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first of all, the biggest difference between the two exams is the accent, the toefl is based on the american accent and the ielts is based on the english accent. apart from that, the total score for toefl is 120, for ielts it is 9. both exams consist of 4 parts: reading, listening, writing and speaking, while the toefl lasts about 5 hours, ielts lasts about 3 hours. the biggest disadvantage of toefl, based on my own experience, is the risk of being able to hear the speaking part of the examinie next to you while you are writing, since everyone starts the exam at different times. in ielts, everyone starts the exam at the same time and you do not encounter such a problem. to evaluate on the basis of each section; reading: both exams give long academic articles. while there is a nuisance like true / false / not given in ielts, there are only multiple choice questions in toefl (execpt one placement qestion for passages). ielts is the most advantageous between both exams in reading; because ,the questions progress in a certain order and it is easier to find the answer on the article compared to toefl. listening: in toefl, you are expected to listen a recording and take notes before questions. you do multiple choice questions based on your notes. in ielts, 3 separate recordings are listened to and you answer questions while listening to the audio recording. the handicap for ielts is that while listening, you encounter different question types such as fill-in-the-blank, matching and multiple-choice. if you misspell a single letter in a word, you won't get any points. since all questions are multiple choice in toefl, you do not run the risk of making a spelling mistake. writing: there are two tasks in toefl and ielts. in toefl, time is set by the system itself, in ielts you have to set it yourself. in other words, you should always keep an eye on the counter :) in my opinion, the hardest part is writing, because you have to follow a specific format for each task. if you take the exam without any practice at all, it is very likely that you will stumble. in toefl, both a reading text and an audio recording is given for the first task and you are expected to write an essay about the relation between the two. in ielts, you are expected to analyze a diagram, table or graph. the two exams for task 2 are similar, and you will be asked your opinion on a particular subject. in my opinion, ielts is scored much more scarce compared to toefl for the writing part. speaking: the part where ielts is clearly ahead. because in ielts you are doing the exam face to face with a real instructor, while you are talking to a computer in toefl. you also see your remaining time, which stresses like crazy. there is also a risk that the recording stops before you can finish your sentence completely (it happened to me) but at ielts you have a natural conversation with your examiner and your exam passes without stress. despite this setback in toefl, i got 27/30 from speaking, i think the scoring system is good, judging from this. edit: ielts 8.0 is here. feel free to message me regarding any qs on ielts.

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in title
ielts vs toefl
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1 year ago
first of all, the biggest difference between the two exams is the accent, the toefl is based on the american accent and the ielts is based on the english accent. apart from that, the total score for toefl is 120, for ielts it is 9. both exams consist of 4 parts: reading, listening, writing and speaking, while the toefl lasts about 5 hours, ielts lasts about 3 hours. the biggest disadvantage of toefl, based on my own experience, is the risk of being able to hear the speaking part of the examinie next to you while you are writing, since everyone starts the exam at different times. in ielts, everyone starts the exam at the same time and you do not encounter such a problem. to evaluate on the basis of each section; reading: both exams give long academic articles. while there is a nuisance like true / false / not given in ielts, there are only multiple choice questions in toefl (execpt one placement qestion for passages). ielts is the most advantageous between both exams in reading; because ,the questions progress in a certain order and it is easier to find the answer on the article compared to toefl. listening: in toefl, you are expected to listen a recording and take notes before questions. you do multiple choice questions based on your notes. in ielts, 3 separate recordings are listened to and you answer questions while listening to the audio recording. the handicap for ielts is that while listening, you encounter different question types such as fill-in-the-blank, matching and multiple-choice. if you misspell a single letter in a word, you won't get any points. since all questions are multiple choice in toefl, you do not run the risk of making a spelling mistake. writing: there are two tasks in toefl and ielts. in toefl, time is set by the system itself, in ielts you have to set it yourself. in other words, you should always keep an eye on the counter :) in my opinion, the hardest part is writing, because you have to follow a specific format for each task. if you take the exam without any practice at all, it is very likely that you will stumble. in toefl, both a reading text and an audio recording is given for the first task and you are expected to write an essay about the relation between the two. in ielts, you are expected to analyze a diagram, table or graph. the two exams for task 2 are similar, and you will be asked your opinion on a particular subject. in my opinion, ielts is scored much more scarce compared to toefl for the writing part. speaking: the part where ielts is clearly ahead. because in ielts you are doing the exam face to face with a real instructor, while you are talking to a computer in toefl. you also see your remaining time, which stresses like crazy. there is also a risk that the recording stops before you can finish your sentence completely (it happened to me) but at ielts you have a natural conversation with your examiner and your exam passes without stress. despite this setback in toefl, i got 27/30 from speaking, i think the scoring system is good, judging from this. edit: ielts 8.0 is here. feel free to message me regarding any qs on ielts.

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