TOEFL

The Test of English as a Foreign Language, it evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand Standard American English as a college level. It is required for all non-native applicants at many English-speaking colleges and universities unless you have a high school diploma from an English speaking country or graduated from an American or an English university. A TOEFL score is valid for two years and then deleted from the official database.

Internet-based test (iBT) The test is a four-hour test consists of four sections:

1- Reading

After each academic reading passage (out of 3–5), questions are posed about content, intent of the author, and ideas inferred from the passage. New types of questions in the iBT require paraphrasing, filling out tables, or completing summaries. Generally prior knowledge of the subject under discussion is not necessary to come to the correct answer, though a priori knowledge may help.

2- Listening

Questions refer to the content and intent of the phrases, as well as to the speakers' attitude and meaning, either in short conversations or in lectures.

3-Speaking

New to the iBT, this section contains questions relating to personal experiences or preferences, as well as tasks that also involve reading passages and listening to short conversations and lectures. Test takers are expected to convey information, explain ideas, and defend opinions clearly, coherently, and accurately.

4-Writing

One task requires test takers to defend a position relative to a specified general topic. In the other task, a reading passage and a lecture are presented, and test takers must answer a question relating the main points of both the passage and the lecture.

There are several books that you can use to prepare you for the test, to know about the TOEFL tips, best books, and what to expect please read our forums about the TOEFL and feel free to ask any question you might have.