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English proficiency become one of the main requirements for continuing education abroad. To determine a person's level of English proficiency, there are several tests that can be lived. Two of them are the Test of English as a Foreign Languange (TOEFL) and International English Language Testing System (IELTS). So, what exactly is the difference between TOEFL and IELTS?
Different Objectives
TOEFL
The main purpose of the TOEFL is to determine a person's ability to speak, read, understand, and write well enough to attend a course based English. The questions, reading material, and listening material, all designed to get into the college level.
IELTS
Meanwhile, the purpose of the IELTS is to prove you have certain standards in English. IELTS courses are designed for those who want to work or continue their studies abroad. IELTS is recognized by educational institutions in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Ireland, South Africa, and a number of other professional bodies worldwide.
Different Structures
IELTS
Applicants who take the IELTS tests are usually required to complete four modules (speaking, writing, reading, and listening). After that, the registrant will receive a file or scores displayed on the IELTS report form. The highest score is worth 9, this means that the person is actually competent in all areas.
Tests to hear and speak the same in both versions of the test of academic and general exam, but to test reading and writing is not. IELTS exam takes 2 hours 45 minutes. Tests listening, reading, and writing must be completed on the same day. While speaking test takes about a week, before or after the written test.
TOEFL
TOEFL pendftaran system, usually can be taken online or in person at a designated place. When taken online, applicants have four hours to complete the test reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Each test has its own time limit. Directly test structurally similar to the test online, but have more on the written test exam compared to the language test. Both are similar, only the format is different.
Internet version, TOEFL scores highest and lowest 120 0. While the printed version (direct) scores ranged between 310 and 577 with different points of each section, but not including parts of writing the final value.
Different Levels
Related to score more reliable, there are three 'levels' TOEFL. Namely, like or institutional TOEFL TOEFL we can do in various places in any English course. Cost testnya usually 50 thousand or 60 thousand. These results are usually only valid for six months. Second, institutional TOEFL, which is only held in a few places, for example in the Language Unit ITB. Institutional TOEFL usually done on a predefined schedule. It costs 27 dollars, or about 275 thousand and are generally valid for two years. This level is above the first, but does not apply to international, only used for lists of early scholarship, is enough. Third, the TOEFL iBT is internationally accepted. Testnya costs around 160 dollars once the test, and apply two years. IELTS While there is only one kind, namely international IELTS test cost $ 150 with a two-year validity period.
Different Standards
To apply for the undergraduate programs, universities in the world generally requires 79-80 iBT TOEFL score or equal to the score of 550 paper-based TOEFL. As for the post-graduate program (S2 and S3), the score needed to reach 110-115, equivalent to paper-based TOEFL score of 600-650.
Meanwhile for IELTS, the band needed scale in the range of 6.0 - 6.5 for undergraduate programs and scale band 7.0 - 7.5 for graduate program applicants.
The best way to decide which tests to be taken is to figure out which test they want to apply for entry to the company or the individual school.
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