TOEFL iBT Speaking Question 1 - Independent Speaking │ Inside the TOEFL Test

TOEFL expert Michael shares everything you need to know about Question #1 of the TOEFL iBT Speaking Section, also known as the Independent Speaking task. Here you will be asked to express and support your preference between two options. Includes tips, scoring criteria, and a sample response.

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Contents of this video:

0:00 Introduction
0:31 Question Format and Structure
1:29 Strategy
2:38 How the Question is Scored
3:39 Sample Response
5:52 Practice Tips and Advice

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[ashwani]

You guys are amazing. My first piece of advice to anyone out there for toefl to go through each of these videos for the format(reading, listening, speaking and writing). It will help a lot since these are official expectations:)
Ps: i scored 114/120(29/28/28/29)

[hasmikmelikyan]

Cool! These skills are very handy for learning any foreing language!

[auroraxin]

Thanks, your video is very inspiring!

[ramijameel]

Thank you so much for your hard work. keep continuing to add more new things about Toefl ipt. God bless you

[shilpagadre]

Does the question remain on the screen while we speak to give our response?

[arsenioseslpodcast]

I want people to be aware of how broken TOEFL is. I'm not sure who grades the essays or speaking, but I really think this American based test is sending jobs to India and they're grading everyone. There's no other way to explain how a B2+ can get a 15 in her writing. Meanwhile, that same writing would be a 26 in L.A. or Bogota. TOEFL is broken. Try doing IELTS instead! This coming from the BEST TOEFL instructor out there.

Michael is a clown and he knows he ships all jobs to India. Who grades the speaking and essays? Are they Americans? And even if they're another nationality, they don't have a legitimate rubric to follow.

[PratikshaKhanal-nq]

please provide independent task speaking question about 20

[victoriafreitas]

It is difficult, but we must try nonetheless.

[nastaranrezaei]

Hey, it’s exactly same as 8years ago video, I thought we have to speak faster than this(like sample response), someone please tell me is this answer really ok for ETS???

[kathmandufoodwalks]

Please do reading and listening part lso

[ubohitb]

OMG, will this answer really get 4/4?? I think it not that fluent at all. And the pronunciation is not that good. I strongly doubt it🤦‍♂

[Ag-dyfg]

What happens if someone exceeds the time limit?