TOEFL^®

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What is the TOEFL?

Where can I get a TOEFL bulletin?

Where and when can I take the TOEFL?

How do I register for the TOEFL?

How do I prepare for TOEFL exams?

What do I do on the day of the test?

What about my scores?

What is the TOEFL?

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) evaluates the English proficiency of people whose native language is not English. Most U.S. universities require that international applicants take the TOEFL. Generally, a score of 500 to 550 on the paper-based version is required for admission to undergraduate and graduate programs in the United States, with graduate schools expecting the higher scores.

TOEFL content includes multiple-choice questions testing listening, structure and grammar, and reading, as well as the Test of Written English (TWE), which is now incorporated into the TOEFL as an essay section measuring writing skills.

The AMIDEAST/Iraq office in Erbil and AMIDEAST representatives in Baghdad and Basra maintain a supply of test bulletins with all pertinent information about the TOEFL, including the registration form.

Information on the exam content and registration procedures is also available at the TOEFL Web site.

The TOEFL exam is administered in its paper-based format in Erbil and Baghdad six times per year. Below are TOEFL test dates/locations:
TOEFL Test Locations/Centers:
BAGHDAD: The Babel Hotel (the TOEFL test center)
ERBIL: University of Kurdistan in Hawler UKH on Erbil’s30 Meter Street by Al-Sawaf Mosque, opposite Gilkand Family Park. Room number S16 on 2nd Floor
2008-2009 TOEFL test dates:

Test-takers with access to the internet and an international credit card may register for the paper-based test at the TOEFL Web site. The registration fee is $150. Note that for students registering at the web site, it is necessary to provide a postal address to which scores can be mailed from the United States.

Students may also register locally through AMIDEAS/Iraq and scores can be sent to Iraq through AMIDEAST, for pick-up by students in Baghdad, Basra and Erbil.

To register locally please visit:

• The AMIDEAST office in Erbil. Registration sessions are held every Thursday from 12noon to 4pm. The office is located in Erbil at the Ainkawa Neighborhood close to Italiano Restaurant. Local phone number 22 50 054.
• The AMIDEAST/Iraq representative in Baghdad at the Babel Hotel every Thursday and Saturday from 10am to 3pm.
• The AMIDEAST/Iraq representative in Basra at the University of Basra/Bab Al-Zubair Compound at the Institution of Live Languages in the ITP TOEFL Test Center every Monday from 9am to 1pm.

Students will need to review and sign the local registration student agreement, complete a paper registration form, and pay the $200 fee in cash ($150 for the test plus $50 for the local registration service that AMIDEAST provides).

IMPOTTANT NOTES:

• REGISTRATION FOR THE OFFICIAL TOEFL TEST MUST BE DONE BY THE TEST-TAKER IN PERSON. NO ONE ELSE CAN REGISTER ON BEHALF OF THE TEST-TAKER, NO EXCEPTIONS!
• THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS REGARDING THE LOCAL REGISTRATION DEADLINES (Registration via AMIDEAST/Iraq).

In order to facilitate communication, we require all students using the local registration service to obtain an e-mail address. AMIDEAST/Iraq staff rely primarily on e-mail for communication with students about testing issues.

It is important for you to be familiar with the kinds of questions asked on the TOEFL. There are several ways to prepare.

• Do the sample questions in the TOEFL bulletin
• Visit the TOEFL Web site to see sample questions and tests
• Purchase TOEFL preparation materials from AMIDEAST/Iraq in Erbil, Baghdad, and Basra. Contact iraq@amideast.org for more information.

• Arrive at your assigned test center at least 30 minutes before the assigned test time. Check-in procedures take time. If you arrive late, you may not be admitted to the test, and you will forfeit your test fees.
• Bring photobearing identification, as described in the TOEFL Information Bulletin.
• Bring your test confirmation information.

If you registered using AMIDEAST?s local registration service, your scores will be mailed from ETS to AMIDEAST?s headquarters in Washington, DC, and shipped via TNT to AMIDEAST/Iraq, where you can pick them up. Scores should be available for pick up in Baghdad, Basra and Erbil six to eight weeks after the test date. For students who registered through the TOEFL Web site, their official scores will be mailed five weeks after the test date, from the United States, to the postal address provided at the time of registration.

If you need score reports to be sent to additional institutions, please complete the form in the TOEFL bulletin and return it with payment to ETS. If paying by credit card, you may also call ETS at +1-609-771-7267 to order additional score reports. TOEFL scores are valid for two years from the date they are issued.

Questions about any missing score reports should be directed to Educational Testing Service (ETS), the nonprofit organization that develops TOEFL and issues score reports. An e-mail sent to the ETS customer service address toefl@ets.org usually will receive a response in five to seven days. Test takers should wait at least eight weeks before contacting ETS about score reports. Score report problems are best avoided by careful preparation of the registration form.