While more than 600 U.S. colleges, universities and career schools accept completion of the ELS Language Centers program in place of the TOEFL or other standardized exam, there are still many institutions that require international students to present a TOEFL score as evidence of English proficiency. We recognize this by 1) offering the Intensive Prep for the TOEFL Test course at every Center, and 2) administering the Institutional TOEFL exam to students on a voluntary basis.
The Institutional TOEFL is not an "official" TOEFL; i.e., its score reports are not accepted by college and university admission offices. However, it is correlated to the "official" TOEFL, meaning that the scores a student receives on the Institutional version will be comparable to scores received on the "official" version.
The Intensive Prep for the TOEFL Test course is designed for students seeking both a high score In the TEST and the general English skills necessary for success in university studies.
This 30-hour-per-week course consists of two parts. Two lessons per day focus on the test itself: You learn about the different types of questions in the three parts of the test (Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression, and Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension), study test-taking techniques, and answer and discuss sample test items. Two complete practice tests and numerous mini-tests are administered during the four-week session.
Your remaining four lessons are spent improving your skills needed for success in an academic environment through involvement in normal segments of the ELS Language Centers Intensive English Course.
The course material is divided to form two distinct four-week modules, which means that you can take the TOEFL course two sessions in a row without repeating content.
Module A
Module B