Examining the impact of L2 reading and listening proficiency and task type on scores on TOEFL-iBT writing tasks

The present study is an attempt to investigate the impact of L2 reading and listening proficiency and task type on scores on TOEFL-iBT writing tasks. It was conducted on four male and female TOEFL iBT candidates getting ready for the exam, living in Iran, and wishful to live or study abroad. They were dealing with TOEFL iBT instruction and further practice and exposure to relevant exercises. After a couple of sessions on TOEFL iBT required skills and practice, they took some tests of listening, reading, and eventually both integrated and independent writing. Their obtained scores were correlated to see if there was any significant correlation. The finding of Spearman correlation analyses indicated that there was no significant correlation between iBT candidates reading and listening proficiency and their independent writing performance, whereas integrated writing was highly influenced by listening and reading ability. In addition, they outperformed in ‘addition’ question of integrated writing rather than ‘comparison’questions. Furthermore, the findings, based on the interview, revealed that time and keyboarding skills were the main challenges for most iBT takers.

کلیدواژه ها:

TOEFL iBT ، proficiency ، integrated writing ، independent writing ، keyboarding