GRE

Conducted by ETS, the GRE General Test is one of the world’s largest assessment programmes for graduate admissions to business or law schools and is accepted by thousands of schools worldwide. The full form of GRE is Graduate Record Examinations and over half a million individuals across 160 countries take the GRE General Test every year, in over 1,000 test centres set up by ETS. GRE scores of candidates are accepted at thousands of graduate programmes around the world, for masters and doctorate degrees. More than 1,200 business schools around the world accept the GRE scores, including top-ranked MBA programmes.

IELTS

IELTS is an English language exam that is required to be taken by international candidates considering studying or working in a country where English is the main language of communication. Most popular countries where IELTS is accepted for university admissions are the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Canada. The exam mainly measures the ability of test-takers to communicate in the four basic English language skills – listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The IELTS exam is jointly owned and conducted by IDP Education Australia, British Council, and Cambridge English Language Assessment.

PTE

The PTE Academic exam is a computer-based English language test accepted by educational institutions around the world. PTE full form is the Pearson Test of English and PTE-Academic is the English test undertaken by students and aspirants who desire to go abroad for studying or immigrate to a major English-speaking country. Students are required to take the PTE exam to prove their English language competency.

TOEFL

The TOEFL exam is one of the most popular English proficiency exams accepted at American and Canadian universities and education institutions abroad. The TOEFL full form stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language and the TOEFL exam tests international students’ usage and understanding of English as it is spoken, written, and heard in college and university surroundings. ETS (Educational Testing Services) is the conducting body of the TOEFL test and is responsible for setting the TOEFL questions, conducting the test, and sending each examinee their scorecard.

DUOLINGO

The Duolingo English Test is an online exam that candidates can take on their personal computers. Candidates who need to prove English language proficiency can give the Duolingo English Test which can be taken online from anywhere anytime. Like conventional study abroad exams TOEFL, IELTS and PTE, it also tests all the four language skills Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking. In this post, we will inform you of everything about the Duolingo test and whether you should take it or not.

The test is adaptive which means the difficulty level of the test increases with every correct answer and the next question becomes easier if your answer is wrong. Although the test duration is only around an hour but only with few questions it can test the ability of the test taker quickly.