Going abroad for IELTS or TOEFL?

Going abroad to take IELTS or TOEFL depends on which country you went to.

If you are going to study abroad, you need to look at the exams required by the school. If the school has no strict requirements, you should try to take IELTS in Europe and TOEFL in North America. However, not all schools require IELTS TOEFL scores. For example, if you go to Thailand to study, you can take the language courses required by the school if you have no language scores.

TOEFL, sponsored by educational testing service, can be used as the first proof of college English level in the United States, Canada, Britain and other countries.

IELTS is jointly organized by Cambridge University Examination Center, Australian University International Development Agency and British Council. It is an English proficiency test for students who are going to study in universities and colleges with English as the main teaching language or immigrants from English-speaking countries (especially Commonwealth countries).

There are more than 3,000 colleges and universities in the United States, of which 1500 recognizes and accepts IELTS scores, while other universities require TOEFL scores. In Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore, IELTS and TOEFL scores are recognized and accepted. Australia recognizes TOEFL scores, but government visas require IELTS scores, and universities mainly require IELTS scores; Both Japan and South Korea recognize IELTS TOEFL scores, but Japan is more inclined to accept TOEFL scores, and South Korea is more inclined to accept IELTS scores.

The difference between IELTS and TOEFL:

1, for different countries, IELTS for Commonwealth countries and TOEFL for North American countries.

2. The examination forms are different. The IELTS speaking test adopts the form of "everyone talks" and the TOEFL adopts the form of "man-machine dialogue".

3. TOEFL is a computer test, IELTS is mostly a written test, and only a few are computer tests.

4. The scores are different. The IELTS score is nine, and all the items are nine, while the TOEFL score is 120, and the items are 30.

5. The scoring method is different. Ya thinks about the average of the four scores and the total score of TOEFL.