What are TOFEL, GRE, GMAT, and IELTS, and what is the purpose of taking them?

TOEFL, which is the abbreviation of Test of English As a Foreign Language, is fully sponsored by Educational Testing Services. The TOEFL test is the first proof of English proficiency for studying in American colleges and universities.

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), organized by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), is for non-English-speaking countries who apply to attend college/graduate school in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom. An English proficiency test given to students.

Test structure: The current TOEFL test includes four parts: composition, listening, grammar and reading. ETS will launch a new generation of TOEFL test in September 2005. Compared with the current TOEFL, the new TOEFL lists speaking as a compulsory part and cancels the grammar part. There are also varying degrees of changes in the composition, listening and reading sections.

Test scoring: The full score of TOEFL paper-based test is 677 points, and the full score of computer-based test is 300 points. Mainland China currently uses paper-based examinations. Scores are valid for 2 years.

GRE is the abbreviation of Graduate Record Examination, the American Graduate Record Examination Qualifying Examination.

American University Graduate School regulations: Applicants for advanced degrees such as master's and doctoral degrees must take this exam.

The GRE test is not only an important basis for American graduate schools to select and cultivate senior research talents, but also one of the important reference conditions for graduate schools of various universities to decide whether to provide scholarships to applicants.

The GRE test is not only an important basis for American graduate schools to select and cultivate senior research talents, but also one of the important reference conditions for graduate schools of various universities to decide whether to provide scholarships to applicants.

GRE is divided into two types: general exam (general) and professional exam (subjet). Candidates need to take one or both exams according to their own conditions and the requirements of the school they are applying for.

GMAT, the full name is Graduate Management Admission Test, a foreign MBA entrance exam, commissioned by the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAC) from the Education Testing Center in Princeton, New Jersey.

In 1997, GMAC changed the (GMAT) to a computer-based exam and increased the number of exams from four times a year to 216 times a year. The number of exams has increased, the number of people has increased, and the workload of grading has increased. Therefore, E-Rater has been introduced into the computer exam composition scoring work. GMAC now believes that E-Rater software scoring is more effective than traditional reading scoring by teachers.

GMAT has become the entrance exam for English-speaking business schools in various countries. GMAT is a useful tool for predicting candidates’ abilities across cultures, languages, genders, and ages, because each question is tested on thousands of candidates. Effective and very scientific. The distinction function is used to determine whether candidates' answers are different due to gender, age, and race. Therefore, some test questions are not scored. If the candidate's answer is now due to the above reasons rather than ability, the question will be cancelled.

The GMAT test not only tests the applicant's language and mathematical abilities, but also tests his or her mental reaction, logical thinking and ability to solve practical problems. Generally speaking, the GMAT test can more truly reflect the English proficiency of test takers, so it is valued and praised by more and more majors and schools. Regardless of whether in the United States or Europe, schools that teach MBA in English use GMAT as the entrance exam. Currently, nearly a thousand universities around the world use the GMAT exam.

The full name of IELTS is international english language testing system, referred to as ielts. Like the TOEFL test, ielts is also an international English proficiency test, conducted by the Cambridge University Testing Center, the British Council and the Australian Universities Agency for International Development*** Same management. The IELTS test is divided into two modes: academic (academic), which is used to test whether the English proficiency of the test taker can study in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in an English environment, which is somewhat similar to the TOEFL test; general training (general training) It focuses on assessing whether the test taker has the basic English skills needed to survive in an English-speaking country, that is, survival english. In Europe and North America, more and more institutions are beginning to accept IELTS test scores. The immigration bureaus of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other countries regard IELTS test scores as the only criterion for measuring English language proficiency in skilled immigrants and other types of immigrants. In April 1990, IELTS began to be promoted in China. Currently, visiting scholars sent by my country's government to study in the UK and those pursuing master's and doctoral degrees are required to take this exam.