The Global Importance of TOEFL in Study Abroad

TOEFL is trusted by students globally for their study abroad journey. There are many reasons to support this trust including the wider acceptance of the TOEFL test, shortened TOEFL iBT (under 2 hours), free prep materials, and more. Scroll down to learn more about how students are utilizing the test to study abroad.

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Seamless and Shorter Registration Process

The TOEFL test registration process is made more efficient and student-friendly by reducing the registration time to 3 minutes. Multiple payment options are available for students including UPI payment options.

Worldwide Acceptance

One of the reasons that TOEFL is preferred by students over any other English language test is its worldwide acceptance in 13,000+ universities across 160+ countries.

Affordability

Indian students can pay their test fees in INR without worrying about foreign currency conversion charges. This makes the test budget-friendly and hassle-free for Indian students.

Convenient Testing and Fair Scoring

TOEFL test can be taken in under 2 hours, assessing the students on 4-language skills (Reading, listening, speaking, and writing) in a much shorter time. TOEFL test is score by human and AI raters to ensure fairness in the test evaluation and result in fairer scores.

• The unofficial scores are provided instantly after the test for the reading and listening section.
• The official scores are provided in 4-8 days.
• TOEFL also provides the MyBest score facility which helps you showcase your test improvements in all the TOEFL tests attempted to date.

Official Prep Materials | FREE!

To make study abroad preparation affordable, ETS provides official TOEFL study resources. Most of these resources are available for free and include the following:

1. TOEFL TestReady

This is your personalized portal for preparing, practicing, and tracking your performance progress. The detailed performance analysis helps the student improve during preparation. The following are the tools that help in better preparation:

• Activity of the Day: It provides a scored activity every day on a rotational basis. The activity is from any of the 4-skill sections.
• Personalized study planner: It helps you create and download a tailored planner for your preparation. Students must fill out the short survey to create a plan. It is based on your study requirements for the test and provided timeline.
• Section test: For better performance in particular skill sections, one must practice the section tests. Scores and insights are provided upon section test completion.
• Section practice: Feedback and insights at the question/task type and feature level within a specific test section including example responses.
• Focused practice: Feedback and insights on one question/task type
• Videos, courses, books, tips, progress tracking, and more.

The platform offers targeted recommendations and insights to help learners focus their time and prepare more effectively & efficiently. Initial research has found the better one’s performance in TOEFL TestReady, the more likely they’ll be to achieve a higher TOEFL iBT score.

1. Official Beginner’s Guide | FREE INR 249

This official TOEFL guide is best for beginners as well as retest-takers. It helps one navigate through the test structure, scoring guide, full-length tests (with answer keys and sample responses), access to TOEFL Masterclasses, TOEFL TestReady, TOEFL Sampler, and more.

1. TOEFL Masterclasses

To strengthen your preparation, listen directly to the master trainers. The experts provide useful tips and strategies to ace the sections and special TOEFL test discount vouchers to all attendees.

1. TOEFL Sampler

TOEFL sampler is a 40-minute test that mirrors the TOEFL test and helps you analyze your performance to boost your confidence during the test day.

ETS Offers & Discounts

The cost of studying abroad might be daunting for the aspirants. ETS helps study abroad aspirants by financially supporting them through various discounts, scholarship opportunities, and more. Additionally, many universities provide exclusive scholarships to TOEFL achievers.

A good TOEFL score can unlock access to such funding opportunities for study abroad aspirants.

ETS has a tie-up with HDFC Credila and Amber to provide discounts or concessions to students.

1. The students taking an education loan from HDFC Credila, get a refund of up to INR 19,110 on their GRE or TOEFL test fee.
2. Students booking their accommodation through Amber get a discount of INR 15,000.

TOEFL stands out as a popular and preferred choice among Indian students aiming to study abroad. It has shorter test times, exclusive scholarship opportunities, discounts on tests, and more.