Help! Which is better, TOEFL or IELTS?

Well, I agree with what was said upstairs.

Commonwealth countries – IELTS.

The difficulty is that the oral exam is a one-on-one exam in front of the examiner. This is a special feature of IELTS, which tests your oral expression skills, reaction skills, fluency, and mental quality. Personally, I think this aspect is more difficult than the TOEFL.

TOEFL is basically from the United States. In the speaking section of the new TOEFL test, test takers will put on headphones to listen to the questions, then think within a time limit, and finally speak into a microphone within a set time. Throughout the process, the candidate is confronted with a machine, an on-screen prompt, and a second countdown indication.

The language content and scenarios used in the new TOEFL test are based on real-life scenarios on North American university campuses, covering six categories: education, humanities, business, engineering technology, natural sciences, and social studies.

Maybe in the written part, we have less exposure to the content of TOEFL, and it will be more difficult. But it's much the same.

Both have different vocabulary ranges and different abilities, although they are both English tests.

More and more North American universities are now accepting IELTS scores, and more and more Commonwealth universities, especially in Australia, are also beginning to recognize TOEFL scores.

In fact, the two exams are similar, and the biggest difference should be the oral part.

It's up to you to weigh it up. Because everyone's speaking ability is different.

You can follow-up, I hope thank you.

In fact, it depends on what you are going to ** first, and then decide what you want to take.

If you go to the United States, you should take the TOEFL, because their requirements for IELTS are very high, which actually increases the difficulty.

Comparing TOEFL to the United States, they definitely prefer TOEFL.

If you go to Commonwealth countries, Europe and the like, take IELTS.

Good luck.

People in our class said that IELTS was a little easier.

Be more skillful.

However, it depends on the school's requirements for TOEFL and IELTS scores.

IELTS and TOEFL have different emphases, and the difficulty is different for candidates with different foundations, so you can judge which aspect you are better at according to the difference between the two, which is more conducive to improving your score. For the two, you can compare the four aspects of listening, speaking, reading and writing, as follows:

In terms of listening and listening, TOEFL listening is to listen first and then do the questions, you can't see the questions before doing the questions, and all the listening content is written down on several blank sheets of paper, so TOEFL listening requires good note-taking skills and a grasp of the overall context structure of the entire listening content. IELTS listening is to listen and do the questions, and there will be dozens of seconds to preview the questions before the official start, so that we can have a rough grasp of the test center before the test. But no matter which one you are, you have to keep track of your listening progress.

From a listening point of view, the TOEFL is slightly more difficult.

In terms of speaking, the TOEFL speaking test adopts a human-computer mode, so the content of the conversation is all done on the computer. The IELTS Speaking test is a face-to-face communication between the test taker and the examiner, and the test content is mainly to communicate with the examiner and describe things. Read and write.

In terms of writing, the TOEFL writing test uses a listening and then writing method to write the differences between the two through listening and reading passages; The IELTS Writing test is completely different, interspersed with a variety of chart types in the writing, far surpassing the TOEFL in terms of both the number of pre-test preparations and the difficulty of the test. However, in the TOEFL test, listening and note-taking ability are the key to the whole test, and once you don't grasp it well, the difficulty is not small.

Therefore, which is easier to improve the score depends on which test you are more suitable for. If you have a clear target school, you must first check whether the school requires IELTS or TOEFL scores before deciding which one to take.

1.The difference between the TOEFL and IELTS scoring systems. The total score of the new TOEFL is 120 points, and some famous schools in the United States do not seem to have high requirements for the new TOEFL, only requiring 80 points, which is equivalent to 550 points in the old TOEFL test, but the scores of Chinese candidates have always been relatively high, and it is more difficult to obtain admission permits from prestigious schools such as Harvard under the premise of great competition.

The IELTS test score is divided into 9 grades from 1 to 9, and the four parts of listening, reading, writing, and speaking are scored separately to calculate an average score. The score card lists the four individual results and the final overall result. Science and engineering majors require applicants to have an IELTS score or above, while liberal arts majors require applicants to achieve a minimum of 7 points.

2.The IELTS test is mainly a language entrance test for students who intend to apply for Commonwealth countries, and the English of Commonwealth countries is different from English in North America, so IELTS is suitable for applying to the United Kingdom, New Zealand and other countries, while the TOEFL test is mainly for North American countries such as the United States and Canada.

