International Test of
English Proficiency
iTEP by Boston Educational Services
Other Tests Offered by BES
- SLATE for High School Students
- Business for Business Professionals
Listening (20)
- Four high-beginning to low-intermediate-level short conversational exchanges of 2-3 sentences
- followed by 1 multiple-choice question each
- One 2- to 3-minute intermediate-level conversational exchange
- followed by 4 multiple-choice questions
- One 4-minute college-level lecture
- followed by 6 multiple-choice questions.
Grammar (10)
- twenty-five written multiple-choice questions
- a range of structures from simple to more complex, as well as a range of vocabulary from beginning to advanced.
Other Important Information
Colleges Where Its Accepted
Academic Testing for English Language Learners
Testing Locations
&
Test-Takers
iTEP vs. TOEFL iBT
TOEFL iBT
many more testing locations
TOEFL iBT
accepted by many more
colleges and universities
iTEP
TOEFL iBT
http://www.besitep.com/grader_training/grade_speaking.php?exercise=1
iTEP
The Seven Levels:
- Level 0: Beginning
- Level 1: Elementary
- Level 2: Low Intermediate
- Level 3: Intermediate
- Level 4: High Intermediate
- Level 5: Low Advanced
- Level 6: Advanced
- Cost: $180 in U.S.
- Time: about 4 hours
- Acceptance: Wide
- Content: no grammar, more integration
- Uses: mostly college admissions
- Cost: varies: $35-$89
- Time: varies--1:20
- Acceptance: limited (see previous slide)
- Content: varies--5 parts, internet-based
- Uses: placement,
admissions
David
&
Goliath
- reading (20)
- listening (20)
- grammar (10)
- writing (25)
- speaking (5)
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1 hour 20 minutes
Reading (20)
- One intermediate-level passage (250 words)
- 4 written multiple-choice questions;
- One college-level passage (450 words)
- 6 written multiple-choice questions.
Speaking
Writing (25)
1) low-intermediate level prompt
- examinee writes a short note in response
(5 minutes: 50-75 words);
2) brief, college-level
written topic
- examinee expresses and supports his/her opinion on the topic
(20 minutes: 175-225 words).
1) Examinee hears and reads a short question phrased at the low intermediate level
- 30 seconds to prepare his/her spoken response
- 45 seconds to speak
2) Examinee hears a brief college level
statement presenting two sides of an issue
- examinee is then asked to give his/her thoughts on the topic
- 45 seconds to prepare
- 60 seconds to speak.