TOEFL, Integrated Writing Task, Zoos

Elite TOEFL Prep The following video contains a sample of the integrated writing task for the TOEFL iBT. This is the first task you must complete in the writing portion of the TOEFL iBT. The integrated writing task measures your ability to understand key ideas from an academic reading passage and a short lecture, and to write a response to a question about them. You must determine what information in the lecture relates in some ways to information in the reading. Then you must organize and compose an essay. In your response, you must demonstrate your ability to: organize ideas effectively in answering the question; draw requested connection between the lecture and the reading; develop ideas with appropriate examples and explanation; display unity and coherence, transitions; use English words and sentences effectively. The topic of this video is the Zoos.