TOEFL

The TOEFL task, (Test Of English as Foreign Language), is a test made for evaluate your abilities to use and speak the English language, including knowledge on listening, reading, speaking and writing skills, which combine to form a complete and an interesting test that measures the English skills at the university level. This test can be done by two different ways, the first way is an electronic test which can be answered by the internet; this way to present this test is easier, faster and more comfortable than the ordinary paper test. The second way to answer the TOEFL task which is a classic way to solve this exam and requires more time from the applier and this second way represents an opportunity to do this test for the places where isn’t possible owe an internet connection.
The TOEFL task is conformed by four different parts: the reading comprehension, the listening comprehension, the speaking and the writing section. The reading comprehension section longs around 1 hour or one and half hour and is designed to evaluate the reading ability. The listening comprehension section longs around a hour or one and half hour and is designed to review the capacity to understand the spoken language; the speaking section isn’t taken on all tests, but is designed to evaluate the ability to express the language and measure the capacity to communicate the spoken language. The last section is the writing section, is designed to measure the ability to use the language by the written language. The task takes completely around 4 hours.
The TOEFL task provides too many different advantages to the appliers; the first is that this task is recognized and accepted by thousands of universities, institutes, companies and organizations around all the world; so this exam is an excellent tool for the students who’re looking for a foreign scholarship, is worthy too for get certificates, for get admissions to study an English learning program, is a requirement for students and workers applying for visas. Another TOEFL task’s advantage is that this is a reliable test that is evaluated by certificated appliers and it takes a cheap prize for can take this test. The TOEFL task offers too many centers in different places where you can get help to prepare and increase your knowledge on the language to get a higher rating on the test.
The TOEFL organization, coordinated with some publishing houses, launches every year actualized books and audio material letting the appliers get enough preparation before do the test. All the tools provided by the TOEFL organization are available on different languages to let more people around the world be approached and interested on apply this task. As was said before on this writing, the TOEFL task involves a cheap paid which cost ranges from US$100 to US$225 and the prize varies between the countries. Here on Indonesia the exam is available on the internet version on the next cities: Bandung, Batam, Denpasar, Jakarta, Malang, Medan, Pekanbaru, Salatiga, Samarinda, Semarang, Surabaya, Tangerang and Yogyakarta.
Sometimes the people who can speaks English not always get a high score on TOEFL test. That’s because the TOEFL test not just read and translate like they thought, but it more than to determine the extent of ability in terms of reading and listening to conversational English and structures in English. These are some of tips or advice to solve and get the high score on the TOEFL test :
1. Learn the section directions now, use the time during the test to work on questions.
2. Do not write on any test booklet or materials.
3. Use the process of elimination to decide which answers are wrong.
4. Don't spend too much time on any one question. You should spend only seconds on the easiest questions, and hesitate to spend more than 1/2 minute on even the hardest ones.
5. Practice, practice, practice!
6. Don’t be nervous!