As you asking I am telling TOEFL speaking section contains 6 questions that you answer with recorded speech and the maximum possible score on this section is a 30. With that out of the way, let's get down to the details.


Each of your 6 questions are evaluated by two separate graders.

Graders are trained to rate your recordings according to strict requirements and will assign each of your answers either a 1, 2, 3, or 4 depending on the quality and strength of your answer.

A 1 is uncommunicative; students who earn this score may have survival English but nothing more.

A 2 is limited; this is for students who can survive comfortably with English but cannot express themselves very well.

A 3 is communicative; students with this score are comfortable with English and have next to no limitation with the language.

A 4 is nearly fluent; this is awarded to students who display a fluent command of the language.

Students must prove they are able to speak effectively under the following requirements:

• Deliver adequate oral responses to the questions.
• Participate actively in academic discussions.
• Participate in everyday conversations.
• State a clear opinion about the discussed subjects.
• Summarize and orally reproduce the information read in textbooks or heard in the classroom.
• Communicate with university officials in libraries, sport centers, housing offices, bookstores, etc.

Tips
General Speaking Strategies
Build your vocabulary systematically
Speak, Speak, Speak.
think in English
Develop fluency
Use idioms appropriately.
Master appropriate and correct use of English grammar.
Systematically improve your pronunciation.
Practice organizing your speech
Record your practice speaking
Find experienced teachers in TOEFL iBT that may assess your speaking,
take some of i-Courses speaking components which are scored by professional TOEFL iBT Teachers.
Make a list with familiar topics and practice speaking on each of them.
orally summarize in short what you have read or heard.