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EDUCATION REPORT - November 14, 2002: Foreign Student
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We continue our reports about how foreign students
can attend an American college or university. This information also
can be found on the Special English Web site, www.voaspecialenglish.com.
TOEFL (TOE-full) is an important test for foreign
students who want to study in the United States. TOEFL stands for Test
of English as a Foreign Language. More than four-thousand American universities
and other educational centers require students seeking admission to
take the test. It measures a student's ability to understand, read and
write English.
The Educational Testing Service now produces
two kinds of TOEFL tests. In most areas of the world, people take the
test on a computer in special testing centers. TOEFL also offers a version
of the test taken with paper and pencil.
Both TOEFL tests require listening, reading
and writing in English. Some questions list a few possible answers.
You must choose the correct one. The test also contains new kinds of
questions. For example, you may be asked to respond to questions with
more than one answer. Or you may be asked to connect a question with
the correct answer from a list of possibilities.
A writing test measures your ability to write
in English. All together, the TOEFL takes between
three-and-one-half and four hours to finish. You can take the TOEFL
as many times as you wish. You must pay each time. Experts say it is
a good idea to take it one or two times to experience it. They also
say the best way to prepare for the TOEFL is to use English as much
as you can.
For example, listen to English radio broadcasts.
You already are doing this by listening to our Special English programs.
Listen to VOA's normal English broadcasts, too. Tape one of these broadcasts.
Then tell what the broadcast was about.
You can also watch American movies. Read American
publications. Speak English as much as you can.
You can learn more about the TOEFL test on the
Internet's World Wide Web. The address is www.toefl.rog.
Or you can write for more information. The address
is TOEFL Services, Educational Testing Services, Post Office Box six-one-five-one,
Princeton, New Jersey, zero-eight-five-four-one, USA.
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