TOEFL testing program, the test of English as a foreign language (TOEFL) measures the ability of non-native speakers of English to use and understand North American English as it is used in college & university. Scores on the test are required by more than 4300 two-and four-year colleges and universities, professional schools, and sponsoring institutions.

The computer-based TOEFL Test (CBT) is available at more than 300 test centers around the world. The TOEFL program provides English proficiency testing services for international students planning to study in the united states, Canada, or other countries where English is the language of instruction-educational testing service (ETS) develops the test under the direction of the TOEFL Board, a board comprised of professionals drawn from the higher education community.

Test Pattern:

Most of the questions are multiple choices. However, there are several new types of questions such as ones that require selecting a visual or past of visual, answering questions with more than one response, ordering items, and matching objects or test to categories. Official score reports are mailed approximately 14 days after testing TOEFL Test scores are kept on file for two years after the test date.

TOEFL Gaining Popularity in India:

TOEFL’s internet-based test was launched in September 2005-06 and since then, while Gujarati have bettered their average mean score from 78 to 84, most others have slid down the charts. Those speaking Hindi registered 96 then, kannadigas had scored 97 and Maharashtrians bagged 97.

“TOEFL’s provides accurate scores at the individual level, it is not appropriate for comparing countries,” clarified Walt MacDonald, ETS executive vice-president and chief operating officer.

“The differences in the number of students taking the test in each country how early English is introduced into the curriculum, how many hours per week are devoted to learning English and the fact that those taking the test are not representative of all English speakers in each country or any defined population,” Said MacDonald.

English is gaining currency in India’s rural pockets and pedestrian schools, too and picking up the grammar of that people want, some governments have been forced to introduce the queen’s lingo as the medium of instruction in public schools. “There is a huge amount of English in the country now. Everybody knows a fair amount of English also, Indians are intrinsically bright. When they apply themselves to a task, they do well at it,” said yasmeen lukmani, former English HOD at the University of Mumbai.

Kerala and Tamil Nadu have had English in all regional- language schools from as early as the records read. A planning commission member said that no agency or government would be able to provide the exact number of students learning English in India “it’s a nebulous area, there are so many schools teaching English today. Many of them are little more than small shops catering to those who are dropping out of government schools,” He Said

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