學校名稱：加拿大耶魯大學 Yale University 所在位置：美國，紐黑文學校設置類型：綜合性大學創建時間：1701年學歷：語言 專科 本科 研究生 網絡課程 MBA 學校性質：私立學生人數：6641人院校地址：New Haven, CT 06520 (203) 432-47719281
耶魯日報： 雅思有可能取代托福Raymond Carlson
記者發布于2008年10月21日星期二
托福，一度是考核英語能力的唯一考試，現在有了競爭對手，雅思。
在第二輪招生中，耶魯大學開始接受托福和雅思兩種成績來評估英文能力。盡管雅思的支持者說它比托福能更好的反映學生的語言能力，雅思在高中和大學的普及程度還遠遠不能和托付抗衡。
耶魯大學招生辦公室主任Jeff Brenzel說，接受托福和雅思成績給學生考試提供了便利條件。
“雅思考試已經被證實為一個語言能力的考核，”Brenzel主任在電子郵件中寫到。“在兩個考試中有一個更便利的情況下，我們想讓學生有選擇的余地，就像我們對待SAT和ACT考試一樣。”
盡管托付和雅思考試考核同樣的技能，兩個考試的結構截然不同。托福可以機考和筆考，雅思只能筆考，只有例外的少數幾個機考中心。
雅思國際美國總監Beryl Meiron說，除了托福考核的基本技能之外，雅思考試有兩個部分注重于學術的閱讀和寫作技能。雅思還有一個口語部分，與托福的全部筆試截然不同。
學校名稱：加拿大約克大學 York University 所在位置：加拿大，Toronto學校設置類型：綜合性大學創建時間：1959年學歷：預科 專科 本科 研究生 學校性質：公立學生人數：57300人院校地址：Office of AdmissionsYork UniversityThe Bennett Centre for Student Services, 99 Ian MacDonald Boulevahttp://jianada./school/5094
Meiron總監在電話還說道，另外與托福不同的是，雅思還需要一個與受過訓練的且英語為第二語言的官員面對面面試的板塊。
她說：“對于考生來說，雅思是一個更注重個人的體驗。”
在過去的四年中，所有八所常青藤盟校都悄悄地采納了雅思，盡管普林斯頓大學和賓西法尼亞大學的本科招生還是不接受這個考試。哈佛本科生院對本科申請人沒有英語能力考試的要求。
隨著更多學校接受雅思，全國的備考公司都已經擴張了自己的業務，來對應學生的新需求。
但是，一些國際私利學校仍然保持著對托福的重視。
Stanstead學院是魁北克的一所頂極備考學校，大學指導員Eryn Hessian說，學生可以通過輔導課程準備托福考試。
但是，她說，到雅思考試被廣泛接受之前，學校提供專項雅思輔導的可能不大。
“我們先在只做托福，”她說，“它是美國和加拿大入學的標準，其他考試要得到更多的認可，我們才會開展業務。”
Meiron總監說，現在耶魯和其他常青藤盟校接受了雅思，她希望更多美國大學開始用它來衡量英語能力。
學校名稱：加拿大約克大學 York University 所在位置：加拿大，Toronto學校設置類型：綜合性大學創建時間：1959年學歷：預科 專科 本科 研究生 學校性質：公立學生人數：57300人院校地址：Office of AdmissionsYork UniversityThe Bennett Centre for Student Services, 99 Ian MacDonald Boulevahttp://jianada./school/5094
她說：“有很多學校都在關注常青藤盟校，特別是耶魯大學，來引領這個潮流。”
據雅思官方網站，雅思現在被1700多所美國學術機構接受認可。IELTS may replace TOEFL
Raymond Carlson
Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The TOEFL, once the only exam testing English proficiency, now has competition in the IELTS.
For the second admissions cycle, Yale is accepting both the Test of English as a Foreign Language and the International English Language Testing System as indicators of English-language proficiency. While supporters of the IELTS said it reflects students’ language abilities better than the more widely accepted TOEFL, the IELTS has still struggled to match the popularity of the TOEFL among high schools and universities.
