TOEFL/IELTS - scores/experiences - share it [Archive] - Uzbekistan Online Forum

Unregistered

10-02-2004, 08:11 PM

I believe a lot of you took TOEFL/IELTS, and i want to know your scores and opinions about them. Which one is better? Strategies/techniques of getting prepared to take them and everything connected with this issue.

All concerning replies are appreciated, I really need'em!
I took TOEFL, But honesely I sucked. There were 60 of us taking TOEFL last time, and my score was 35th in the list. The highest point, i've never met anybody who got so far since, was a guy from Samarkand. He got 635.
I sucked.:)
Listenning part has always been easiest part for me, and whenever I took TOEFL, I knew that listenning part can pull my score up. Grammar was always perfect. The hardest part, and I never did good at it :( was READING.
I tried to ge focused on reading, did a lot reading suff, but it never worked out. I ALWAYS SUCKED AT READING :(
The reason is, I don't get the meaning of that smart texts, unill i read it two or three times. And he time they give(probbably I am not ok) is never enouh for me:(
All the time, after the est when we sat with our friends sharing our impression on test, they astonish me with their opinion on reading! And I feel really supid, And when they ask me what was the hardest text for me, I am confused. All of them seem to be soooo hard for me. And very ofen I just put a dot anywhere possible-Just don't want to leave the space unmarked. So, this is my weakness. Anywas, I am glad I don't need to take it anymore. I hate it.
PS. I took TOEFL after my first year in the US, and the score shocked me-I GOT MUCH LESS, THAN I USED TO GET BEFORE COMMING TO THE STATES!!

Unregistered

10-02-2004, 08:14 PM

shame on me, now i reread my post, and omg, There are so many mistakes!
I am ashamed. Dudes, time for me to get lost. over 23 mistakes in one post. That's a reason for suicide. (((((((((((((((((((((

Maroon

10-02-2004, 08:27 PM

I never did take the real exam. But I did go to a tutor because I thought I'd be taking it but it turned out to be that because I went to an International School from the second grade it was not necessary to do the TOEFL because basically it was counted as my first language.

Anyway, I never really had problems doing the assignments. I always had a pretty good score, but the most hardest thing for me was--the essay. It was torture for me because I was not a big writing fan.But thank God I am getting better at doing my papers,of course I asked for help sometimes, especially in the beginning of my studies I had some difficulties but now I have been doing them myself and they are good.But I always ask someone to read it.

Reading part is tricky, but I never really had problems with it.

IMHO, IELTS is harder than TOEFL.

Ciao.

Maroon

10-02-2004, 08:29 PM

shame on me, now i reread my post, and omg, There are so many mistakes!
I am ashamed. Dudes, time for me to get lost. over 23 mistakes in one post. That's a reason for suicide. (((((((((((((((((((((

1)Who are you? I mean nickname.
2)Do not worry you are not writing a paper, it is a forum.
3)Everyone does a mistake, especially when you are typing quickly.

So honey,chill.

D.

Accidentfiree

10-02-2004, 09:14 PM

My score was 605. in 2002. Now I donno. :(

Hofiz

10-02-2004, 09:38 PM

My score was 610. I am grateful to "BARRONS' TOEFL" book. I got a lot from it. GOOD LUCK:)

ganjubas

10-03-2004, 12:26 AM

For listening comprehension, download Eminem's songs. Listen them, and try to write the words. Then, print the lirycs and compare to yours. And then just read the lyrics and listen to the songs. Eminem should be enough to improve you listening comprehension :cool: . For other parts what you need is to read a lot of books in English. Baron's and other TOEFL books are just instructions, they don't enrich your vocabulary.

I did my test four years ago and I got 575, and for my university I needed 550 ;)

Mona Lisa

10-03-2004, 12:37 AM

I was close to taking IELTS test but didn't get a chance. My university accepted me without IELTS test requirement.
So I can't say much about it.

spoon

10-03-2004, 09:46 AM

I recently took IELTS. Well, to me it seemed a bit harder than
TOEFL (took 3 years ago).
The total time given for IELTS was much shorter then you would get in TOEFL exam + in listening part there're no repeats, which means you'll hear stuff only once. Also, I didn't like listening cause everything was pronounces in Ozzie dialect, and I got most of the stuff misheard.
The second part of the writing section includes an essay. Basically, you gotta write 400 words on a given topic. (Compared to 300-350 words in toefl)..

