The TOEFL Junior test is a low-stakes assessment that measures the degree to which younger students have attained language proficiency representative of English medium instructional environ-ments.
Designed for middle school students for whom English is a rather new language, it measures their listening and reading abilities along with language form and meaning.
The TOEFL Junior paper-based test (pBT) contains three sections:
Listening Comprehension:
*Ability to listen for basic, interpersonal purposes.
*Ability to listen for instruc-tional purposes.
*Ability to listen for acad-emic purposes.
Reading Comprehension:
*Ability to read and comp-rehend academic texts.
*Ability to read and comp-rehend non-academic texts.
Language Form & Meaning:
*Ability to demonstrate proficiency in grammar and vocabulary in context.
While the TOEFL Junior test is a product within the growing TOEFL family of English assessments, it is not designed to be a predictor of later performance on TOEFL iBT. It is geared to serve the language learning needs of students 11 to 14 years of age.
Plans call for a computer-based version of TOEFL Junior in the future that will include assessment of speaking and writing.
For further information, contact ETS at TOEFL-Junior@ets.org or visit www.ets.org/TOEFLJunior.