The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is the most widely used standardized test of fluency in English in the world. It was orig­i­nally de­vel­oped in the 1960s to en­sure Eng­lish pro­fi­ciency for non-na­tive Eng­lish speak­ers wish­ing to study at U.S. uni­ver­si­ties. It has be­come an ad­mis­sion re­quire­ment for non-na­tive Eng­lish speak­ers at many U.S. uni­ver­si­ties and is now used by more than 8,500 col­leges, uni­ver­si­ties and agen­cies in 130 coun­tries, in­clud­ing the U.S., U.K., Canada and Aus­tralia.

While col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties make up the ma­jor­ity of in­sti­tu­tions that use the TOEFL, it is also used by med­ical and li­cens­ing or­ga­ni­za­tions for pro­fes­sional cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pur­poses and by im­mi­gra­tion de­part­ments for the is­suance of res­i­den­tial and work visas. In Aus­tralia the TOEFL can be used to meet the lan­guage re­quire­ment for stu­dent visas. In the UK it can be used to show Eng­lish pro­fi­ciency for tier 1, 2 and 4 visas.

Since its­be­gin­ning, more than 27 mil­lion peo­ple from around the world have taken the TOEFL. The test is ad­min­is­tered by Ed­u­ca­tional Test­ing Ser­vice (ETS).

TOEFL IBT AND PBT

There are two versions of the TOEFL. The TOEFL iBT is an Internet-based test, and the TOEFL PBT is a pa­per-based test. The TOEFL iBT was first in­tro­duced in 2005, and is now used by most test tak­ers. Test cen­ters that do not have In­ter­net ac­cess ad­min­is­ter the TOEFL PBT. The paper-based test is be­ing phased out. Cur­rently, 96 per­cent of test tak­ers take the TOEFL iBT and that num­ber is con­tin­u­ing to grow.

The TOEFL iBT mea­sures the ability to read, write, listen and speak in English. The pa­per-based test mea­sures read­ing, writ­ing and lis­ten­ing, but does not mea­sure speak­ing. Pre­vi­ously, there was a com­puter-based ver­sion of the test (CBT) but that ver­sion was re­placed by the TOEFL iBT and elim­i­nated in 2006. TOEFL CBT scores are no longer valid.

MANHATTAN REVIEW TOEFL PREPARATION HOME

WHY WESTERN FOR TOEFL PREPARATION?

Our TOEFL course is thorough and rigorous. We will teach you what you need to know in the least amount of time. You will learn a de­con­struc­tive ap­proach to con­fi­dently ap­proach the TOEFL exam, and then ap­ply these tech­niques to prac­tice ques­tions, in­side and out­side of class.

We have created unique TOEFL prep material for stu­dents, who are se­ri­ous in achiev­ing a top score and are look­ing to ex­pose their full potential in the TOEFL test.

WE HAVE BEST TOEFL INSTRUCTORS IN THE VALLEY.

We are ex­cep­tion­ally careful when hir­ing its TOEFL teaching staff. We not only look for in­di­vid­u­als who have at­tained great test results, but also pay spe­cial at­ten­tion that can­di­dates have a passion for teaching and a track record in­spir­ing oth­ers.