To sum it up, I would say go for TOEFL if you want to study in USA, or IELTS if you plan to go anywhere in Europe or Australia.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 10:19 AM

IELTS goes for UK mostly, in other parts of Europe both TOEFL and IELTS are excepted.

Cheers.

Dummie

10-03-2004, 02:10 PM

Salom
My score was 237(575) two years ago. But it was enough to be admitted to my university. There is a user lucky14 whose score was 297 out of 300 in computer based exam.
Good luck.

I also have a GRE for which I prepared only two weeks and got fairly good result. 1100 out of 1600

T-I-S

10-03-2004, 02:53 PM

Hug me, Hug me

10-03-2004, 02:59 PM

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:07 PM

Hey,

Shopgirl, when you graduated from TIS? I don't remember anyone from TIS alumni or alumnus who was accepted to Weber University [Vienne]. Just curious. Thanks in advance for reply.

Class of "01

Hm...Well I never did go to TIS, I went to the Danube International School in Vienna,Austria and then I came back to Tashkent for three years, I went to Inter house for a year and then went to T.U.I.S for two years where I graduated from.

And it is WEBSTER not Weber.

BTW, my little sister goes to TIS

Ciao.

T-I-S

10-03-2004, 03:21 PM

Hm...Well I never did go to TIS, I went to the Danube International School in Vienna,Austria and then I came back to Tashkent for three years, I went to Inter house for a year and then went to T.U.I.S for two years where I graduated from.

And it is WEBSTER not Weber.

BTW, my little sister goes to TIS

Ciao.

I guess your daddy have to spend a lot of money, bunny =)

What does T.U.I.S. stands for?

T-I-S

10-03-2004, 03:25 PM

BTW, I scored 293/6.0 essay on TOEFL CBT two years ago. TOEFL is a piece of cake and actual test went like a breeze. I read some stuff from the Internet, looked through essay topics and went to the test center => "Vinni, Vidi, Vichi". But that just me =)

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:28 PM

I guess your daddy have to spend a lot of money, bunny =)

What does T.U.I.S. stands for?

Tashkent Ulugbek International school.

Nice score.

Where you at now?

Well what about your daddy?T.I.S is not cheap either.

T-I-S

10-03-2004, 03:32 PM

Shopgirl,

Hey hon, I'm new here and I'm trying to get to know ppl and things around here. So I'am wondering where I can find your pic on this web site? =) To be honest, I don't care how you look, but being curious, you know...

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:34 PM

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 03:37 PM

Tashkent Ulugbek International school.

Nice score.

Where you at now?

Well what about your daddy?T.I.S is not cheap either.

Babe,
Well, my dad didn't/don't have to pay for my education. Modestly saying, I'm pretty smart to get things free of charge. But seriously, I went through some exams and got lucky to pass them and get to school I wanted to be in (among 200 ppl).

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:40 PM

Babe,
Well, my dad didn't/don't have to pay for my education. Modestly saying, I'm pretty smart to get things free of charge. But seriously, I went through some exams and got lucky to pass them and get to school I wanted to be in (among 200 ppl).

Good for you, BABE. I asked you, where you at?You studying at University?

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 03:43 PM

Click my profile, and you will see my pic.

U male/female?

Sorry for off-top Genius.;)

Hmmm, your profile doesn't contain you pic, only avatar and some info.

I'm male

Don't worry about Genious, I provided him with much information about TOEFL. He'll happy to see us talkin here...

Where Shoppie hiding her pic....??

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 03:45 PM

Good for you, BABE. I asked you, where you at?You studying at University?

Sorry,

Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:48 PM

Kstati Genius, u menya est' horoshiy TOEFL book kotoriy ya zdes' pokupala,esli hochesh mogu dat'?

Unregistered, hm..can not be my picture is there. If you are using a different browser, enable to see images.;)

Ciao.

noodles

10-03-2004, 03:49 PM

Unregistered, actually i don't care but still you could've sent a PM message to talk about that personal stuff which doesn't concern the topic.

noodles

10-03-2004, 03:50 PM

Shopgirl, it'd be generous of you =)

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:50 PM

Unregistered, actually i don't care but still you could've sent a PM message to talk about that personal stuff which doesn't concern the topic.

Yeah unregistered, you could have at least registered or whatever. Or send me a msg via messenger.

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:51 PM

Shopgirl, it'd be generous of you =)

Oh, I know.LOL.:)

Pogovorim nashet etogo privately.

