TOEFL The TOEFL test measures your ability to
TOEFL The TOEFL test measures your ability to use and understand English at the university level. And it evaluates how well you combine your listening, reading, speaking and writing skills to perform academic tasks.
TOEFL vs. IELTS I am comfortable with computers. YES/NO I am comfortable speaking into a microphone. YES/NO I can type quickly. YES/NO I prefer standard American English. YES/NO I am good at answering multiple-choice questions. YES/NO It is easy for me to take notes from a recording. YES/NO The authentic English sources I read/listen to/watch are usually intended to inform rather than entertain. YES/NO
TOEFL vs. IELTS I am comfortable having a detailed interview inperson. YES/NO I have legible English handwriting. YES/NO I can understand a variety of dialects of English. YES/NO I prefer tests with many question types, including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, true/false, and flowcharts. YES/NO I feel most comfortable discussing non-academic topics in English. YES/NO The authentic English sources that I read/listen to/watch are usually made to entertain. YES/NO
GRE -Issue Task 30 minutes to write an essay about a selected topic. Issue topics are selected from a pool of questions, which the GRE Program has published in its entirety Argument task 30 minutes will be given to write an argument (i. e. a series of facts and considerations leading to a conclusion) and will be asked to write an essay that critiques the argument. Test takers are asked to consider the argument's logic and to make suggestions about how to improve the logic of the argument.
Tips for better scores: Listening: Practice as much as you can. In this part of the test, the speed of the person who speaks increases gradually and it is important to concentrate along with the speaker.
Tips for better scores: Listening: Keep along with the speaker, and don’t just try to remember what the speaker said a few seconds ago.
Tips for better scores: Listening: Practice as much as you can to keep your listening up with the speaker. The more you practice, the more you will be able to keep up.
Tips for better scores: Reading: Practice reading skills as much as you can. Get up your reading speed. You may be able to get tips from books and articles written on how to improve reading speed.
Tips for better scores: Reading: Take a quick glance at the questions before you read the text when doing this look for specific words like when, where, why, how, whom, how many, which, and so on. Keep in mind that the text can be a bit too much to read and understand word by word, so stick to reading methods, skimming and scanning in particular.
Tips for better scores: Writing: Write correct and simple sentences is just not enough. Try to use different word if you have use the same word over and over. Punctuation is very important in achieving the score you hope to. Before attempting writing exercises it is better to refresh you basic knowledge in things like punctuation.
Tips for better scores: Writing: It is good to keep sentences short as it helps to express the ideas more clearly. Practice and get good study material and go through the given examples to familiarize yourself with the pattern of the exam.
Tips for better scores: Speaking: Realize that this has lot to do with your own ability to speak. If you are not able to clearly speak, the best thing is to listen to day-to-day English conversations. you may be able listen to radio, TV or may be to read dialogues written in English.
Tips for better scores: Speaking: Realize that this has lot to do with your own ability to speak. If you are not able to clearly speak, the best thing is to listen to day-to-day English conversations. you may be able listen to radio, TV or may be to read dialogues written in English.
Tips for better scores: Speaking: Remember to answer the question asked, in order to do this you need to listen to the examiner carefully. For example, if the examiner asks you to talk about food in your country, just don't start to talk about the diet your people take. But you can talk about cuisine when talking about food.
Tips for better scores: Speaking: Speak as normal as you can, as if you are talking to some body in your day today life. Use lots of different words, and remember to use expressions. Relax when you speak, don't fill the gaps with ellipses. Just keeping a little gap between your words is ok, but practice to be fluent.
Tips for better scores: Speaking: Practice responding to sample speaking questions, and recording your responses. Listen to your responses and work out what you can improve. E
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