A Conversation for The Test of English as a Foreign Language
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Wand'rin star Started conversation Feb 21, 2002
British and Commonwealth universities prefer IATEFL, which is a more traditional exam (scored by people like me)It includes a guided interview and a standard five paragraph "academic" essay 
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Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Feb 21, 2002
Hmmm... Queen Mary and Westfield College (London) wanted a TOEFL ... should I go and try to have the entry amended?
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Wand'rin star Posted Feb 21, 2002
No - your info is probably more current than mine. I haven't had a student try to go to London for six or seven years. Oddly, the Uni where I now work (in Hong Kong) will accept a decent score at TOEFL instead of our in-house courses for people whose A level entry isn't good enough to graduate. This makes it the obvious choice for those who hav poor spoken English (of whatever dialect)
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Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Feb 21, 2002
Ok.
What a strange system is that? Why do they keep the in-house course, then? Or rather, why do they bother with the TOEFL then? A decent course at uni should be better in telling them how good one speaks/writes/understands English... 
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