What's the difference between IELTS and TOEFL
4hw.org: now there are more and more students studying abroad. More and more qualified students would like to study abroad and see the outside world. Many students who are preparing to study abroad for the first time are more concerned about which examinations they should take. In the language test, there are two choices: IELTS and TOEFL. So is the test IELTS or TOEFL? What's the difference between IELTS and TOEFL? Which is easier to test? Here are some comprehensive comparisons between IELTS and TOEFL for your reference.
The difference between TOEFL and IELTS: schools available
Nowadays, many schools have score exchange between IELTS and TOEFL (e.g. language requirement: TOEFL 100 or IELTS 7), that is to say, you can take either test. However, some American schools will say that I only accept TOEFL scores; or like going to Canada to study, in the visa process, you can take the fast track for IELTS scores (that is, fast approval and low funding requirements). But basically if you are going to study in the United States, you will choose TOEFL test and IELTS test in other countries. If you have a special school you want to go to, you can check their requirements for the type of language test in advance, and then see which test to take.
The difference between TOEFL and IELTS: difficulty
Examination scope: IELTS involves more humanities, geography and campus life, while TOEFL involves more academics (i.e. history, geography, anthropology, archaeology, etc.).
Vocabulary: the vocabulary of IELTS is smaller than that of TOEFL. But I don't think it's the large vocabulary that makes it difficult for everyone. It's the different emphasis of the test (TOEFL focuses on learning) that makes it difficult for you to think about TOEFL (think it's more difficult for me to let you recite 100 archaeological words and 100 life scenes words).
Reading and listening: because of the different emphasis, TOEFL's articles may not be as well understood as IELTS. However, TOEFL is a multiple choice question, while IELTS reading has many types of questions (including multiple choice, identifying information, identifying writer & rsquo; s views / claims, matching information, matching headers, matching features, matching sentence endings, sentence completion, etc.) & sigma; (& deg; △ & deg; |) ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha It's easy to tell which will score. However, reading and listening are generally the strengths of Chinese students, which can be achieved through practice and skills (ER, chicken essence). Don't panic!
Oral English and writing: oral English and writing are the weaknesses of Chinese students (obviously, they are the two items with the least amount of practice). The scores of these two items are relatively difficult, such as IELTS oral English and writing, which tend to be more and more strict (according to a children's shoe line newspaper (● & prime; & omega; '●) in IELTS 7.5 in 2016). Moreover, there are some lucky elements in these two items. Some of them think that their final scores of oral English and writing are better than expected.
IELTS oral English can be divided into three parts: 1. Personal information and personal related issues 2. Speaking for a topic for 1-2 minutes 3. In depth discussion with the examiner and topic related issues.
There are six problems in TOEFL oral English, as well as the appearance of & sigma; (& deg; △ & deg; |) in listening and reading materials.
There are two sections in IELTS Writing: chart analysis composition and viewpoint composition.
TOEFL writing can be divided into comprehensive writing (do you know it's called comprehensive writing for god horse: first read, then listen to listening, then write the listening and reading articles into articles & ා2951; д & ා2951;) and independent writing (that is, opinion writing).
The difference between TOEFL and IELTS: examination form and time
Test form: TOEFL is a man-machine test, 3.5-4 hours (easy to get tired)! But IELTS is a paper and pencil test that is familiar with the problem, 3 hours.
The oral English of IELTS is separated. If you take the oral English test the next day, you can prepare for it. I still remember that when I was waiting downstairs for the IELTS oral test, I could ask the students who finished the test what they had done (⊙; ⊙) (but when I asked, I also asked, because the examiner and the test questions are not the same, if I meet the same, I can buy lottery tickets).
TOEFL oral test is the same day, so you can also hear what the students next to you are talking about (the point is, his topic may be different from yours) & hellip; & hellip; then you may end your oral test and start to enter the writing stage, when the students next to you are still in the oral stage, they will be very noisy, which is the point that affects the test.
In addition, TOEFL will have an additional test link (that is, there is no reason to give you more listening or reading. I didn't think it was a score, but someone on the Internet said it was used to adjust the score. For example, if the test is too difficult, the score will be adjusted according to the additional test, so don't think the additional test will be done randomly).
The difference between TOEFL and IELTS: follow-up examination
If you have to take GMAT and GRE in the future, TOEFL will be conducive to convergence. I tested GMAT at that time. GMAT is also a nearly 4-hour machine test. Moreover, the vocabulary and difficulty are greatly increased, and the requirements for logical thinking ability are relatively high. When you are used to TOEFL test and then transition to GMAT, GRE will be easier than the transition from IELTS.