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Although there are other standardized tests of English, the TOEFL test is by far the most important in North America; ETS has offered this exam since 1965. Each year, almost a million people take the TOEFL test at testing centers all over the world. | 578 Section 4 Guide to Writing He advocates that essay tests should be done at the same place and time because students should be in the same conditions for reading information. Besides he said its more ideal to measure students ability by the combination of both types of tests Score Comments __ Strategies for the Integrated Task Take notes on key points and important examples as you read the passage and listen to the lecture. Use your notes to connect the two sources of information and to write a brief informal outline. Summarize and paraphrase the material from the lecture and the passage. Balance the amount of material that you take from the lecture and the amount that you take from the passage. Synthesize connect and cite the material from the lecture and the passage According to the passage . . . The professor says that. . . . Integrated Writing Preview Test 579 I Integrated Writing Preview Test Directions Now start the Audio Program. Q This Writing Section tests your ability to write academic English. It consists of two writing tasks. The first writing task is an integrated task. It involves reading a short passage and listening to a short lecture on the same topic. You will then have twenty minutes in which to write a response based on the information in the passage and the lecture. Now read the directions for the first writing task. Directions Take three minutes to read the short passage on the following page. You may take notes as you read. After three minutes start the Audio Program. You will hear a lecture on the same topic as the reading. Again you may take notes as you listen. You will have twenty minutes to write your response. Your response should include information from both the reading and the lecture. Your essay will be rated on the completeness and accuracy of your response as well as on the correctness and quality of your writing. A typical response should be 150 to 225 words. You .