Accepting both the TOEFL and IELTS gives students the opportunity to take the most convenient exam, Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzel said.
“The IELTS exam has been well validated as a test of functional proficiency,” Brenzel wrote in an e-mail message. “We wanted students to have the option of going either way in the event that one form of testing was more readily available than another, just as we do with the SAT and ACT exams.”
學校名稱：加拿大約克大學 York University 所在位置：加拿大，Toronto學校設置類型：綜合性大學創建時間：1959年學歷：預科 專科 本科 研究生 學校性質：公立學生人數：57300人院校地址：Office of AdmissionsYork UniversityThe Bennett Centre for Student Services, 99 Ian MacDonald Boulevahttp://jianada./school/5094
While the TOEFL and IELTS exams test the same skill groups, the exams have significantly different structures. While the TOEFL can be taken online or with a pencil and paper, the IELTS exam can only be completed on paper, with the exception of a small number of computer-based test centers.
The IELTS exam features two sections focused on academic reading and writing skills, beyond the basic skills tested in the TOEFL, said Beryl Meiron, the United States executive director for IELTS International. The IELTS also has a speaking section, unlike the paper version of the TOEFL.
Also unlike the TOEFL, the IELTS exam requires a face-to-face interview portion by a trained English-as-a-second-language official, Meiron said in a telephone interview.
“IELTS is a much more personal experience for the test taker,” she said.
Over the past four years, all eight Ivy League universities have quietly adopted the IELTS, although Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania do not accept the test for undergraduate admissions. Harvard College does not require an English-proficiency test for undergraduate applicants.
By accepting the IELTS, institutions allow students to take the exam that best fits their test-taking styles, Meiron said.
學校名稱：加拿大約克大學 York University 所在位置：加拿大，Toronto學校設置類型：綜合性大學創建時間：1959年學歷：預科 專科 本科 研究生 學校性質：公立學生人數：57300人院校地址：Office of AdmissionsYork UniversityThe Bennett Centre for Student Services, 99 Ian MacDonald Boulevahttp://jianada./school/5094
“When students have an option to take IELTS, because the item types are different and … the test environment is more friendly, they may find that their test anxiety is down,” she said. “They may perform better and get a truer measure of their English-language proficiency.”
As more schools accept the IELTS, test-preparatory companies around the country have expanded their services to take advantage of new student demand.
Kaplan Aspect, the English-language preparation company for test-prep company Kaplan Inc., currently offers extensive IELTS study courses in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, said Kaplan Aspect spokesman Russell Schaffer.
Still, some international private schools remain focused on preparing their students for the TOEFL.
At Stanstead College, a top-tier preparatory school in Quebec, students can prepare for the TOEFL exam through tutoring programs, said Eryn Hessian, Stanstead’s university guidance coordinator.
But until the IELTS exam becomes widely accepted, she said, it is unlikely the school will provide IELTS-specific tutoring.
“We’re just working on the TOEFL for now,” she said. “It is the standard for admissions in Canada and the U.S. The other exam has to be more recognized for us to go with it.”
學校名稱：加拿大約克大學 York University 所在位置：加拿大，Toronto學校設置類型：綜合性大學創建時間：1959年學歷：預科 專科 本科 研究生 學校性質：公立學生人數：57300人院校地址：Office of AdmissionsYork UniversityThe Bennett Centre for Student Services, 99 Ian MacDonald Boulevahttp://jianada./school/5094
Now that Yale and other Ivy League schools have accepted the IELTS exam, Meiron said, she hopes more American colleges and universities will begin to use it as a measure of English language proficiency.
“There are a lot of institutions that look at the Ivies, and particularly a school like Yale, to take the leadership position,” she said.
IELTS is now accepted by more than 1,700 academic institutions, professional bodies and accrediting institutions in the U.S., according to the IELTS Web site.
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