, a company official announced today.Mari Pearlman, ETS vice president of Teaching and Learning, made the announcement during a presentation at the University of Texas in Austin.She also announced that in July 2004, TOEFL's
40th anniversary, ETS will begin offering full-length practice versions of the test along with related learning tools on the
The practice tests will be company's Web site.unproctored and scores will be reported only to the test taker.The official new
TOEFL will be offered starting September 2005 at secure ETS test centers worldwide."When the new versionis introduced, test takers
and English language instructors will see a whole new approach to TOEFL. It's more than just a
test," said Pearlman. "Test takers will get diagnostic information on their
strengths and weaknesses and guidance on improving their scores. We will offer learning tools to help people improve English language proficiency."

"But most important," she explained, "the world will finally have a test
that provides information about a student's real-life ability to integrate
English speaking, listening, writing and reading — the language skills
essential to functioning successfully in higher education settings."

ETS officials will meet with colleges, universities and other score users
to introduce the new approach and to discuss how the transition to next
generation TOEFL will impact their institutions.

The current computer-based and paper-based versions of the TOEFL test will
continue to be used for admission purposes through August 2005. Officials
have not yet determined the price of the new TOEFL test but it will be
comparable to other English language proficiency tests widely used for
higher education admissions.

In September 2002, ETS unveiled the innovative classroom learning product,
LanguEdgeTM Courseware. Accessed via network server, LanguEdge helps
teachers build academic English skills and prepare students for current and
next generation TOEFL testing.

Pearlman says a new TOEFL Academic Speaking Test (TAST), a practice stand-
alone version of the speaking portion of the new test, will be introduced
as early as March 2003.

ETS will provide updates and new developments on the next generation TOEFL and the array of related products and services on the Web at www.toefl.org.

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