;)

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 03:52 PM

Unregistered, actually i don't care but still you could've sent a PM message to talk about that personal stuff which doesn't concern the topic.

Actually it does concern with topic... I'm slowly going to talk about ACT, SAT, GMAT and other exams you need for admission, Just wait for a coupla minutes,ok? =)

SHOPGIRLY

10-03-2004, 03:53 PM

Actually it does concern with topic... I'm slowly going to talk about ACT, SAT, GMAT and other exams you need for admission, Just wait for a coupla minutes,ok? =)

Well BABE, he is not planning to go to USA. So no need of ACT, SAT, GMAT.

Ciao.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 03:55 PM

Yeah unregistered, you could have at least registered or whatever. Or send me a msg via messenger.

Why everyone intends to talks privately. I'm not a politician and i'm not scared to say everything i want. Besides, it takes time to send private message nad wil have to register.

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:55 PM

Oh yeah another thing, unless you are not registered you will not be able to see my picture.

D.

Maroon

10-03-2004, 03:57 PM

Why everyone intends to talks privately. I'm not a politician and i'm not scared to say everything i want. Besides, it takes time to send private message nad wil have to register.

Well, you should respect someones thread and not flood it. It is acceptable to go off-topic once or twice,but to talk about my so called 'private' life is silly.Plus, I am not eager to have a chit chat with you here.

D.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 03:58 PM

Oh yeah another thing, unless you are not registered you will not be able to see my picture.

D.

You gotta be kiddin hon? Ok, gimme 50 seconds...

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:01 PM

Plus, I am not eager to have a chit chat with you here.D.

I thought you are. But... but... Why not? I'm warming up right now... C'om, don't be shy, cuz' I'm not... lol

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:02 PM

I cannot register my nickname. They asking for so many things...

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:04 PM

Oh yeah another thing, unless you are not registered you will not be able to see my picture.

D.

They have a photo gallery here... Are any of your pics there?

Maroon

10-03-2004, 04:05 PM

I thought you are. But... but... Why not? I'm warming up right now... C'om, don't be shy, cuz' I'm not... lol

Warm yourself up somewhere else or just get laid. :cool:

Genius another thing, a lot of my class mates did IELTS and most of them did fine. And as far as I know your English is better than some of my classmates.

A girl, got 7.0 which basically is the minimum requirement for UK universities. IMHO, your English skills are better.

D.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:08 PM

Warm yourself up somewhere else or just get laid. :cool:

Genius another thing, a lot of my class mates did IELTS and most of them did fine. And as far as I know your English is better than some of my classmates.

A girl, got 7.0 which basically is the minimum requirement for UK universities. IMHO, your English skills are better.

D.

We were gettin on so well until Genious intefered... Genius, don't you know a proper manners,huh?

noodles

10-03-2004, 04:11 PM

Shopgirl, thx for info and kind words =)
Yeah, many ppl advice me to take IELTS rather than TOEFL... but i decided to take both of them... first IELTS if my score will be satisfactory i'll stop on that.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:11 PM

Ok, let's start from the begging... So shoppie, how do you spend your days in Vianne, havin lotta fun ?

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:14 PM

Hey pretty,

Haha, finally i found your photo. Babe, your are so CUTE... Who's that guy w/you ? He look like a drug abuser... lol and who's that girl with you, your sister?

Maroon

10-03-2004, 04:17 PM

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:24 PM

She is not my sister, she is just a friend. As far as I know, he is not a drug abuser.

IT IS VIENNA FOR GOODNESS SAKE. You seem so smart, but at the same time you can not spell Vienna correctly.

Cheers.

Yeah, I know, I misspelled that one, but it's ok I guess. I woudn't mind if you spell Carlisle like Carlicle or Carlestle... It such a minor error. You're too stict in your attitute toward me.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:26 PM

BTW, My name is Alisher. And yours ?

Love,
Alisher

Maroon

10-03-2004, 04:26 PM

Yeah, I know, I misspelled that one, but it's ok I guess. I woudn't mind if you spell Carlisle like Carlicle or Carlestle... It such a minor error. You're too stict in your attitute toward me.

And you are flooding and I have no intentions of continuing this conversation in my friends thread.

Good luck.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:30 PM

And you are flooding and I have no intentions of continuing this conversation in my friends thread.

Good luck.

Hey, take it easy. I'm just trying to be friendly. I'm very sorry if I did something wrong... I didn't want to be disrespect towards you and your friends. God Bless you all. I'm just wanted to spend this Sunday afternoon with someone intersting. And so you turn out to be here...

