The difference of TOEFL IELTS questions

New TOEFL: The original short dialogue was cancelled, the content was more academic, and the length of the speech was greatly extended.

IELTS: There will be many classic scenes, and the assessment of details will be closer to the requirements of foreign life. In addition, some new scenes will appear in the listening section, such as business scenes, supermarkets, souvenir spots and other information. The types of questions also tend to be diversified.

2. Reading is different

New TOEFL: The content has become more academic, covering a wider range of disciplines, including history, science, education, business, social sciences, art and literature, engineering technology, sports and entertainment.

IELTS: The content of the article basically comes from the traditional question bank, such as social science topics about ancient civilization and immigration history, and natural science topics about the introduction of British agriculture and animal characteristics. The emergence of new topics is relatively regular, such as the topic of scientific English in education. Some new reading questions account for about 20%~30%.

3. Different components

The new TOEFL composition part adds an article to examine comprehensive ability. Candidates are required to read an academic article for 3 minutes, then listen to the recording of relevant lectures for 2-3 minutes, and finally write a short essay of 150-225 words within 20 minutes. The big composition part is basically unchanged, and the number of words is slightly longer than the old TOEFL requirement.

The first IELTS article is that candidates need to write a personal letter according to the questions or events in the topic, which can be informal, semi-formal or formal. Topics include a description of a problem or event and three requirements for the tasks that candidates need to complete, not less than 150 words; The second essay is argumentative. Candidates need to discuss according to the opinions, questions or topics given in the topic, and the requirements are not less than 250 words.

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