
Getting a great score on the TOEFL requires preparing and doing well on all four sections of the exam. ETS introduced a new feature in 2019 that allows only your top scores from any session in the past two years to display on your score report. The TOEFL test is scored between 0 and 120, with 30 points allocated for each section. Speaking: Examinees have 17 minutes to talk about a familiar topic and discuss material you read or listened to. The time limit for this section is between 41 and 57 minutes. Listening: This section contains between 28 and 39 questions about brief lectures or classroom discussion. Writing: Examinees will have 50 minutes to read a passage, listen to a recording, then type a response. Reading: Examinees will have between 54 and 72 minutes to read 3-4 passages and respond to 30-40 questions (approximately 10 per passage). Here is a breakdown of what to expect in each section of the TOEFL iBT: Each version is divided into four sections: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. There are two versions of the TOEFL, the Internet-based version ( TOEFL iBT) and a paper version ( TOEFL PBT) that is administered where a computerized version cannot be. ETS administers the exam under the direction of the TOEFL board.

In 1973, a cooperative was formed to manage the test that included ETS, The College Board, and the Graduate Record Examinations board of advisers. The exam was originally developed in the mid-1960s by the Center for Applied Linguistics. The TOEFL measures proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

The Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, exam is used to measure the English-language proficiency of non-native speakers at a college or university level.
