Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS and TOEFL

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

IELTSTOEFL

IELTS TOEFL

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IELTS & TOEFL:Where are the overlaps?

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS and TOEFL

» Why IELTS & TOEFL?

» An overview of equivalency research

» A construct analysis comparison

» Implications for stakeholders

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229845/bis-13-1082-international-education-accompanying-analytical-narrative.pdf

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/studentsupport/international/englishlanguage/languagerequirements/

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

    IELTS TOEFL 

ListeningTimings 40 minutes 60 – 90 minutes

Questions 40 questions 34 – 51 questions 

ReadingTimings 60 minutes 60 – 80 minutes

Questions 40 questions 36 – 56 questions 

SpeakingTimings 14 minutes 20 minutes

Questions 3 tasks 6 tasks 

WritingTimings 60 minutes 50 minutes

Questions 2 tasks 2 tasks 

Total Time: 174 minutes190 – 240 minutes

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

IELTS

TOEFL iBT

SPEAKING

Prompt types

a) photographs

b) drawings

c) cue cards

d) texts

e) audio

Task Type

a) answering questions for assessor

b) problem solving

c) discussion with assessor

d) discussion with another candidate

Testing Focus

a) describing

b) reporting events

c) responding to requests for info / explaining

d) giving examples

e) agreeing or disagreeing

f) expressing opinions / preferences

g) making suggestions

h) persuading

i) expressing possibility

j) expressing purpose

k) comparing and contrasting

l) summ

ing up

m) appropriate social exchange

n) negotiation

o) exchanging ideas

p) sustaining an interaction

q) synthesising

information

from

multiple

sources

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

IELTS

TOEFL iBT

WRITING

Types of Input

a) diagrams

b) tables

c) graphs

d) Excerpts from

books or articles

e) audio lecture or talk

Task Type

a) written task w

ith text input

b) summ

ary

Text Type

a) descriptive composition

b) discursive composition

c) summ

ary

Testing Focus

a) describing

b)

responding to

requests for

info /

explaining

c) giving examples

d) agreeing or disagreeing

e) expressing opinions / preferences

f) expressing purpose

g) comparing and contrasting

h) classifying

i) summ

ing up

j) justifying

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Implications:Students:

Choose an exam that plays to your strengths

Teachers: Know your choices

Institutions: Choose an exam that reflects your needs

Chalk and Cheese: Equivalency Issues with IELTS & TOEFL.

David Petrie

Thursday 3rd April 2014

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