PTE Academic Vs TOEFL

I want to take admission in a foreign university so preparing for the English test and I want to know that which would be better that is the PTE Academic or TOEFL?

Hey in 2009, Pearson–one of the most prominent educational companies and publishing houses in the US– conducted its own Proficiency Exam: the Pearson Test of English, Academic (PTE Academic).

TOEFL is much more commonly accepted by MBA programs in the US


The PTE Academic, is the newest than the TOEFL

Most schools that accept it also accept one of the other two exams.

PTE Academic is a paper pen test while the TOEFL is both way thatg is the paper pen test and the computer test

I think you should go for the TOEFL test as most t of the schools accept these scrores


TOEFL iBT Test Sections

Section Time Limit Questions Tasks

Reading 60–80 minutes 36–56 questions Read 3 or 4 passages from academic
texts and answer questions.

Listening 60–90 minutes 34–51 questions Listen to lectures, classroom
discussions and conversations, then answer questions.

Break 10 minutes — —

Speaking 20 minutes 6 tasks Express an opinion on a familiar topic; speak based
on reading and listening tasks.

Writing 50 minutes 2 tasks Write essay responses based on reading and


PTE Academic TEST FORMAT:

PART 1: SPEAKING & WRITING (77 – 93 minutes)

Personal Introduction
Read aloud
Repeat sentence
Describe image
Re-tell lecture
Answer short question
One sentence
Paragraph
Essay (20mins)

PART 2: READING (32 – 41 minutes)

Multiple choice questions (x2)
Re-order paragraphs
Fill in the blanks (x2)
A ten minute break is optional

PART 3: LISTENING (45 – 57 minutes)

Summarize spoken text
Multiple choice x2
Fill the blanks
Highlight the correct summary
Select missing word
Highlight incorrect words
Write from dictation

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