TOEFL

(Test of English as a Foreign Language)

The TOEFL® Internet-based test emphasizes integrated skills and measures all four language skills, including speaking. The content on the test is authentic, and the language is consistent with that used in everyday, real academic settings.

The test has four sections

  • Reading – measures the ability to understand academic reading matter.
  • Listening – measures the ability to understand English as it is used in colleges and universities.
  • Speaking – measures the ability to speak English.
  • Writing – measures the ability to write in a way that is appropriate for college and university course work.

Test content is based on a “corpus,” or database, of spoken and written language that currently contains more than 2.7 million words, collected from educational institutions throughout the United States.

The spoken language in the database was collected from

  • lectures and interactive classes
  • labs
  • office hours
  • study groups
  • everyday service interactions (for example, at the bookstore or registrar’s office).

The written language was collected from sources, such as textbooks and course materials.

Listening and reading texts in the test conform to the characteristics of the language in the database1.

A satisfactory score in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) offered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) need to be submitted by all International students who are applying for the Graduate and Undergraduate programs at UT Arlington.

Register for the TOEFL

Please visit the TOEFL web site at www.toefl.org to register or obtain more information.

1 IBT TOEFL Test Description, 2006, www.toefl.org

Prep test

Please visit Test Resource for practice tests.