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TOEFL iBT -- Speaking 1. Description In the speaking section, you will be asked to speak on a variety of topics that draw on personal experience, campus-based situations and academic content. The speaking section is approximately 20 minutes long and includes six questions. The first two questions are called Independent Speaking Tasks because they require you to draw entirely on your own ideas, opinions and experiences when you respond. The other four questions are called Integrated Speaking Tasks because they require you to integrate your English-language skills--listening and speaking, or listening, reading and speaking--just as you must during class and outside the classroom. 2. Speaking Task Types Independent Tasks Task-1: Personal Preference: This question asks you to express and defend a personal choice from a given category--for example, important people, places, events or activities that you enjoy. Preparation time: 15 seconds; Response time: 45 seconds Task-2: Choice: This question asks you to make and defend a personal choice between two contrasting behaviors or courses of action. Preparation time: 15 seconds; Response time: 45 seconds Integrated Tasks 2-1 (Read/Listen/Speak) Task-3: Campus Situation (Topic: Fit and Explain) *A reading passage (75-100 words) presents a campus-related issue. *A listening passage (60-80 seconds; 150-180 words) comments on the issue in the reading passage. *The question asks you to summarize the speakers opinion within the context of the reading passage. Preparation time: 30 seconds; Response time: 60 seconds Task-4: Academic Course (Topic: General/Specific) *A reading passage (75-100 words) broadly defines a term, process or idea from an academic subject. *An excerpt from a lecture (60-90 seconds; 150-220) words) provides examples and specific information to illustrate the term, process or idea from the reading passage. *The question asks you to combine and convey important information from the reading pas