TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is the standard test that measures the knowledge of the English as a foreign language. TOEFL is the most common and popular that is widely recognized and valid in over 9’000 universities and agencies in the world; most of which are English spoken faculties for bachelor, master and PhD degrees, recruitment agencies, immigration criteria in most of the countries etc. The required English language to be successful in this exam needs to be between intermediate to advanced. TOEFL exam consists in 4 parts: Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking. Each part has 30 points, by resulting so in 120 points in total. However, these points depend on the request of the institution that you will submit the results to due to where the main focus of their English skill is, either spoken, listening, speaking or writing. The minimum points usually vary from 60 to 120 in total. However, even though there isn’t a certain number of points in TOEFL that makes you a pass the exam, the results of this exam emphasis your level of English language.

There are two types of IELTS: Academic and General Training. Listening and Speaking are the same for both tests, but the subject matter of the Reading and Writing sections differs depending on which test you take. The Listening, Reading and Writing sections of all IELTS tests are completed on the same day, with no breaks in between them. The total test time is 2 hours and 45 minutes. The IELTS academic and general training tests are used to assess reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in non-native English speakers. The IELTS is primarily taken by prospective university students and applicants for immigration visas. The IELTS is a paper-and-pencil examination in which answers are filled in by hand. Each section of the exam contains a variety of exercises and question types. Answers to the questions on the listening and reading passages are objectively either correct or incorrect, and grading is therefore a straightforward matter. All questions have the same value and are equal factors in the section scores. The speaking and writing papers involve the subjective evaluations of IELTS graders, who equally weigh several areas of assessment. Students receive band scores of 0 to 9 for each paper, and half-point scores are possible. All sections contribute equally to the total band score, which is the mean of all four section scores, rounded up or down to the closest half-point.