Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

Avenues International conducts a six-week long preparation course on any versions of the TOEFL test. The length of the course is thirty hours and the sessions are facilitated an hour a day at students’ suitable timings. Students can enroll for any classes between 7AM and 7PM from Monday to Friday. The TOEFL is a standardized test that measures English proficiency of students who are non-native speakers of English, intending to study in an institution where medium of teaching and learning is English.

Students who are going particularly to the USA and Canada are advised to take this test. However, TOEFL is accepted by most institutions around the world. There are three versions of TOEFL tests and students can prepare and register for any version available as per their interest and availability of the test in test centers located within the country.
Registration for the test should be done well in advance.
All our students have an opportunity of carrying out all their practice tests in the Self Access Lab. Every Sunday, teachers organize a test for the students on the computers in the lab so that they are well-acquainted with the test and build up confidence in taking their real test.

The TOEFL has the following format.

Sections Internet Based Next Generation TOEFL Computer Based TOEFL Paper-Based TOEFL
Test Time 4 hours 3.5 hours 3 hours
Integrated Task Yes No No
Note Taking Yes No No
Computer Tutorials No Yes NA
Computer Adaptive No Listening and Structure are computer-adaptive NA
Listening
  • 4 – 6 lectures, some
    with classroom dis-
    cussion
    (each 3 – 5 minutes long, 6 questions each)
  • 2 -3 conversations
    (each 3 – 5 minutes long,5 questions each)
    Introduction of additional native English accents
  • Time: 6 to 90 minutes
  • 11 – 17 dialogues
    (1 question each)
  • 2 – 3
    short conversations
    (each up to 1 minute long, 2 – 3 questions each)
  • 4 – 6 mini-lectures and discussions (each upto 2 minutes long, 3 – 6 questions each)
  • Time: 40 – 60 minutes
  • 3 – 4 mini talks (each 60 – 90 seconds long, 3 – 5 questions each)
  • 2 – 3 extended conversations (each 60 – 90 seconds long, 3 – 5 questions each)
  • 30 – 40 dialogues (each 5 – 15 seconds long, 1 question each)
  • Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Speaking
  • 6 Tasks
    2 independent tasks – express an opinion on a familiar topic
  • 4 integrated tasks – speak based on what is read and heard
  • Up to 30 seconds to prepare the response and up to 1 minute to respond
  • Time: 20 minutes
 None None
Reading
  • 3 – 5 passages from academic texts
    Approximately 700 words long
  • Includes multiple-focus passages (compare/ contrast, cause/ effect)
  • 12 – 14 questions for each passage
  • Time: 60 – 100 minutes
  • 4 – 5 passages from academic texts (250 – 350 words long)
  • 11 questions per passage
  • Time: 70 – 90 minutes
  • 5 passages from academic texts (250 – 350 words long)
  • 10 questions per passage
  • Time: 55 minutes
Writing
  • 2 Tasks
  • 1 integrated task – write based on what is read and heard
  • 1 independent task – support an opinion on a topic
    Typing required
  • Rating: 0 – 5 points
    Time: 50 minutes (20 minutes for integrated task and 30 minutes for independent task)
  • No grammar section, although grammar is evaluated in Speaking and Writing responses
  • 1 Tasks
  • 1 independent task – support an opinion on a topic
  • Typing optional
    Rating: 0 – 6 points, combined with Structure
  • Time: 30 minutes
  • 1 Tasks
  • 1 independent task (Test of Written English)
  • Rating: 0 – 6 points, reported separately on score report
  • Handwriting only
  • Time: 30 minutes
Total Score 0 – 120 0 – 300 310 – 677