Ambar Escudero - TOEFL IBT

During the duration of this course imparted by Teacher Demian Palacios from July 2^nd, 2016 to August 20^th, 2016, we were given the tools to help us prepare for the TOEFL IBT, which is a standardized test to measure the English language ability of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in English-speaking universities. The exam can be divided in 4 different sections:

·         Reading: this section consists of questions on 4–6 passages, each approximately 700 words in length. Passages require understanding of rhetorical functions such as cause-effect, compare-contrast and argumentation.

·         Listening: this section consists of questions on six passages, each 3–5 minutes in length. These passages include several student conversations and academic lectures or discussions.

·         Speaking: this section consists of six tasks: two independent and four integrated. In the two independent tasks, test-takers answer opinion questions on familiar topics. In the integrated tasks, test-takers are evaluated on their ability to appropriately synthesize and effectively convey information from the reading and listening material

·         Writing: on this section measures a test taker's ability to write in an academic setting and consists of an integrated task and one independent task.

And as a final evaluation we did a Personal Statement for a university we were interested in applying for, the document can be found in the following link.

Ambar Escudero - Personal Statement