TOEFL is an internet based Test and it measures what colleges and universities need to know: a prospective student's ability to use English in an academic setting.

TOEFL is a mandatory test to be taken for admission to any course in the USA and Canada. Some universities in the UK and New Zealand also accept the TOEFL score.

The TOEFL test measures English language proficiency in reading, listening, and writing and is a computer based test in most parts of the world.

A paper based test is provided in regions where computer access is limited. TOEFL measures the ability of non-native speakers of English to use and understand North American English as it is spoken, written, and heard in college and universities.

Internet-based testing makes it possible to capture and score test-taker speech in the most efficient, standardized, and objective manner. Internet-based testing will also make it possible to greatly increase the number of test centers, which is good for test takers.

Lectures and conversations in the Listening section are longer, but note-taking is allowed. In fact, note-taking is allowed throughout the entire test. The speech in the listening material sounds more natural, and one lecture may use a British or Australian accent. Also, there are new questions that measure understanding of a speaker's attitude, degree of certainty, and purpose.

A good score in TOEFL plays a key role in admission as well as in obtaining financial aid in the form of teaching assistantships. The higher the score, the brighter are one's chances with most U.S and Canadian universities. Maximizing the score thus becomes the key

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The new TOEFL differs in important ways from previous versions of the test, for example -

Integrated questions or “tasks” in the test help learners build confidence needed to communicate in the academic environments they plan to enter the new integrated tasks ask test takers to

The TOEFL Reading section includes 3 to 5 reading passages, each approximately 700 words long. There are 12 to 14 questions per passage. You have from 60 to 100 minutes to answer all questions in the section.

Basic information and Inference questions

actual information questions

The vocabulary used in the Reading Section is sophisticated but not unrealistically difficult. Some specialized vocabulary is "glossed"—in other words, it is marked with a blue underline, and you can get a definition by clicking on the word or phrase.

In the TOEFL Listening section you will listen to four to six lectures and two to three conversations. There will be six questions per lecture and five questions per conversation; you will have a total of 60 to 90 minutes to answer all of the listening questions.

The content of the lectures reflects the content that is presented in introductory level academic settings. In general these topics are divided into four major categories

The TOEFL speaking section is designed to evaluate the English speaking proficiency of students like you whose native language is not English but who want to pursue undergraduate or graduate study in an English speaking context. Like all other sections of the TOEFL, the speaking section is delivered via computer.

In the speaking section you will be asked to speak on a variety of topics that draw on personal experience, campus-based situations, and academic type content material. There are six questions. The first two questions are called independent speaking tasks because they require you to draw entirely on your own ideas, opinions, and experiences when responding. The other four questions are integrated speaking tasks. In these tasks you will listen to a conversation or to an excerpt from a lecture, or read a passage and then listen to a brief discussion or lecture excerpt, before you are asked the question. These questions are called integrated tasks because they require that you integrate your English language skills-listening and speaking, or listening, reading, and speaking.

There are two tasks in the writing section of the TOEFL an integrated writing task and an independent writing task.

You will read a passage about an academic topic for three minutes, and then you will hear a lecture related to the topic. Then you will be asked to summarize the points in the listening passage and explain how they relate to specific points in the reading passage.

This second task in the writing section of TOEFL is the independent writing task. You are presented with a question, and you have 30 minutes to write an essay in response. The question asks you to give your opinion on an issue.