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Overview TOEFL iBT Writing
Overview TOEFL iBT Writing
Independent: 30 300
knowledge and minutes
experience
2. Integrated Writing Task
• Reading Passage
You have three minutes to read and take notes on a 250─300
word academic passage.
Usually has three main points.
After you read the passage, it will disappear
but will re-appear when you hear
the question and begin to write.
3. Integrated Writing Task
• Listening passage
two to three minutes
developed with three main points
• You will only hear the lecture
once.
Take complete and accurate
notes.
4. Integrated Writing Task
• Writing your essay
20 minutes
• Question:
Summarize main points and show how they support the
reading; OR
Summarize main points and show how they cast doubt on
the reading.
5. Text Tools
• Copy: copies highlighted text
• Cut: cuts highlighted text
• Paste: pastes copied or cut text
• Undo: Undoes last action
• Redo: Redoes action you just undid
• Word count: shows number of words written
• Enter (twice): starts new paragraph
6. Top Score Features
• The essay is on topic and addresses both parts of the
question.
• The essay:
summarizes listening and reading content.
relates reading to listening.
is written in a logical order (coherent) with sufficient detail
(progression).
includes transitions to make it cohesive.
contains a range of vocabulary and
grammar.
7. Independent Writing Task
• Plan, write, and edit in 30 minutes.
• State opinion.
• Give reasons, details, and examples to support
opinion.
8. Top Score Features
• The essay is on topic and answers all aspects of the
question.
• The essay
is coherent: written in a logical order.
shows evidence of progression: main points are supported
with sufficient detail.
is unified: every sentence relates to the thesis statement.
is cohesive: ideas connect with transitions.
includes range of vocabulary
and grammatical structures.
9. Scoring
• Essay is scored from zero to five.
• Essays are scored by four ETS raters.
• The final writing score is out of 30.
10. Example Independent Writing
Scoring Rubrics
5 • on topic and responds to the task
• logically organized with main
points, details, and examples
• everything relates to the thesis
statement
• proper language used consistently
• range of grammatical constructions
• appropriate vocabulary and idioms
• may contain the occasional error