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TOEFL ( Test of English as a Foreign Language)
The TOEFL® test is the most widely accepted English-language test in the world. No matter where you want to study, the TOEFL test can help get you there.The TOEFL test measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to communicate in English in the college or university classroom. Test scores are used in the admissions process at more than 7,000 academic institutions throughout the world.The test, often referred to as the TOEFL iBT™ test.The TOEFL test is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and is administered worldwide.

Components of the test
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing

The iBT version of the TOEFL test is scored on a scale of 0 to 120 points.Each of the four sections (Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing) receives a scaled score from 0 to 30. The scaled scores from the four sections are added together to determine the total score.

Fee: $165.Valid for 2 years
The Test is conducted two or three times a month.

Task

Description

Approx.Time

READING

3–5 passages, each containing 12–14 questions

60–100 minutes

LISTENING

6–9 passages, each containing 5–6 questions

60–90 minutes

BREAK

-

10 minutes

SPEAKING

6 tasks and 6 questions

20 minutes

WRITING

2 tasks and 2 questions

55 minutes

Test Dates for 2010

January

16th
23rd
31st

February

7th
21st
27th

March

13th
27th

April

10th
24th

May

8th
22nd

June

12th
26th


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