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The Appellants, both nationals of Pakistan had made applications to extend their student visas prior to the expiration of their leave. The Secretary of State refused their applications and invalidated their existing leave by service of removal decisions under section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Both Appellants lodged judicial review claims challenging the removal decisions.

Each unit of work follows the same genre-approach methodology and addresses each of the seven reading strategies. See Figure 1 for a list of the seven strategies and how they correspond with questions frequently encountered on the TOEIC test.

Use authentic texts to learn and practice the reading strategies.
Use TOEIC preparatory texts to practice the reading strategies under test conditions.
Think about the text-type of a given text.
Think about where a given text is used (social and situational contexts).
Think about the purpose of a given text.
Think about the main point(s) of a given text.
Think about the writer and/or source of a given text.
Think about the audience of a given text.
Think about the written expression of a given text.
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Test Content
In the TOEFL, the test-taker is measured on his ability to function in an academic environment. In this regard, the vocabulary on this test is academic in nature and is similar to the vocabulary used in college text books. The topics of the reading and listening passages are similarly academic. You may read a passage on bird migration, for example, or listen to a lecture from an economics course. The TOEIC, on the other hand, measures the test-taker's ability to function in a business environment. Topics may range from dining out in a restaurant to presenting in a budget meeting.

In an email to the Independent, a Home Office spokesperson said: "The Government continues to tackle abuse of our immigration system and protect the reputation of our world class education institutions.

"In the sporting world, a verdict of ‘no contest’ would have been appropriate at this juncture."
The tribunal also found there was no evidence from any English Testing Service (ETS) witness - the US firm behind the test which was contracted by the Home Office. The president said: "Almost remarkably, ETS provided no evidence, directly or indirectly, to this tribunal," further labelling the firm’s actions as "mildly astonishing."

Shortly after, in June 2014, Immigration Minister James Brokenshire made a statement to Parliament in which he said an investigation post-Panorama found evidence of 46,000 "invalid and questionable" tests.

Sequencing
It is highly suggested that learners first learn the strategies with very straightforward text-types such as forms and tables and gradually work up to the more difficult text-types categories such as letters and miscellaneous reading passages.

The Court rejected this submission stating that the appellants had not make free standing applications for leave and that although pending the outcome of their appeals, the refusal to vary leave would not be set aside, the issues relating to the application to vary would be closely connected to the issues that arise in relation to the legality and merits of the section 10 notices. If successful in their challenge, the Secretary of State would be obliged to give proper effect to the findings of the tribunal. If she did not, there would be strong grounds for judicial review.

Test Formats
The TOEFL is a four-section test that includes sections for reading, listening, speaking and writing. It is taken exclusively on the computer. The TOEIC is broken into two separate but complementary exams: the Reading and Listening Test, which is a paper-and-pencil test, and the Speaking and Writing Test, which is taken on a computer. The exams are broken up in this way so potential employers can choose to measure an employee's reading and listening or speaking and writing skills only, or all four language skills. The Reading and Listening Test will take about two-and-a-half hours to complete, and for the Speaking and Writing Test, the speaking section will last about 20 minutes, and the writing section will take 60 minutes to complete.

After a BBC documentary by Panorama which exposed that there was widespread fraud being used in the taking of English language tests, ETS reviewed all its tests using voice recognition software and anti-fraud staff trained in voice recognition. As a result, ETS concluded that thousands of tests had been taken by proxy test takers. The Secretary of State relied on, as they did with many other cases, witness statements from a civil servant with responsibility for overseeing delivery of secure English language testing and the Assistant Director responsible for coordinating compliance visits to educational sponsors.

Another difference between the TOEFL IBT and IELTS is the Listening section. The IELTS Listening section has four recorded monologues or conversations. The TOEFL IBT has classroom lectures by teachers and class discussions by students.