COURSE DESCRIPTION

TOEFL is a computerized exam conducted by ETS that tests the candidates’ English knowledge required to study, work, or migrate abroad. The TOEFL exam pattern comprises four sections: Reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The duration of TOEFL is around 3 hours 30 minutes. The score range of TOEFL is 0-120 in which each section has a score range of 0-30.
Registering for the TOEFL examination using your ETS account is the fastest, easiest process to register. Once you finish the registration you will receive a confirmation email from ETS. Keep this email safe until test day.

TOEFL Exam Pattern 

As TOEFL is a language proficiency test, mostly the ETS TOEFL measures the language skills of the candidates through the following sections given below :

TOEFL Reading

In TOEFL Reading, candidates will have to read 3-4 passages of 700 words and answer 30-40 questions that include 10 types of questions. The TOEFL reading section is intended to evaluate candidates’ reading and understanding abilities. The reading passages in the TOEFL cover a variety of different subjects. Candidates get 54 to 72 minutes to solve the TOEFL reading passages.

TOEFL Writing

The TOEFL Writing section comprises two tasks – TOEFL integrated and TOEFL independent tasks. The duration of this section is 50 minutes and the candidates need to write 500-600 words compositely in two writing tasks.

TOEFL Listening

TOEFL Listening section there are basically two aspects – lectures and conversations. After each conversation or lecture, there is a set of questions asking about the information that was being presented. Candidates will get 20 minutes to answer each set of questions. This section includes 4-6 academic lecture excerpts each 3-5 minutes in length and 2-3 conversations on a variety of general topics relevant to university life.

TOEFL Speaking

In TOEFL Speaking section, comprises one independent and three integrated speaking tasks. There are one independent task and 3 integrated tasks.TOEFL speaking is measured on a range of 0 – 30. There is a total of 6 questions, the first two are about familiar topics and the rest are lectures, short readings, and conversations.

The average TOEFL score is around 90, and it may rotate around 85 to 95. Scoring above 100 is generally considered a good score on TOEFL. Universities generally require this TOEFL score range as this states that the candidate has a good hold of English. Whereas, if you achieve in the range of 100 to 110, your chances of getting admitted to the top universities increases.