There are three widely-accepted English proficiency tests. It is important to find out which one is right for you when you are seeking admissions to foreign

1. ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY
TESTS
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2.  International English Language Testing
System (IELTS)
 Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL)
 Pearson Test of English (PTE)
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3. IELTS acronym of “International English Language
Testing System”
Academic General
 For the students seeking
university admissions
 To study abroad
 Writing task 1 is report
writing
 Reading module is based
on newspaper or magazine
article or trends.
 For non-academic
purposes
 To live or to work in foreign
countries
 Task 1 is letter writing
 Reading part is designed to
gauge communicative
skills in realistic manner.
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4. IELTS
PAPER BASEDTEST
DURATION
2hours 45 min
Speaking on separate
day
VALIDITY
2years
SCORES
0-9
FEE
11,800
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5. PTE acronym of “Pearson test of
English”
Three versions
 Academic (For studying abroad)
 General (Aims at assessing the communicative language
ability of the test takers)
 Young learners test (Testing the ability of children in
using the language structures)
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6. PTE
COMPUTER BASEDTEST
VALIDITY
2Years
FEE
INR11,300
LATE FEE
INR14,125
SCORE
10-90 Points
DURATION
3hours
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7. TOEFL acronym of “Test of English as
Foreign Language”
Categorized on the basis of test format:
 TOEFL PBT (TOEFL Paper-basedTest)
 TOEFL iBT (TOEFL Internet-basedTest).
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8. TOEFL
INTERNET BASEDTEST
VALIDITY
2years
DURATION
3hours 10 minutes
To
4hours 20 minutes
FEE
$170 (Approximately
INR 11,300)
SCORE
0-120(overall)
(0-30 )for each
module
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9. IELTS
• Evaluated by
human rater.
• Speaking is
conducted face to
face with the rater.
• No requirement of
typing skills and
computer
knowledge.
• widely recognized
by the universities
all over the world in
countries like UK,
Canada, Australia
and New Zealand.
PTE
• Evaluated by
computer
programme.
• No chances of bias
during assessment.
• Shorter texts
• Result available in
shorter period of
time within 2 days.
• 100% recognition in
Australia and New
Zealand also
acceptable in USA,
U.K., Ireland.
TOEFL
• Speaking is
evaluated by human
rater and other
modules by
computer.
• TOEFL, candidates
are required to take
the same test
irrespective of their
purpose of study or
work.
• Required for the US
universities
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10. Before you apply for any program, you must gather all the
information pertaining to the score acceptability of
different exams by the university you are applying to as
every university has its own particular requirements.
The wisdom is to choose the exam that suits your testing
personality best.
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