IELTS or TOEFL in Canada?
This is a good question. Many students who want to study in Canada are confused about choosing IELTS or TOEFL. After all, Canada is a country in North America, so TOEFL test is necessary. This is not the case. Although Canada is a North American country, it borders the United States. However, it is also a member of the Commonwealth, and IELTS is also one of the language admission standards of many colleges and universities.
So, does Canada take IELTS or TOEFL? You can choose two!
The education system of Canada is very similar to that of the United States, but it also follows some systems of the British Commonwealth, so it can be regarded as a combination of the two.
However, the question of which is better depends on many factors. One of the biggest factors is which country you want to apply for.
If you want to apply for studying in North America (both Canada and the United States will be considered), both IELTS and TOEFL are acceptable. Because, 1. TOEFL is from the United States and has received the recognition of all schools and the recognition of Canadian schools. 2. Although IELTS is from the Commonwealth, it is accepted by 3000 universities in the United States and Canada.
If your ideal country for studying abroad is not the United States, but other countries, such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, etc. in the British Commonwealth, or if your target university is in Europe, such as France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and other countries, the English teaching program of universities, then I suggest you take the IELTS exam. Because IELTS meets the requirements of all universities in the above countries at the same time, TOEFL is not so feasible. For example, in many British universities, TOEFL scores are not the reference range for language assessment. Therefore, students who plan to take the exam should do a good job in the specific investigation of the colleges and universities they apply for in order to avoid making mistakes in the exam.
Of course, since both examinations can be taken, the other decisive factor is to compare the two examinations and find out which one is more suitable for your own situation. For example, some candidates originally planned to take the IELTS test, but found that the number of IELTS test places was insufficient and they could only take the TOEFL test. The opposite situation also exists. There are also candidates who are not well adapted to the TOEFL computer test and choose the traditional written IELTS test. Last year Newly added IELTS computer test Recently, the developed countries all over the world have started to hold computer tests on a large scale, and China's test areas are also slowly starting to implement. However, there are some differences between the IELTS computer test and the TOEFL iBT test. The four parts of listening, speaking, reading and writing are all integrated into the computer network test. For IELTS, the official still reserves the one-on-one live test for oral English, and the other three items are the same as the TOEFL computer test. Therefore, IELTS is a good choice for candidates who prefer to take the oral test in the form of communication with others. On the contrary, please choose TOEFL.
Third, an examinee asked the old duck editor whether the difficulty of IELTS and TOEFL was the same? In fact, they are the best standardized English examinations in the world at present, and there will be no obvious gap. Please refer to the specific situation IELTS TOEFL Score Conversion Learn more about score conversion between.
Of course, if you have already decided to take the IELTS test, you need to continue to understand What is IELTS ？ And how to prepare for the exam? Please refer to the special column of the Old Roast Duck IELTS for more information. I wish you success in preparing for the exam!
