The subject's question is not specifically described. Let's make it clear from the most important people preparing for the exam:
The full name of IELTS is IELTS: International English Language Testing System, which was jointly established by British Council, Cambridge University Examinations Committee and Australian Education International Development Agency (IDP).
Usually, students who take the IELTS test plan to study in Commonwealth countries. For example, most European countries, including China and Hongkong, used to be British colonies, so they also accepted IELTS scores. TOEFL: English as a foreign language test, or TOEFL, is an English proficiency test organized by ETS (Educational Testing Service Center).
It is mainly suitable for studying in North America and Canada. However, with the acceleration of internationalization in recent years, many colleges and universities in North America have recognized IELTS. Official website accepted the lowest IELTS score, and some Commonwealth countries also recognized the TOEFL score. Generally speaking, these two kinds of exams are essentially designed for people whose mother tongue is not English. They can be used to test the real English level of the testers and have a high reputation all over the world. It can be concluded that TOEFL and IELTS are both tests aimed at English proficiency, and both test the survival and learning ability of candidates in English-speaking countries. In other words, suitable candidates are people whose mother tongue is not English.
GRE is the full name of Graduate Record Examination, and its Chinese name is American Graduate Entrance Examination, which is applicable to other majors except law and business, and sponsored by educational testing service (ETS). GRE Mathematics and Chinese are 130— 170 respectively, with a total score of 340. Writing is graded separately, with a full score of 6. Generally, 325+ can apply for a good school.
GRE can be distinguished by its name. The entrance examination for postgraduate English in the United States is approximately equivalent to the American version of postgraduate English. It is not only aimed at simple English ability, but also includes the analysis of language logical relationship based on certain English, so the exam was originally designed for people whose mother tongue is English. This is the biggest difference between TOEFL and IELTS.
2. About the difficulty of preparing for the exam:
A: Many students around me are simple, because it seems that IELTS is easier, so they choose to take IELTS instead of TOEFL. Although these two exams are composed of four parts: listening, speaking, reading and writing, their inspection rules and differences are still relatively large, and they cannot be simply and rudely distinguished by difficulty.
In part:
Reading section: (1) TOEFL
Read three articles in 60 minutes and investigate the computer test mode. Each article is about 800 words, and the title of each article is about 12- 14. All the questions are multiple-choice questions, which are similar to the reading multiple-choice questions in most domestic exams, such as details, reasoning, vocabulary questions and so on.
There are some unusual examination modes, such as sentence rewriting and information exclusion, which are not difficult to deal with after preparing for the exam for a period of time. However, it should be noted that TOEFL reading may encounter an additional test, that is, it is possible to complete five reading articles in one exam, which is not only a question of ability, but also some physical factors. Moreover, TOEFL reading is a computer-based test mode, and students who are not used to computer-based tests should carefully choose TOEFL.
(2) IELTS
Reading is also 60 minutes to read three articles, and the written test mode is investigated. Each article is about 1 0,000 words, and each article has about 1.3 questions. There are various types of questions, including fill-in-the-blank questions and matching questions. It takes time to be familiar with the questions and methods. However, the written test can be drawn on the test paper, and IELTS is more suitable for students who are used to sketching the key points of reading.
(3)GRE
The reading difficulty of GRE is not the same as that of TOEFL IELTS, except that the vocabulary is particularly difficult, the sentence expression is particularly obscure, the time for doing the questions is particularly short, and the options are particularly long. This part is the existence of the ultimate boss in the whole GRE exam, and candidates should be prepared and treated in a targeted manner.
Generally speaking, TOEFL reading is more regular, with more details and inferences, which belongs to the type that can be basically completed after reading. However, the details of IELTS reading inspection are more detailed. Sometimes the article can be read, but it is difficult to make a correct answer in a short time without proper rewriting, so as far as the reading part is concerned, the two are half a catty. GRE reading is a big boss in the process of getting through, and it takes a lot of energy and time to chew it down.