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• The Carnival of College Admission | InnoGage –
• Pure CSS Timeline – Notebook | MattBango.com –
• JSON: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Use It | Blog | Custom-Built Professional Web Development and Design | Ennui –
• camen design · Video for Everybody! – Embedding videos seamlessly irrespective of platform or support (almost)
  Uses native <video> tag or flash or quicktime or windows media player or finally provides a link to download the video
• Take Your Design To The Next Level With CSS3 | CSS | Smashing Magazine –
• A Beginners’ Guide to Big O Notation « Rob Bell –

Since my Toefl is coming up and when I booked it, I could not get a slot for the CBT but only for the iBT. Hence I set about finding out the differences between the two versions of the test.

The main reason why I could not locate a CBT slot was because it has been discontinued since the introduction of the iBT which will happen from the coming July. Now on to the main differences.

The single biggest difference is the introduction of the new Speaking section which will test a candidates English speaking ability and hence moot the requirement for taking the TSE. This section consists of 3 parts in which,

• The candidate has to speak based on a topic which he is familiar with.
• Read a short passage and listen a talk related to the passage. Based on them, the candidate must answer questions.
• Listen to a short lecture/conversation and summarize the key points of the audio.

Besides this, the TOEFL now consists of two essays instead of the earlier one. The scoring is also now on a scale of 0 to 120. I’m not sure of the earlier, but I believe it was a maximum of 300.

For score comparisons, ETS has released a score comparison table (Warning: PDF link)

Due to the addition of the essay and the speaking section, the TOEFL iBT is now four hours longs
That is one hell of a long test