TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). The TOEFL test is the most widely respected English-language test in the world, recognized by more than 8,000 colleges, universities and agencies in more than 130 countries. TheTOEFL® test is offered in two formats: the TOEFL iBT® test, administered via the internet, or the TOEFL® PBT test, administered in a paper-based format.
The TOEFL iBT® test is offered in Nepal. The cost of the test is $160 in Nepal. There are four sections (listening, reading, speaking and writing) which take a total of about four and a half hours to complete and each section is taken online.
- A variety of accents and writing styles are presented in text materials in order to minimize linguistic bias.
- The test focuses on “International English”, which includes British English, American English, and other varieties.
- But the TOEFL only concerns North American English.
- The results are therefore considered more authoritative than TOEFL by some people and organizations (especially the ones outside the United States).
