TOEFL

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) evaluates the ability of an individual to use and understand English in an academic setting. It sometimes is an admission requirement for non-native English speakers at many English-speaking colleges and universities.

The TOEFL test is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and is administered worldwide. The test was first administered in 1964 and has since been taken by more than 23 million students

Test Registration Centre in India:

For information of Registration Centre in India, Please Click Here.

Official Website:

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Test Registration Method:

There are 4 ways to register:

• Online
• By Phone
• By Mail
• In Person at TOEFL Resource Centers with local currency

Documents Requirment for Registration:

• Passport
• Appropriat Fees in Acceptable Payment Mode

Test Fees: $165.00 (US Dollor)

Payment Method:

Usually you can book your TOEFL Paying by Internationl Credit Card/ Bank Draft. It is always a good practice to discuss the payment mode with the registration center before you send an application of registration.

Rescheduling:

Intimation is to be given to the ETS 3 days prior to the examination date. The necessary rescheduling fee has to be paid.

Nature of Exam:

Paper Based and Online
Note: In India the TOEFL is Internet based Test (iBT). You have to understand nature of only online test of TOEFL.

Test Centre in India:

Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Anand, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bendoorwell, Bhimavaram, Bhopal, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Ernakulam, Gandhinagar, Greater Noida, Guntur, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Karimnagar, Kolkata, Kottayam, Kurnool, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Medak, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Nashik, New Delhi, Nizamabad, Noida, Panjim, Patna, Pondicherry, Pune, Ranchi, Secunderabad, Srinagar, Surat, Thane, Thissur, Tirunelvelli, Tirupathi, Trichy, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Vadodara, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam and Warangal.

Test Centre in Gujarat:

Ahmedabad, Anand, Baroda, Ghandhinagar, Surat

Exam Duration:

The total duration of Exam is not fixed. The nature of the time duration is mentioned below:

• Listning: 60-90 Minutes
• Reading: 60-100 Minutes
• Writing: 50 Minutes
• Speaking: 20 Minutes

Declaration of Result:

TOEFL test center generally declared the result after the 3 to 4 weeks of the test.

Score Pattern:

TOEFL total test score is 120. The score is described as below:

Section	Score Scale
Reading	0-30
Listening	0-30
Speaking	0-4 converted to 0-30
Writing	0-5 converted to 0-30
Total score	0-120

Score Validity:

TOEFL score is validating for 2 years from the date of Exam.
Note: Date of Exam is the date when, you were sits in the exam. Do not confuse it with the Date of Result.

Test Repetition Policy:

You may take IELTS test as many times as you wish. You are not eligible to get a test date within the 7 days of last test. So, you are able to take a next test afte the 7 days of last test.

Test Recognisation:

TOEFL is accepted by most USA and Canada academic insitutions and few of the institution of UK and NZ.
Note: You can not use TOEFL test score for the purpose of immigration to Australia and Canada.

Overview of TOEFL (iBT) Internet BasedTest Structure:

Section	Description	Testing Time	Questions	Score Scale
Reading	3-5 passages from academic texts; approximately 700 words long; 12-14 questions per passage.	60-100 minutes	36-70 questions	0-30
Listening	4-6 lectures, some with classroom discussion; each 3-5 minutes long; 6 questions each. 2-3 conversations; each 3 minutes long; 5 questions each.	60-90 minutes	34-51 questions	0-30
Break	- -	10 minutes	- -	- -
Speaking	2 tasks to express an opinion on a familiar topic; 4 tasks to speak based on what is read and listened to.	20 minutes	6 tasks	0-4 converted to 0-30
Writing	1 task to write based on what is read and listened to; 1 task to support an opinion on a topic.	50 minutes	2 tasks	0-5 converted to 0-30
Total score	- -	- -	- -	0-120

TOEFL (iBT) Internet BasedTest detailed description:

• Reading
  The Reading section consists of 3–5 passages, each approximately 700 words in length and questions about the passages. The passages are on academic topics; they are the kind of material that might be found in an undergraduate university textbook. Passages require understanding of rhetorical functions such as cause-effect, compare-contrast and argumentation. Students answer questions about main ideas, details, inferences, essential information, sentence insertion, vocabulary, rhetorical purpose and overall ideas. New types of questions in the iBT require filling out tables or completing summaries. Prior knowledge of the subject under discussion is not necessary to come to the correct answer.
• Listening
  The Listening section consists of 6 passages, 3–5 minutes in length and questions about the passages. These passages include 2 student conversations and 4 academic lectures or discussions. A conversation involves 2 speakers, a student and either a professor or a campus service provider. A lecture is a self-contained portion of an academic lecture, which may involve student participation and does not assume specialized background knowledge in the subject area. Each conversation and lecture stimulus is heard only once. Test takers may take notes while they listen and they may refer to their notes when they answer the questions. Each conversation is associated with 5 questions and each lecture with 6. The questions are meant to measure the ability to understand main ideas, important details, implications, relationships between ideas, organization of information, speaker purpose and speaker attitude.
• Speaking
  The Speaking section consists of 6 tasks, 2 independent tasks and 4 integrated tasks. In the 2 independent tasks, test takers answer opinion questions on familiar topics. They are evaluated on their ability to speak spontaneously and convey their ideas clearly and coherently. In 2 of the integrated tasks, test takers read a short passage, listen to an academic course lecture or a conversation about campus life and answer a question by combining appropriate information from the text and the talk. In the 2 remaining integrated tasks, test takers listen to an academic course lecture or a conversation about campus life and then respond to a question about what they heard. In the integrated tasks, test takers are evaluated on their ability to appropriately synthesize and effectively convey information from the reading and listening material. Test takers may take notes as they read and listen and may use their notes to help prepare their responses. Test takers are given a short preparation time before they have to begin speaking.
• Writing
  The Writing section measures a test taker's ability to write in an academic setting and consists of 2 tasks, 1 integrated task and 1 independent task. In the integrated task, test takers read a passage on an academic topic and then listen to a speaker discuss the same topic. The test taker will then write a summary about the important points in the listening passage and explain how these relate to the key points of the reading passage. In the independent task, test takers must write an essay that states, explains and supports their opinion on an issue, supporting their opinions or choices, rather than simply listing personal preferences or choices.