中國內地託福網考擴容 考位增加80%

Eighty percent more Chinese students can take the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) through the Internet at the end of this year, the US Educational Testing Service (ETS) has said.

Eighty percent more Chinese students can take the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) through the Internet at the end of this year, the US Educational Testing Service (ETS) has said.

Net-based test seats will increase from 1,950 in June to 3,550 at the end of the year, an ETS press release said on Tuesday.

The ETS and China's National Education Examinations Authority worked jointly on their network to meet the increased demand for TOEFL in China.

Advanced technological solutions will be implemented by the ETS to monitor the TOEFL registration website to ensure an open and fair test registration process, according to the ETS.

More than 6,000 colleges and universities in 110 countries accept TOEFL scores. The number of students who want to take the test on the mainland has grown steadily in recent years, with the average staying above 70,000 a year.

"The ETS is committed to ensuring that everyone in China who wishes to take the test gets the chance to do so," ETS's global division senior vice-president Paul Ramsey said.

Some Chinese students see the announcement as an encouragement.

"It used to be very hard to get a chance to sit for the test, and I had to ask my friends to help take online registration on other computers," said Chen Lu, a second-year postgraduate student of Renmin University of China who took the test a few months ago to apply for doctoral studies in the US.

But some say the increase is still not big enough. "More and more students are preparing for TOEFL to get a chance to study abroad or to prove their ability. So I still see a gap between supply and demand," said Wu Qi, a final year undergraduate in Peking University.

美國教育考試服務中心近日公佈，今年年底中國內地託福網考的考位數將增加80%。

美國教育考試服務中心於本週二發出通告，今年年底，中國內地託福網考的考位數將從6月份的1950個增至3550個。

爲了滿足中國內地對托福考試日益增長的需求，美國教育考試服務中心與中國教育部考試中心通力合作，實現了網絡擴容。

據瞭解，美國教育考試服務中心將採用先進的技術解決方案對報考網站進行監控，以確保託福網考報考程序的公開和公正。

目前，全球110個國家和地區的6000餘所大專及本科院校認可托福考試成績。近年來，中國內地的托福考生人數穩步增長，年均報考人次達到7萬以上。

美國教育考試服務中心國際部高級副總裁鮑爾•拉姆齊說：“爲了確保中國考區每個希望參加考試的人都能得到報考的機會，我們一直在努力。”

一些中國學生得知這個消息後，很受鼓舞。

中國人民大學研究生二年級學生陳璐爲了申請去美國讀博士學位，於幾個月前參加了托福考試。她說：“以前網上報名特別困難，所以我不得不讓幾個朋友在幾臺電腦上同時幫我報名。”

但有人則認爲此次託福網考擴容的幅度還不夠大。北京大學的四年級學生吳綺說：“如今，越來越多的學生都在準備托福考試，以獲得去國外深造的機會或證明自己的能力。所以，我認爲考位增加後仍滿足不了目前的市場需求。”

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