It is Standardized Test, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) which assesses the English Proficiency of people, whose native language is not English. Most Educational Institutes in the US and Canada (approximately 2400) ask applicants for their TOEFL Scores. Some institutes in other countries, where the mode and language of instruction is English, also use TOEFL.

Who Administers the TOEFL?
The US-based "Educational Testing Service"(ETS), develops and administers the TOEFL.ETS is responsible for setting questions, conducting the test and sending score reports to each examinee. In India ETS has appointed an agency – “Prometric Testing Centre” administer the TOEFL at the 9 centers named below:
Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Trivandrum.

The Internet-based TOEFL Test
The TOEFL Internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT) tests all four language skills that are important for effective communication: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

What Is the Benefit of An Internet-based Test?

TOEFL iBT emphasizes integrated skills and provides better information to institutions about students' ability to communicate in an academic setting and their readiness for academic coursework. With Internet-based testing, ETS can capture speech and score responses in a standardized manner.
Online registration and online score reporting make it easier for students to register for TOEFL iBT and receive their test scores

• How to prepare for the TOEFL test?
Nextworld Education has one of the best faculties who are teaching TOEFL to its students since last 9 years across New Delhi and NCR regions of Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad from its conveniently located offices at the Green Park Metro station in south Delhi & at Barakhamba Road metro station in Connaught Place. ETS provides official test preparation materials free of charge to anyone who registers for the TOEFL exam worldwide. There are many classroom preparation institutes who provide the coaching in TOEFL.

• How many questions are there on the TOEFL test?
There will be at least 140 questions.The numbers of test questions and the amount of time needed to take the TOEFL test may vary from one test administration to another.

• How do I register for the test?
There are two ways to register:
1. Online registration
2. Mail registration: To register by mail, you must obtain an Information Bulletin containing a registration form and information about the test.

• When and where can I take the TOEFL test?
The TOEFL test is conducted frequently at various ETS exam centres across India.

• How much does the test cost?
The test costs approx $130. See TOEFL Testing and Service Fees for preferred forms of payment.

• When can I expect to receive my admission ticket(s)?
If you have not received your ticket(s) two weeks before the test, contact TOEFL Services.

• Once I have registered, can I change my test center assignment?
If you cannot take the test at your assigned center, you may go to another test center on the date printed on your admission ticket, but there is no guarantee that space or test materials will be available for you.
Do NOT contact the test center before the day of the test. It will not have the information necessary to assist you.

• Can the test date be changed?
Test date changes are NOT permitted. You may request a partial refund. Cash refunds are not available. If you wish to test on another date, you must submit a new registration form and test fee.

• What is needed for admittion to the test center?
To be admitted to the test center, you will need an admission ticket or official authorization, your official identification document, and a completed photo file record with a recent photo of yourself attached.

• Do I have to take the Test of Written English (TWE)?
Yes, you will also be required to take the Test of Written English. There is no additional charge for the TWE test.

• Will my TWE score be part of my TOEFL score?
No. Your score report will show the scores separately.

• When will my test scores be mailed? Can I receive them early?
Score results will be mailed to you and to the institutions listed on your answer sheet approximately five weeks after the test date. Under no circumstances can score reports be mailed any earlier. However, you may obtain your scores by phone before receiving your copy of the examinee score record. Consult the score reporting schedule to find out when your scores will be available.

• How can I cancel my scores?
Immediately after the test, contact TOEFL/TSE Services in Princeton, NJ, USA.

What is different about TOEFL iBT?

• The TOEFL iBT test has a new Speaking section, which includes independent tasks as well as integrated tasks in which you need to respond to material that you have read and listened to.

• There is no longer a Structure section, but grammar is indirectly tested in each section.

• Note taking is allowed throughout the test.

• The lectures and conversations in the Listening section are longer, but the language sounds much more like real life. Also, there are new types of questions that measure understanding of a speaker's attitude, degree of purpose and certainty.

• The Reading section has new questions that ask test takers to categorize information and fill in a chart or complete a summary.

• In the Writing section, typing is required. There is an integrated task in addition to the independent task, and the scoring guides for rating are different from those used for the current test.

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