3.The TOEFL test emphasizes the objectivity of the test, while the IELTS test emphasizes the communicative function and practicality of the language. Except for the essay, all parts of the TOEFL test are objective multiple-choice questions in four choices.

The IELTS test has a variety of question types, including the spelling of words in the listening section, the writing skills in the reading section, and the speaking section emphasizing the application of language skills in practical communication. Therefore, in addition to the essay, if you encounter a difficult problem in the test room in the TOEFL test, you can choose a random answer, and you can have a 25% correct rate, which will not exist in the IELTS test.

4.The difference between TOEFL and IELTS test methods. The new TOEFL forms a local area network with ETS headquarters through the Internet, and the test questions are issued for each person, and the test questions are valid once.

In addition, the online test records the answers electronically, transmits the answers to the manual scoring network, and scores them objectively and reliably, so as to ensure the fairness and reasonableness of the test. At present, there is no official announcement on the use of "computer-based tests", and the IELTS test taken by Chinese candidates is still conducted in the form of a written test.

It is generally accepted that TOEFL is more difficult than IELTS, but if you have a good level of English and a solid basic grammar vocabulary, then I recommend that you prepare for TOEFL, because TOEFL has higher grammar and vocabulary requirements than IELTS.

In addition, if you want to take IELTS after studying TOEFL, it will be very simple, just like high school students looking back at junior high school English, it will be easier to accept. On the contrary, it will be very difficult. The IELTS test is more skillful in answering questions, and there are not too many requirements for grammar or anything, and it is a bit opportunistic to do the questions.

In terms of difficulty, TOEFL and IELTS are not very different, and the test method and focus will be different.

Both are of the same nature, both are test of English language, unlike GRE and SAT are test in English language (note the difference in prepositions), and the groups participating in the test also coincide (mainly high school students and college students in China), so as the most mature English language test in the world, how can there be a fundamental difference between the difficulty of the two and the test center for listening, speaking, reading and writing?

TOEFL and IELTS do not have a clear vocabulary requirement, and ETS test centers also clearly state on the OG that there is no list of words that must be testedThe vocabulary syllabus of the two examinations is clearly defined by the examination committees of the fourth and sixth grades. In order to achieve the expected score in reading, in addition to certain vocabulary and grammar, there are two other abilities that are restricted:

Whether you can understand the attributes of the ideas in the article (which are the main ideas, which are the secondary ideas, etc.), and whether you can understand the relationship between the ideas. Even students with a vocabulary of more than 10,000 may be poor at these two abilities and will not be able to take advantage of them in reading.

Both exams are difficult, but if you want to go abroad, you have to take the exam, and what the candidate wants to take is ultimately up to the school you apply to, and the school recognizes which exam you must take. The difference between the two: the degree of recognition.

IELTS: More than 900 universities in European countries led by the United Kingdom, several countries in Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, etc.) and North America.

TOEFL: All universities in North America and some European countries (Germany, the Netherlands, etc.), Oceania countries.

Exam features: IELTS: Mainly British English, comprehensive ability test, more emphasis on oral examination than TOEFL.

TOEFL: American English is the mainstay, and the language mastery ability of the expedition team has additional tests.

Target the population. IELTS: Those who are studying abroad, settling or working abroad.

TOEFL: International Students Abroad.

Exam format. IELTS: It is divided into four parts: listening, speaking, reading and writing, taking into account the various objectives of foreign language teaching, and can accurately test a person's actual level. Handwritten way.

TOEFL: It is also composed of four parts: listening, speaking, reading and writing, listening using real language scenes, using the language environment and communication methods of American university campuses, using online tests, and having a fixed test time and number of test questions.

The test score is valid for two years, and the TOEFL test will not have repeated questions in principle. The IELTS test is a random question bank and there is a chance that it will recur in the next test.

Grading system. The full score of IELTS is 9, and then it is divided into 9 bands. The four parts of listening, speaking, reading and writing are scored separately, and an average score is calculated at the end.

TOEFL: The full score is 120 points, generally 80 points can successfully apply to ordinary universities in the United States, and more than 100 points can apply to prestigious universities in the United States.

Exam fees. IELTS: The latest news is that the IELTS fee will be adjusted to 1,700 RMB in a certain test period in 2014.

TOEFL: The registration fee is 1,540 RMB, which does not include late registration fees, transfer fees, and other fees.