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:33 PM

I even told you my real name. Believe me, it doesn't happen often... You know, it's kind protective layer that I'm using to look as a tough guy. Actually, I'm not.

Maroon

10-03-2004, 04:34 PM

Hey, take it easy. I'm just trying to be friendly. I'm very sorry if I did something wrong... I didn't want to be disrespect towards you and your friends. God Bless you all. I'm just wanted to spend this Sunday afternoon with someone intersting. And so you turn out to be here...

Yeah, but you do not have flood someones thread for that, boy.

Cheers.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:36 PM

Yeah, but you do not have flood someones thread for that, boy.

Cheers.

Yeah, I know, and I'm sorry... Maybe we could open a new thread and delete this one?

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:38 PM

Currently I'm readin your and your friends posts... Why you guys talking so much about sex and virginity? lol

Maroon

10-03-2004, 04:39 PM

Yeah, I know, and I'm sorry... Maybe we could open a new thread and delete this one?

It is for Genius to decide, so just leave it.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:42 PM

Genius, woudn't you mind if we keep talking in this thread? BTW, I also have plenty TOEFL< SAT<GRE books, but the problem is that they're all at Tashkent... I don't really need after all. So, where you from ?

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:45 PM

Ok, little by little I'm gettin to know about you and your friends. Listen, Shoppie maybe we could meet here every Sunday afternoon and have some chit chat about... about... everything. What do you think ?

noodles

10-03-2004, 04:47 PM

Unregistered, I guess you have flooded enough for today, why don't you stop doing this? I'll make that your all offtopic posts in this thread will be deleted, that's why it's up to you wether to continue or not. Or open a new thread and talk about anything and with anyone you want. I don't see any difficulties in this.

Maroon

10-03-2004, 04:47 PM

THIS A FORUM NOT A CHAT ROOM.

If you wanna chat go to a chat room or chat via MSN,Yahoo,AOL or ICQ.

Ciao dear.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:48 PM

Well, it's good to see such a great Uzbek online community... Since now, every time I go online i'll check out this w/site...

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 04:55 PM

THIS A FORUM NOT A CHAT ROOM.

If you wanna chat go to a chat room or chat via MSN,Yahoo,AOL or ICQ.

Ciao dear.

Dear,

Unfortunatelly, the college library prohibits downloading or using msm,yahoo and etc. Let's use this forum as a chat for a while, then our mutual friend Genius delete this thread and everybody will be happy.

Are there any threads you're currently active in?

Maroon

10-03-2004, 04:57 PM

Dear,

Unfortunatelly, the college library prohibits downloading or using msm,yahoo and etc. Let's use this forum as a chat for a while, then our mutual friend Genius delete this thread and everybody will be happy.

Are there any threads you're currently active in?

I am active in most of the threads. But they are not places to flood. I think it would be easier to open a thread for random posts.

Ciao.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 05:00 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Genius
Hi all,

I wanted to open this thread in Flame section but forecasting so many offtopics and all crap posts by unregistered users I decided to post it here.

I want to suggest to add a feature which will help to author of the topic to decide(while posting a new thread) wether to permit unregistered users to post a reply or not. A feature where says: "Permit unregistered users to reply" and if not ticked this unregistered users will not be able to post a reply in that thread. By the way, this suggestion concerns only the Flame section.

Not avoiding this resulting up with infinite "offtop"s and garbages that have nothing to do with the topic.

thx in advance.

Hon,:

Genius you are angry,huh?

Well I do not mind, coz I do not really care. But I guess Flame is the only section where does poor unregistered users can say something. But it is preferable for them the register imho.

D.

I have an ability reading through lines =) You are so sweet.

Maroon

10-03-2004, 05:02 PM

And you are flirting.

D.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 05:03 PM

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 05:04 PM

And you are flirting.

D.

and flattering :D

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 05:07 PM

Ya soglasno s toboy. Eto na samom dele kompleks.Mogu s odnoy storoni po sebe sudit. U menya navernoe eto s detstva. I had to many dissapointments in men, starting from family issues and so on. And it turned out to affect me in my relationship with guys. Basically, they are like my enemies and I defend myself from them. I have feelings towards them but it is more passion and attraction and attachment than true feelings. I do not let my feelings to go too far. I have a block psychologicly, I start thinking of ridiculous stuff. Voobshem to ya egoist and I'd rather hurt someone than hurt myself.
.

