What Are the TOEFL & the IELTS?

1. Intermediate ESL Reading,
Thinking, and Answering
Exercise 1: TOEFL & IELTS

2. Many people from non-English-speaking countries want
to attend a university in an English-speaking country.

3. Some of these people are very bright; but if they don’t
know English well enough, they won’t be able to
succeed.

4. Major universities in the United States usually ask
students from other countries to take one of two main
tests.

5. The first is called the TOEFL and the second is called the
IELTS.

6. The purpose of the tests is to see if students from other
countries are ready to do university-level work in
English.

7. Question #1
Who is required to take the TOEFL and the IELTS?

8. Question 2
Why do universities want students to take the TOEFL?

9. Answer the Questions in Complete Sentences
The answers are on the next two slides.

10. Answer #1
Students who want to attend a university in an English-
speaking country are required to take the TOEFL or the
IELTS.

11. Answer #2
They want students to take the TOEFL to see if they are
ready to do university-level work in English.