Is the TOEFL harder than the IELTS?

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An important fact distinguishing the two tests is that the difficulty level of TOEFL or IELTS is subjective; i.e., it depends on individual strengths and individual weaknesses. Some people find it hard to handle TOEFL with its academic English and multiple-choice questions, while they gravitate toward...
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An important fact distinguishing the two tests is that the difficulty level of TOEFL or IELTS is subjective; i.e., it depends on individual strengths and individual weaknesses. Some people find it hard to handle TOEFL with its academic English and multiple-choice questions, while they gravitate toward IELTS for its real English usage and a face-to-face environment for the speaking test. read less
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The difficulty of TOEFL versus IELTS is subjective and depends on individual strengths and weaknesses, but some find TOEFL's focus on academic English and multiple-choice format challenging, while others prefer IELTS's real-life English focus and face-to-face speaking test.
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The difficulty of TOEFL versus IELTS is subjective and depends on individual strengths and weaknesses, but some find TOEFL's focus on academic English and multiple-choice format challenging, while others prefer IELTS's real-life English focus and face-to-face speaking test.
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The difficulty of TOEFL versus IELTS is subjective and depends on individual strengths and weaknesses, but some find TOEFL's focus on academic English and multiple-choice format challenging, while others prefer IELTS's real-life English focus and face-to-face speaking test. read less
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The difficulty of TOEFL versus IELTS is subjective and depends on individual strengths and weaknesses, but some find TOEFL's focus on academic English and multiple-choice format challenging, while others prefer IELTS's real-life English focus and face-to-face speaking test
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TOEFL is more academic and computer-based; IELTS is more varied. Difficulty depends on personal strengths.
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