TOEFL
TOEFL stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language which is one of the pioneer English language assessment exams for academic purpose. It is monitored by the ETS TOEFL, United States of America. It is exciting to mention that Success Garten is a market ambassador of ETS TOEFL. From July 2023 onwards, TOEFL has reduced its duration to almost 2 hours, and hence it has become a very much student friendly English exam.
The maximum score in TOEFL will be 120, and most of the top universities ask a +80 score of TOEFL for the admission procedure.
Both AI and human raters are there for TOEFL assessment which can reduce the human bias to a certain level.
TOEFL structure New version from 26 July, 2023
| Sl.No | Modules | Questions | Nature of the test | Time (min) | Marks out of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | Reading | 20 | 2 passages passage 1: 10 questions passage 2: 10 questions |
35 | 30 |
| 02. | Listening | 28 | 5 sets; 2 types conversations -2 & lectures -3 (5 questions each) (6 questions each) |
36 | 30 |
| 03. | Speaking | 4 tasks | Independent task:1 Integrated task:3 |
16 | 30 |
| 04. | Writing | 2 tasks | (i) Integrated task (no opinion needed) a. Read a passage; (300 words -3 minutes) b. listen to a lecture (2 minutes) c. see the same passage again d. write about 150 words about it by combining the reading & writing (ii) Independent/discussion task (opinion needed) b. writing for an academic discussion |
20 10 |
30 |
