The acronym TOEFL stands for "Test of English as a Foreign Language" ("test of knowledge of English as a foreign language"). This international exam can be passed in most countries of the world, it allows you to assess the level of knowledge of English among those people for whom this language is not native.
The preparation of materials for the exam was carried out by representatives of Princeton University (New Jersey, USA). Today, you can pass the TOEFL in most large cities of Russia (Astrakhan, Vladivostok, Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Irkutsk, etc.). The cost of an exam is usually about two hundred dollars (you can find out the exact cost by directly contacting the center in your city that offers this service). The exam itself consists of four main parts, each of which is aimed at testing the skills of the examinee in a particular area of knowledge of the English language. The first part of the exam involves checking how well the examiner understands English speech by ear and knows how to draw conclusions from the information received. You will need to listen to various dialogs and give the correct answers to questions that directly relate to the content of the dialogs. To pass this part of the exam well, try to answer all the questions, but do not spend a lot of time on each of them - this part of the exam involves a time limit. The second part of the exam is designed to assess the ability of the examiner to perceive texts in English and work with grammatical constructions. The third part assesses the examiner's ability to understand the content of short passages from various texts. To test this skill, you will be offered a passage for reading, after reading which you will need to answer questions regarding its contents. To successfully pass this part of the exam, try to read the text as carefully as possible, and when answering questions, remember - it is better to answer at random than to skip the question. The test result will directly depend on the amount of correct answers given by you. The fourth part of the exam is considered the most difficult - the examiner will need to write a capacious and competent essay on a given topic. In order to achieve a good result and pass the TOEFL, you need to pay maximum attention to this task. The essay should be informative, provided with compelling justification for each of your thoughts. It is better to familiarize yourself with a list of all the topics that you can offer in the exam. A good exam is a prerequisite for entering a higher education institution in the United States, getting a job in the United States or applying for US citizenship. The TOEFL result is valid for two years.
