CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO KNOW THE TOEFL WHAT IS THE TOEFL? The TOEFL is a comprehensive English language examination required by more than 3,000 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and other parts of the world. In addition, foreign born professionals frequently need a TOEFL score for certification to practice their profession in the United States or Canada. The TOEFL is a timed test that consists of the three sections listed here. THE TOEFL Section 1 Listening Comprehension 50 questions 35 minutes Part A Statements 20 questions Part B Short Dialogs 15 questions
features to support authoring of content-area texts for English language learners. Ordinate, a subsidiary of Harcourt, has been developing language tests since the 90's where basic language abilities such as reading or repeating are tested (Bernstein, 1999). This is another way of avoiding the high error rate in open-ended speech recognition for spontaneous speech. They showed correlations around 0.80 between their tests and other widely used language tests such as ETS's TOEFL (Bernstein, DeJong, Pisoni, & Townshend, 2000). Cucchiarini et al. (Cucchiarini, Strik, & Boves, 1997a, 1997b) developed a speech recognition based automatic pronunciation scoring system for Dutch by using features such as log likelihood Hidden Markov Model scores, various duration scores, and information on pauses, word stress, syllable structure, and intonation. They also found good agreement (correlations above 0.70) between machine scores and human ratings of pronunciation
10. Kus ja milliseid keeleeksameid saab sooritada, mis on aktsepteeritavad välisriikide kõrgkoolides? IELTS (International English Language Testing System ) on test, mida arvestatakse kõikide Euroopa riikide ja Ameerika kõrgkoolides. Eestis saab IELTS teste sooritada üks kord kuus Briti Nõukogu juures;TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language ), mida tunnustatakse laialdaselt kogu maailmas. Eestis korraldab TOEFL testide läbiviimist Põhja-Ameerika ülikoolide teabekeskus Tallinna Tehnikaülikoolis; TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication ) on maailmas enim kasutatud inglise keele test. Testi kasutatakse nii ärimaailmas, keeltekoolides kui ka kutse- ja ülikoolides. TOEIC teste viib Eestis läbi Põhja-Ameerika ülikoolide teabekeskus. 11. Mida nimetatakse väärtusteks? Väärtused on sinu sisemised tõekspidamised, mis näitavad, mida sa hindad ja tähtsaks
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