D.

Ok, lemme read it carefully and analyze it...

Maroon

10-03-2004, 05:08 PM

Ok, lemme read it carefully and analyze it...

GO TO RANDOM POSTS. Bloody hell.

noodles

10-03-2004, 05:09 PM

Frankly saying I know how Genius feels... Can you imagine someone to invade you privacy, your home, or most important your thread... It really hurts,girl... Genius, don't think too hard about it, don't take yourself too seriously... Life is so short, enjoy it.

Unregistered, there's a russian proverb, and if you mind i'll cite it for you: Не учи отца ебаться. You're smart to get this =)

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 05:10 PM

GO TO RANDOM POSTS. Bloody hell.

looooooooooooooooooool.

Unregistered

10-03-2004, 05:16 PM

Unregistered, there's a russian proverb, and if you mind i'll cite it for you: Не учи отца ебаться. You're smart to get this =)

Genius, my friend... It's inappropriate to use bad language in women's ambience.... Shame on you boy...

~GizaGora~

10-03-2004, 06:45 PM

Genius: US colleges and Universities have a wealth of English as Second Languages tools & services that meet the needs of international students. Therea are some programs and resources available at US institutionsand advice on sharping your English- speaking skills. Preparing ahead of time will help tremendously, but uhh once u arrive at your College or whatever u should spend as muchtime as possible in the company of native speakers to feel increasingly confortable about using and encountering English. U should also read to broaden their vacabulary. Also if u surround yourself with English as much as possible. Its certanly understandable that we all want to find people from our countries, but those people won't develop the languages skills necessary for success at the university,like :"New Yorkers" :) ( ushatdagi uzbeklar);)
I took my TOEFL test a lengtly occasion when I just wanted to score my skill... but I got anticipated score. But uhh after that i did every one above. In point of fact I didn't have to take neither one of them (tests), reason I went to College not as an international student but uhh as a permanent resident.

PS::PPrograms available around the world.

PainKiller

10-03-2004, 06:55 PM

but those people won't develop the languages skills necessary for success at the university,
Yeah, ur English is perfect.:lol:

noodles

10-03-2004, 07:02 PM

well, yeah of course i have to get prepared for that. After finishing hig-school, i never studied english :( Still, I use what I've learned 5 years ago...

elDoraDo

10-05-2004, 01:13 AM

and that's why you should take IELTS, i told you about it,

i mean 3 hours (or one practice test) and ready to go. this is what you can never do with TOEFL (especially when u 've got some probies with studin). and one more thing - as was mentioned by me before - IELTS is the best to give it to your-favorite-country univers ;)

and **** usa
and more japanese....

Sweet_chilli

10-05-2004, 02:18 AM

I did IELTS test, it was horrible for me that time. I took it after 6 month of being heren (Sydney) it was General IELTS and my score was 5.0 shame on me, should be 5.5 at least. But I was Lucky that my college eccepted me, so I just did 4 weeks english course, and then started studing there :D

Vostochnaya...

10-05-2004, 02:35 AM

ya v subbotu poidu na probnoe testirovanie TOEFLa, v sorose proxodit' budet, posmotrim, chto nam tam skajut...

noodles

10-05-2004, 02:47 AM

Vostochnaya, good luck then =)

Vostochnaya...

10-05-2004, 03:18 AM

Vostochnaya, good luck then =)
spasibo Avaz, no eto je prosto probnoe testirovanie, tak, sili ispitat'! :)

KeSha

10-05-2004, 05:24 AM

ya v subbotu poidu na probnoe testirovanie TOEFLa, v sorose proxodit' budet, posmotrim, chto nam tam skajut...
Желаю удачи и непуха непера К черту

elDoraDo

10-05-2004, 06:00 AM

daaaa komuto still vezet :)
dream of soros :)

Alouddin

10-05-2004, 09:17 AM

c'mon, Eldorado, Soros-Foundation was "suspended for the benefit of Uzbek people's alltime dreamt independence's security"... didn't you know?..

ice

10-09-2004, 05:34 AM

I always had a pretty good score, but the most hardest thing for me was--the essay.

:D ME TOO

elDoraDo

10-09-2004, 07:48 AM

you know, actuallyt i don't realy care about their " " stuff... whatever they did, still it was really good opportunity to get a scholarship, and study somewhere there... especially there were lots of programme for studying in uk...

just move ur ass a bit harder - and u re there... see what i mean.