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TOEFL Resources is all about helping you get the TOEFL score that you need. This Blog covers articles and step-by-step guides, essay evaluation and rating.
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2d ago
Ten years ago today, Duolingo launched a project called “Test Center.” Shortly thereafter, “Test Center” morphed into the Duolingo English Test. That test is now taken more than 800,000 times per year. That’s quite an accomplishment. Many people think of the DET as a fairly new product, but ten years is a long time. When ..read more
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1w ago
As part of an ongoing mission to expand my knowledge of testing options in 2024, I took the B2 version of the Skills for English: SELT Test yesterday. While everything is still fresh in my mind, I’ll share a few thoughts. Before I begin, I should mention that PSI gave me a voucher to take ..read more
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1w ago
ETS will send a new “TOEFL Official Beginner’s Guide” to people who register for the TOEFL test in India. I’ll do my best to snag a copy. If anyone has an extra, you know how to reach me ..read more
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1w ago
Via this week’s issue of “The Cheat Sheet” I learned about a cheating ring (well, three folks) in Florida that enabled at least 820 people to cheat on an at-home test for an insurance-selling license operated by Pearson. The cheating involved the same method that people have (allegedly) used to cheat on at-home English tests ..read more
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2w ago
A bit delayed, but here is a list of all the changes (that I could spot) in the fourth edition of “Official TOEFL iBT Tests, Volume 2.” You can find the changes in Volume 1 over here. In addition to the changes listed below, note that the independent writing task has been replaced with an ..read more
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2w ago
Scattered reports over the past couple of weeks of problems when attempting to create a profile on the official TOEFL site. Affected users say that they get stuck on the page with “Search Service” at the top. Whatever the user selects, they just get sent back to the same page. That renders them unable to ..read more
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2w ago
I wrote yesterday about my sample of 16 international students admitted to Columbia University. I mentioned that 15 took the Duolingo English Test, and one took the TOEFL. What does that mean in terms of revenues at testing firms? Well, that one dude who was admitted with a TOEFL score took the test three times ..read more
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2w ago
Including the last few stragglers, 16 international students at Columbia University reached out to me for help with the ALP Essay Exam (need help? Contact me!) for this year’s fall term. As always, I asked them what tests they used to get admitted to the school in the first place. The results were: Duolingo English ..read more
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1M ago
I have far too many unread copies of “The New Yorker.” I have signed up for the $6 promotional deal quite a few times and now I’ve got a big pile of unread issues on my shelf. My catch-up strategy nowadays is to read copies of the magazine when I’m on long flights. This month ..read more
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1M ago
I read on Pereless that ETS is seeking to hire a “Director of Technology- Next Gen ELL.” The job listing says: “The Director of Technology – Next Gen ELL role provides strategic leadership, engineering and development roadmap guidance and subject matter expertise to assigned areas of Technology to drive meaningful business outcomes for the next ..read more