Although both to measure English
language abilities, either TOEFL or IELTS initiated by different developers.
TOEFL is made from the Educational Testing Service (ETS), an organization of
the United States. While IELTS is developed by a collaboration between the
British Council University of Cambridge and IELTS Australia.
TOEFL is usually used to test the
English language skills of a person in the context of American English.
Meanwhile, IELTS is used to test the ability of the English language in the
context of British English.
Overall, the ability of the tested on
the TOEFL or IELTS same, which includes reading, writing, listening and
speaking. However TOEFL scores are typically used to measure proficiency in
English in the context of the English language is the primary language used in
everyday life. Whereas, for the IELTS is designed for people who want to study
or work abroad. This test has been recognized in various educational
institutions and professional bodies in various countries. In practice, there
are two versions of the IELTS test, which is a common version and academic.
Meanwhile, only one version of the TOEFL test.
Implementation of the IELTS test takes
two hours and 45 minutes. Because IELTS has two versions of the test, namely
general and academic, so there is a difference between the two versions of the
test. To test listening and speaking are relatively the same, but for test
writing and reading between the two versions of the tests had a different
emphasis of matter. Meanwhile, using only one version of the TOEFL test and
takes 4 hours in practice.
IELTS score range is on a scale of 0 -9.
To apply for the undergraduate program, it takes at least a score of between
6.0 - 6.5 in order to qualify. Meanwhile, the range of scores TOELF divided
into two, namely the online and written tests. If the test online, the range of
scores ranging between 0-120 while on the written test between 310-677. Based
on the TOEFL score range, standard scores used by universities around the world
generally is about 79-80 for TOEFL online. The score is equivalent to a score
of 550 for TOEFL is made in writing.
