1.4 对TOEFL iBT口语考试评分标准的理解

毋庸置疑，对于输出技能，比如口语和写作部分而言，对评分标准的理解程度，决定了你考试成败的百分之六十，如曼昆先生在《经济学原理》开宗明义地要求：“学习经济学，要像经济学家一样思考”，并给出十大原则。对于托福口语考试这样“切片式”的口头表达能力的集中考查，要在最多60秒内展现自己的语言能力，必须对评分标准有深刻的理解。建议各位学友在辅导老师的带领下，认真理解揣摩ETS官方的各种资料，将《托福考试官方指南》作为托福口语考试的唯一要旨，牢记在心并真正指导自己的日常语言运用。

最关键的评分指标^[1]：

Familiarize yourself with the scoring rubric.It will help you understand how responses are evaluated.

Both scoring rubrics，the Independent Scoring Rubric and the Integrated Scoring Rubric，define the key characteristics of responses in terms of three important dimensions：delivery，language use，and topic development.When raters evaluate responses，they consider all three dimensions equally.No one dimension is weighted more heavily than another.

Your responses will be scored holistically.This means that the rater will listen for various features in your response and assign a single score based on the overall skill you display in your answer.Although scoring criteria vary somewhat depending on the question，the raters will generally be listening for the following features in your answer：

※Delivery：How clear your speech is.Good responses are those in which the speech is fluid and clear，with good pronunciation，natural pacing，and natural-sounding intonation patterns.

※Language Use：How effectively you use grammar and vocabulary to convey your ideas.Raters will be listening for how well you can control both basic and more complex language structures and use appropriate vocabulary.

※Topic Development：How fully you answer the question and how coherently you present your ideas.Good responses generally use all or most of the time allotted，and the relationship between ideas and the progression from one idea to the next is clear and easy to follow.

It is important to note that raters do not expect your response to be perfect，and high scoring responses may contain occasional errors and minor lapses.After all the six tasks are rated，the scores of the ratings are totaled.

The sum of the scores is statistically converted to a scaled score of 0 to 30.

注：关于托福口语考试的评分标准（1～30分）与原始分换算请参见《托福考试官方指南》，此处不再赘述。