Get ready for the new 2026 TOEFL
The TOEFL iBT changed in January 2026: shorter, adaptive, with new tasks and a new score scale. We're building a TOEFL pack like our TOEIC one. Try the free mini-test now and be the first to know when it opens.
What changed in January 2026
Based on the official ETS test specifications for 2026, which ETS says may still get minor revisions.
Adaptive Reading and Listening
Each section starts with a first set of questions. How you do decides whether the second part is easier or harder.
New task types
Shorter tasks closer to real student life: completing words, reading notices, building sentences, repeating what you hear, a short interview.
About 1 h 30
ETS gives 1 h 23 min to 1 h 29 min for the whole test.
Scores from 1 to 6
Each section and the total get a score from 1 to 6, in half points. A 5 in a section means C1. Score reports also show the familiar 0–120 for about two years.
The four sections
Reading
adaptive50 questions · about 27–30 min
- Complete the Words
- Read in Daily Life
- Read an Academic Passage
Listening
adaptive47 questions · about 18 min
- Listen and Choose a Response
- Listen to a Conversation
- Listen to an Announcement
- Listen to an Academic Talk
Writing
12 questions · about 23 min
- Build a Sentence
- Write an Email
- Write for an Academic Discussion
Speaking
11 questions · about 8 min
- Listen and Repeat
- Take an Interview
1–6 score and 0–120 total
ETS concordance for the total score (the 1–6 total is the average of the four sections, rounded to the nearest half point).
| 1–6 score | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–120 total | 114+ | 107+ | 95+ | 86+ | 72+ | 58+ | 44+ | 34+ | 24+ | 12+ | 0+ |
Free mini-test: are you ready for the new format?
20 original questions in the four Reading and Writing tasks that are scored automatically. About 10 minutes. Listening and Speaking are not included.
Part 1 of 4
Complete the Words
Type the missing letters at the end of each word.
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What we're building
The same approach as our TOEIC pack, adapted to the 2026 TOEFL. Planned, not available yet.
- An adaptive diagnostic with an estimated 1–6 score per section
- A lesson for every task type, with methods and traps
- Practice drills for each task, Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking
- Full mock tests with the 2026 timing
- Feedback on your e-mail, academic discussion and speaking answers
- A daily plan up to your test date
Join the waitlist
We'll e-mail you once, when the TOEFL pack opens. Nothing else.
Questions
Not yet. We're building it for the 2026 format. Join the waitlist and we'll e-mail you once when it opens.
Sources
- ETS · TOEFL iBT Test Specifications 2026
- ETS · TOEFL iBT updates coming January 2026
- ETS · TOEFL iBT score scale update
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