TOEFL

Stands for: Test of English as a Foreign Language

If you want to continue your education in the United States and you have studies outside of the U.S., generally you are required to have to provide an English Language Proficiency Test such as TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language is a standardized test to measure the English language ability of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in English-speaking universities. The test is accepted by many English-speaking academic and professional institutions.

Test Sections

The TOEFL test measures all four English-language skills. It takes about four hours.

Section	Time Limit	No. of Questions	Overview
Reading	60—80 minutes	36—56 questions	Read passages, then respond to questions
Listening	60—90 minutes	34—51 questions	Listen to lectures or a classroom discussion, then respond to questions
Speaking	20 minutes	6 tasks	Speak into a microphone about familiar topics and discuss material you read about and listened to
Writing	50 minutes	2 tasks	Read a passage, listen to a recording and then type your written response

Test Format

In most test centers across the world, you will take the TOEFL IBT which stands for Internet-Based TOEFL. You will take it on a computer. However, the TOEFL test is administered as a paper-based test in a few places where testing via the internet is not available.