TOEFL

TOEFL is an abbreviation of the Test Of English as a Foreign Language. This test is used to know an ability of people in english. It is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and administered worldwide. In 1964, TOEFL for the first time is given for public. According to ETS the participants who joined this test in 1964 to 2008 are about 24 million. The test is divided into three parts and given the limit for every parts which are use multiple choise questions.

Toefl test conists of a reading tes, writing, listening and speaking. First Toefl test are only use 2 system based test,paper and computer - based test. But since 2005 the interned- based test replaced the previous test.

TOEFL formerly named CAL (Center of Applied Linguistics) based in Washington DC and estabilished in1959. CAL was a non-profit that was committed to researching the relationship between language and culture. Their first director was Charles A. Ferguson (1921-1998) who was a professor at Harvard University. One of his early project was a development test that measure the language instruction ESL (English as a Second Language). Ferguson and Researchers developed toefl test during the first five years of CAL.

The TOEFL test no term failure and are not required to repeat. But TOEFL has the lowest  and highest score. TOEFL test is usually taken by students who will continue their education abroad. This is because the TOEFL test showed the ability in the English language, the higher score you get the more you show your English language ability. Students who have high TOEFL score is also one of the keys to enter the desired university. Because some countries such as Japan and America is usually a requirement that prospective students must have a high toefl score.

In Indonesia there are some institutes that provide TOEFL test. So this is your choise from what institude that provide TOEFL will you take. If you are interesting to school abroad. But the most important thing you have to do is you have to enrich your English. Maybe first thing you should do is you have to be brave to speak English. Brave to speak to the native. Don't be afraid to wrong. Because you never learn on something if you never do something wrong.