Have you ever thinking of studying aboard or have you ever know what are one of the requirement for an international student who use English as a second language? I did have a chance to take a TOFEL test because it is the main requirement to enter a university in an English-speaking country. Some people said that the passing score on an English test can not measure the student's abilities in English, but I am disagree because of the following reasons.
The first reason is the sutdent needs to understant the lecture. All the lecture are given in English if the student does not understand English, they will not understand the lecture as well. Attending classes is important for a unversity student, it is a time that lecturer and students are discuss and exchange ideas.
Therefore, abilities to listening and speaking is very important for attending classroom.
The second reason why a student need a passing score is because when the class is done, there are assignments for student to be completed. The student may needs to go to the library, doing some research or interview, again that the student needs ability to read a book, write the assignments or communicate with others.
One last reason is a student's life outside the classroom, student needs to communicate the friends or others people. To communicate is how the student makes friends or student need to get along with other people. Also, sometime student might have questions or problems registering class, visa etc., student needs to speak with professors or officers.
However, some people are not agree with a passing score on an English acheivement test. For example, a TOFEL test which measure the student's abilities to read, write, listen and speak. Because the test is timed, some people are get nervous and they have no chance to go back and correct their mistakes. In addition, even a native English speaker could not get a full score for the test.
There are many good reasons why a student should get a passing score before attending the unversity. As there will be problems from not understanding the lectures, reading books, doing the assignments and communicate with professor, friends and others.
