oldschoolZ
Well-known member
Hi all,
I'm moving to the UK full time this fall for a job in professionnal racing. It's THE place to be for professionnal racing (10 BILLION USD industry, of which over half are exports.) It's truly a dream come true for me to finally do something I love full time ! (i'll make a post on this later on). Basically I'm selling everything I have and moving, my track car, my condo etc...all sold.
I've previously lived in the UK 22 months on one occasion and a 4 month contract on another occasion. I've never been requested to do an English test for my Visa application, but I guess their requirements changed.
I did the TOEFL test recently and I passed with flying colours. I was above the minimum requirements in every section. Long story short, the company that makes the tests was accused of fraud . Here is a statment from their website:
As you can understand, it's quite frustrating to have to spend another saturday doing and paying for another english test (250$). I'll be taking the Pearson Test of English instead in 2-3 weeks.
For those of you who have taken the TOEFL test and the Pearson Test of English, how do both compare ?
I'm moving to the UK full time this fall for a job in professionnal racing. It's THE place to be for professionnal racing (10 BILLION USD industry, of which over half are exports.) It's truly a dream come true for me to finally do something I love full time ! (i'll make a post on this later on). Basically I'm selling everything I have and moving, my track car, my condo etc...all sold.
I've previously lived in the UK 22 months on one occasion and a 4 month contract on another occasion. I've never been requested to do an English test for my Visa application, but I guess their requirements changed.
I did the TOEFL test recently and I passed with flying colours. I was above the minimum requirements in every section. Long story short, the company that makes the tests was accused of fraud . Here is a statment from their website:
Following the broadcast of a BBC Panorama program in February 2014 which highlighted an organized criminal element seeking to circumvent the U.K.'s visa-granting process, ETS has made the decision not to extend our Secure English-language Testing (SELT) license with the Home Office. As a result, TOEIC® and TOEFL iBT® testing will no longer be offered for U.K. visa-granting purposes.
As you can understand, it's quite frustrating to have to spend another saturday doing and paying for another english test (250$). I'll be taking the Pearson Test of English instead in 2-3 weeks.
For those of you who have taken the TOEFL test and the Pearson Test of English, how do both compare ?