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Old Toefl VS New Toefl

The new TOEFL exam has shorter section times and fewer questions than the old exam. Key changes include shorter reading, listening, and speaking sections with fewer questions. The reading section now has 10 questions per passage instead of 12-14 and is 54-72 minutes rather than 60-80 minutes. The listening section time decreased from 60-90 to 41-57 minutes. Speaking tasks decreased from 6 to 4 and time decreased from 20 to 17 minutes. The overall exam time decreased from 3.5 hours to 3 hours.

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Old Toefl VS New Toefl

The new TOEFL exam has shorter section times and fewer questions than the old exam. Key changes include shorter reading, listening, and speaking sections with fewer questions. The reading section now has 10 questions per passage instead of 12-14 and is 54-72 minutes rather than 60-80 minutes. The listening section time decreased from 60-90 to 41-57 minutes. Speaking tasks decreased from 6 to 4 and time decreased from 20 to 17 minutes. The overall exam time decreased from 3.5 hours to 3 hours.

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  • Old TOEFL vs. New TOEFL
  • New TOEFL Format

Below is a side-by-side comparison of the old TOEFL and the new TOEFL, after August 1,

2019. TOEFL changes have been noted in bold.

Old TOEFL vs. New TOEFL

SECTION OLD TOEFL NEW TOEFL

TOEFL 3-4 passages (standard length 3-4 passages (standard length


Reading of 3 passages) of 3 passages)

12-14 questions per passage 10 questions per passage

60-80 minutes (standard time 54-72 minutes (standard


of 60 minutes) time of 54 minutes)

Average of 1 min. 40 sec. per Average of 1 min. 48 sec.


question per question

TOEFL 4-6 lectures, 6 questions each 3-4 lectures, 6 questions


Listening (standard length of 4 lectures) each (standard length of 3
lectures)

2-3 conversations, 5 questions 2-3 conversations, 5 questions


each (standard length of 3 each (standard length of 2
conversations) conversations)

60-90 minutes (standard time 41-57 minutes (standard


of 60 minutes) time of 41 minutes)

Average of 35 sec per Average of 35 sec per


question (excluding time question (excluding time
spent listening to audio spent listening to audio
tracks) tracks)

TOEFL 6 tasks 4 tasks


Speaking
2 TOEFL Independent 1 TOEFL Independent
Speaking tasks Speaking task

4 TOEFL Integrated Speaking 3 TOEFL Integrated


tasks Speaking tasks

20 minutes 17 minutes
SECTION OLD TOEFL NEW TOEFL

TOEFL 2 tasks 2 tasks


Writing
50 minutes of response time 50 minutes of response time

(NO CHANGES)

Whole test 3.5 hours 3 hours

NEW TEOFL

Section Time Limit Questions Tasks

Reading 54–72 minutes 30–40 questions Read passages and respond to questions

Listening 41–57 minutes 28–39 questions Answer questions about brief lectures or classroom
discussions

Break 10 minutes — —

Speaking 17 minutes 4 tasks Talk about a familiar topic and discuss material
you read and listened to

Writing 50 minutes 2 tasks Read a passage, listen to a recording, type your


response

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