新托?？谡Z考試的評分標準與其它外語類考試的口語部分有本質上的區(qū)別。在解決這兩個問題之后，我們來分析六個Tasks的每種題及應試方法的指導。希望考生在看完本文之后能明白考試方向，并根據自己的特點去制定口語復習策略。
首先、考生在口語考試中所作的回答在ETS中心被稱為Response，就是考生對口語考試的回應，或直接說就是考生的答案?？忌诳谡Z考試中的Response經過數字錄音并被發(fā)送到ETS在線評估網絡。每個考生的考試錄音都至少有三個以上的評分老師進行評估，而且有的時候一個考生的同一個部分的評估也由兩個評分教師評估，這樣來保證學生分數的公正性。考生的分數范圍是0-4分，4分為滿分，0分是考試沒做任何回答。考完之后，ETS在線評估要把考生的分數分別從0-4分轉換成0-30分，這樣就是大家的托?？谡Z成績。我們會在后面介紹分數是如何被轉換的。評估教師主要是在Topic Development, Delivery and Language Use這三個方面進行評估。
第一、在考生的學術能力方面：有關考生的Topic Development, 評估老師主要的衡量標準是考生有沒有很好的處理考試中出現(xiàn)的話題，并評估考生是否具備討論與話題相關信息的能力。在口語考試的后面四個Tasks，評估教師還要就考生是否具備對話題的Synthesize和Summarize的能力進行評估，就是我們在口語透析（一）中給大家介紹的幾個方面的能力。Synthesize的主要意思是to form by combining parts of elements，考生要做的是根據考試中出現(xiàn)的信息，形成自己對事情的看法。Summarize的主要意思是to comprehensively and briefly abstract the topic, 考生需要做的是全面，簡短的總結考試中出現(xiàn)的場景或學術lectures中的要點并能終表述出來。
第二、在考生的語言表達能力方面：有關考生的Delivery方面的能力，評估教師主要在考生語言表述能力上的評分?？忌挠⒄Z表述是否清楚、流暢，并且在整個口語考試過程之中，考生整體上的口語考試部分的表現(xiàn)是否具備整體上的一致性和可理解性。這里邊，需要強調的是“一致性”指的兩層意思。首先是考生在整體口語考試的過程中，口語整體的上表現(xiàn)水平。其次是考生在語言層面上對話題的闡述具有一致性。也就是考生的口語具備連貫性和邏輯性。有關Language Use方面，評估教師主要在語言的準確性方面對考生的Response進行評估，如語法及語言使用準確性方面等等。這三個方面是評估教師的主要出發(fā)點。
其次，我們來詳細分析口語考試每個分數段的評分標準：
A、四分評分標準
ANSWER TO QUESTION
The student answers the question thoroughly.
COMPREHENSIBILITY
The student can be understood completely.
ORGANIZATION
The student‘s response is well organized and developed.
FLUENCY
The student‘s speech is generally fluent.
PRONUNCIATION
The student has generally good pronunciation.
GRAMMAR
The student uses advanced grammatical structures with a high degree of accuracy.
VOCABULARY
The student uses advanced vocabulary with a high degree of accuracy.
從上表，我們能夠得知，口語分別從六個方面對考生的英文水平進行評估。后四個，流利程度、發(fā)音、語法及詞匯與雅思口語考試評分標準相當。不同的是，新托福口語考試在語法和詞匯的使用上要求更高一些。而發(fā)音和流利程度只要求是generally達到標準就好（generally=for most parts）。語法和詞匯方面則是high degree of accuracy。大家對詞法和語法方面經常出問題的話，這時要注意了。前三個，完整回答、可理解及組織語言方面，我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)完整回答要求大家全面的闡述話題；學生自己的說的話應該能夠被理解；組織語言方面，考生的Response應該組織嚴密，邏輯性強。這就是四分對各位考生的要求。
3分評分標準
B、3分評分標準
ANSWER TO QUESTION
The student answers the questions adequately but not thoroughly.
COMPREHENSIBILITY
The student can generally be understood.
ORGANIZATION
The student‘s response is organized basically and is not thoroughly developed.
FLUENCY
The student‘s speech is generally fluent, with minor problems.
PRONUNCIATION
The student has generally good pronunciation, with minor problems.
GRAMMAR
The student uses either accurate easier grammatical structures or more advanced grammatical structures with some errors.
VOCABULARY
The student uses either accurate easier vocabulary or more advanced vocabulary with some errors.
2及評分標準
C、2及1分評分標準
2分
ANSWER TO QUESTION
The student discusses information from the task but does not answer the question directly.
COMPREHENSIBILITY
The student is not always intelligible.
ORGANIZATION
The student‘s response is not clearly organized and is incomplete or contains some inaccurate points.
FLUENCY
The student‘s speech is not very fluent and has a number of problems.
PRONUNCIATION
The student‘s pronunciation is not very clear, with a number of problems.
GRAMMAR
The student has a number of errors in grammar or uses only very basic grammar fairly accurately.
VOCABULARY
The student has a number of errors in vocabulary or uses only very basic vocabulary fairly accurately.
1分評分標準
1分
ANSWER TO QUESTION
The student‘s response is only slightly related to the topic.
COMPREHENSIBILITY
The student is only occasionally intelligible.
ORGANIZATION
The student‘s response is not clearly organized and is only minimally on the topic.
FLUENCY
The student has problems with fluency that make-the response difficult to understand.
PRONUNCIATION
The student has problems with pronunciation that make the response difficult to understand.
GRAMMAR
The student has numerous errors in grammar that interfere with meaning.
VOCABULARY
The student has numerous errors in vocabulary that interfere with meaning.
我們發(fā)現(xiàn)2分及1分的平分標準已經比較底了。所以一般考生參加過培訓都可以應對2分及1分的標準。
總體上來看，新托付口語考試只有4分比較難取得，而1-3分都可以在培訓后取得不錯的分數。