TOEFL vs IELTS vs PTEA

Comparison of  TOEFL, IELTS and PTEA exams. 15 Factors have been used to compare Exams taken by Non Native English speaking students applying for admission to Colleges Universities. Read more

5 Best TOEFL iBT Books

If you are serious about improving your TOEFL iBT score, you better start preparing for TOEFL Exam. It will be hard to improve your TOEFL Exam score overnight, but with good preparation, you can improve your score.  You can consider using the following books for TOEFL iBT preparation Read more

TOEFL Score 77, Can I Apply for Admission in US Universities?

International Students applying for college admission to US Universities are required to submit TOEFL Score. Most of the Universities will require minimum TOEFL Score of 79, but what if the score is slightly less than 79?

Minimum TOEFL Score

We have already discussed about Minimum TOEFL Score for Universities in one of the previous article, this will be continuation of that article. There are couple of things that an happen if the TOEFL Score is lower than the required minimum score

1. University admission committee will look at your credentials like Academic score, English fluency in Statement of Purpose, Score in English course and GRE Score. If they think you have sufficient proficiency in English, you will get unconditional admission
2. If they feel you don’t have required English speaking and writing skills, you will get conditional admission. Where you will either have to take one English course, or pass the English exam similar to TOEFL conducted by the school.

If you happen to get conditional admission, you can always re-take TOEFL Exam and improve your score and get conditional admission status waived.

Which is right acronym for TOEFL – TEFL, TOEFL, TOFEL, TEOFL?

Minimum TOEFL Score – US Universities

If you are applying to to U.S. Schools, colleges as an International Student, where English language is not native language, then TOEFL Score is  mandatory application requirement. Read more

7 Steps to Dramatically Improve TOEFL iBT Score

Michael Buckhoff is an ESL and English professor at California State University, San Bernardino. I came across his blog and website. Read more

Average TOEFL Scores for India, China and Other Countries

TOEFL – Test of English as Foreign Language is required to get admission in U.S. Universities for International students.  Video Tutorial for TOEFL Essays gave few idea about improving TOEFL scores. ETS have reported average TOEFL scores for all the countries where TOEFL exam is offered.

TOEFL scores for Chinese – On the raise

.. performance of examinees who took the TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) between January and December 2007. The report shows that the mean score for Chinese test takers was 78, a two-point increase over 2006. The mean score for Chinese test takers now matches the worldwide average of 78…read more

Average TOEFL Scores – Countries

TOEFL scores for some of the countries

• India – 84
• Japan – 65
• Bangladesh – 83
• Germany – 97
• France – 88

Average TOEFL Scores

Average TOEFL scores of students with different native language

• Hindi – 93
• Tamil – 96
• Telugu – 74
• Kannada – 96
• Chinese – 77
• Marathi – 97
• Russian – 83
• Bengali – 91

It’s really interesting and informative to know data like this. I’m trying to find similar data for GRE. Rest of the data is available here. Also, checkout Top 5 TOEFL iBT Books that can improve your score.