I am going to study abroad, but I have been thinking about TOEFL or IELTS. What is the difference?

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The differences between TOEFL and IELTS are as follows. There is a lot of content, so you can take your time.

1, TOEFL is an American English test and IELTS is a British English test. TOEFL is an American question, so it is based on American English, so TOEFL listening is a standard American accent. American idioms and slang also appear from time to time, and there are a lot of contents about American history, culture, politics and geography. However, because the IELTS test sites are mainly in Britain and Australia, the pronunciation in listening is as international as possible, that is to say, the accents of various countries can be expressed, but English and Australian pronunciation are the main ones, and the cultural and geographical knowledge often involved in reading is also in these two countries.

2. The difference between TOEFL and IELTS:

1) The IELTS test is divided into four parts: listening, reading, writing and speaking, and the test time is 2 hours and 45 minutes. However, immigrants and international students only differ in reading and writing, and adopt the same topics in oral test and listening. There are four parts of IELTS, with a perfect score of 9 for each part and a minimum score of 0. Among them, the listening and reading parts are graded according to the number of correctly answered questions, allowing 0.5 points, while the writing and speaking parts are only integer points. Relatively speaking, IELTS is relatively easy, and many schools in North America have begun to recognize IELTS scores. IELTS is closer to life and TOEFL is more academic.

2) IELTS is suitable for people: students who want to study in the Commonwealth or immigrants from Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The IELTS test is not very demanding on vocabulary, but it is very life-oriented.

3) TOEFL is suitable for people: students who want to study in the United States, Canada and other countries.

4) IELTS speaking test is a one-on-one dialogue between examiners and candidates. In the oral part of the new TOEFL test, candidates will put on headphones to listen to questions, then think for a limited time, and finally answer into the microphone within the specified time. In the whole process, candidates are faced with machines, screen prompts and countdown instructions.

5) IELTS test is mainly international, and the knowledge of culture and geography involved is mostly in Britain and Australia.

6) TOEFL is mainly American English, with a standard American accent, American idioms and slang, which involve a lot of contents about American history, culture, politics, geography and so on. A little foreign accent!

3. American recognition: TOEFL IELTS recognizes that nearly 700 of the more than 3,000 universities recognize IELTS scores. Australia: Universities recognize TOEFL scores, but government visas require IELTS scores. Japan: Both are recognized, but TOEFL is preferred. Korea: Both are recognized, but IELTS is preferred. Canada, Britain, New Zealand, Singapore, etc. Both are recognized. Although there are more than 700 universities in the United States that recognize IELTS, there are more than 3,000 universities in the United States, and the scope of IELTS recognition in the United States is very limited, especially the better universities generally require TOEFL scores; Australia mainly requires IELTS scores, and generally does not need TOEFL applications.

4. Examination methods

New TOEFL: The new TOEFL forms a local area network with ETS headquarters through the Internet, and issues different test questions for each candidate. The test questions are valid once, and there will be no question bank. After the answers are recorded electronically in the online examination, the answers are transmitted to the manual marking network and given objective and reliable scores, thus ensuring the fairness and rationality of the examination.

IELTS: At present, the official has not announced the adoption of the "computer test". China candidates still take the IELTS test in written form. There will be a certain question bank in the exam, and some questions will appear repeatedly in the exam.

Special reminder: the new TOEFL test questions will not be repeated in principle; There will still be a question bank in the IELTS test, and candidates can get a general understanding of the test background through the test experience of some "experienced people".

aural comprehension

TOEFL and IELTS are divided into four parts: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

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.

Special reminder: The new TOEFL listening test gives candidates more time to think and answer questions than IELTS, and the questions are mainly multiple-choice questions, which is more in line with the test mode of China students than IELTS.

Spoken English New TOEFL Spoken English: Using man-machine dialogue to simulate formal teaching and examine students; IELTS Speaking: Objectivity is relatively weakened by the dialogue between examiners and candidates.

Special reminder: IELTS speaking has a relatively comprehensive "machine classics" on the internet (candidates' memory of test questions and answers), and candidates can take these contents as reference. However, in the new TOEFL speaking test, due to the difference in the starting time of candidates, there may be one voice after another in the same examination room. For students with poor oral English, we should make long-term preparations.

Reading the new TOEFL: the content has become more academic and covers a wider range of topics, including history, science, education, business, social science, 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%. Special reminder: the "machine classics" of IELTS reading can only provide background information of the article. Candidates are advised to spend more time familiarizing themselves with real questions and questions.

TOEFL reading requires candidates to explain the meaning of a sentence in the article, and some candidates mistake it for translation, which is a big mistake.

5. The composition differences between TOEFL and IELTS:

New TOEFL composition: add an article to examine comprehensive ability. Candidates are required to read an academic article for 3 minutes, then listen to the recording of related lectures for 2 to 3 minutes, and finally, candidates are required to write a short essay of 150 to 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.

IELTS composition: There are two kinds of compositions, one large and one small, and various conventional charts, bar charts, line charts and pie charts appear alternately in the small composition topics. The topics of the big composition appear comprehensively, including government, environment, science and technology, media, crime, culture, animals and other controversial topics. Special reminder: Rome wasn't built in a day. Candidates will not improve their comprehensive English ability overnight. Therefore, candidates need to work harder on problem-solving methods and skills, especially to be familiar with the writing framework and accumulate some sentence patterns. TOEFL is generally oriented to North America and some countries in Northern Europe. IELTS mainly faces Commonwealth countries. They are all tests of English ability, and this aspect is similar.