Our TOEFL testing center: 
The Language Department of the Czech Language Institute
of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Na Florenci 3 (4th Floor)
Prague 1
For more information or to register online visit ETS web pages
Our relation to ETS: we have no influence and no “inside” information
Structure of the test
The format of the internet-based test is as follows:
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SECTION
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QUESTIONS
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FORMAT
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TIME
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Reading
30 points
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3-5 passages
12-14 questions each
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Texts (approximately 700 words) followed by multiple choice questions
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60-100 minutes
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Listening
30 points
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4-6 lectures
3-5 minutes long
6 questions per lecture
2-3 conversations 3 minutes long
5 questions per conversation
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Academic lectures to simulate listening and speaking in the classroom
Conversations in an academic setting
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60-90 minutes
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Writing
30 points
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Integrated
Independent
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Read a short passage for 3 minutes (300 words) and listen to a short lecture for 2 minutes and then write (150-225 words)
Give and support your opinion about a general topic (300 words)
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20 minutes
30 minutes
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Speaking
30 points
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Independent
Integrated
Integrated
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Answer short questions about general topics
Answer questions about information you have read and listened to
Answer questions about a discussion or short lecture you have listened to
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20 minutes
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Specific:
1) Speaking – 20 minutes
- Note-taking skills
- Practice necessary as time is short
- Always one formal and one conversation where a student is there (foreign accent)
- Authentic texts
- Purpose or motivation of conversation and degree of certainty
- 2 independent tasks (on familiar topics – personal experiences; describe people/place/objects, justify likes/dislikes, recount events or past actions) and 4 integrated tasks (2 reading/listening/speaking and 2 listening/speaking)
2) Writing
- Integrated tasks – 150-225 words in 20 minutes
- One listening and one reading – respond, summarize, compare and contrast (conflict between reading and listening texts) or filling in a chart
3) Essay
- 300 word minimum in 30 minutes
- Independent task
4) Listening
- Note-taking skills – student allowed to take notes now on paper (provided, cannot be taken away) or on the computer
- Student can replay sections relevant to the questions – but maximum time still applies
5) Reading
- Much like the original test – some words are defined in the text (glossary), students can take the notes
- Longer texts and some new questions – categorize using chart or paraphrasing or summarizing
Our approach
- Skills development – study skills, listening, speaking, writing skills
Study areas
Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Physical Sciences
Academic and „normal“ spoken English registers required
The maximum score on the iBT computer-based test is 120, which corresponds to 300 in the computer-based test and 677 in the paper-based test. Universities still tend to state their requirements in terms of the paper-based test.
The following table compares the scores of the two formats. The scores will be valid for two years after the original test date.
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Paper-based test
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Computer-based test
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Internet-based test
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677
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300
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120
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660
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287
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117
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630
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267
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109
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600
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250
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100
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580
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237
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92
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550
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213
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79
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500
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173
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61
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450
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133
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46
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400
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97
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32
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